Anyone have pics of your engine bay radiator panel pics, anyone have custom fab ones, or just the ebay ones, what exactly do they do, can you tell a diff, i want one and i have some aluminum sheet metal laying around and though i might give it a whirl, but i wanted to see some custom ones first, IS IT Hard is what i want to know..


Lets see some PiCs

 

They help direct air coming in from the front of the bumper to go through the rad. instead of flowing over it which is the easier route. This lowers temps and is a good mod.

Make a template out of cardboard, then cut it out. Add stickers to taste.

I'll see if I got any pics.

 

ok

 

another, hope they help

 

There's a guy on here that made some that mount under the car as well.

 

man thats nice, i was thinking of doing it out of dimond plate <spelling, i can get as much as i want for free what do yall think...

 

Is that like checker-plate? Na that looks like 1998 lol Just smooth aluminium painted or whateva would look sweet as.

But for free, you cant go wrong eh..

 

I did mine this weekend Ill post pics later should I put my stickers here?

 

hmm time to go to home depot and make use of my dremel

 

I got one of the CF but I don't have a pic yet. I'll try to get one online soon.

 

Yeah man put stickers on it, those Type-R ones, I hear theyre good for 10hp.

 

yeah if i decide to make one ill post pics

 

You had to post pictures of 1fastTII's old car didn't you. That thing is teh sex

- Steiner

 

i'm pretty sure he isn't making them. he only made himself one. it is almost impossible to create a universal one. everyone has a different setup.

BTW... i can't find any aluminum sheet metal that is thick enough to not "flex" anywhere. where do you get this stuff? the home depot over here is a no go

it's about time more people do this.. who wants to see the uglyness of all those wires/hoses/hoodlatch/horns?

 

if you have the stock radiator make the edges runonto the radiator and block the gap were the sponge is since it disappears and lets air through

 

i thought that you would want like the thinnest metal u can get

 

Anymore pics of 1FastT2's old ride?

 

Too thin and it will flutter or bend easily.

 

I made this in under an hour with a $10 peice of aluminum. I still need to cut an opening for the overflow bottle since I picked up a "normal" front FC coolant overflow tank (the early '86 is a side mounted unit.)

 

Heheh.....I make some and sell them on eBay though I think most approach it with the "I can just spend $10 at Home Depot and make my own" lol.

Here's the one on my car (before paint)....




And the ones I sell....


One I made for Dave Gibson at Speed Machine Performance...

 

so you can customize them?

 

To an extent, yes. Creating new lettering for the cutting program takes some time and I generally charge extra for that. PM me for details though as it's not my intention to hi-jack this thread

 

I've been meaning to get one of the ones you make, as soon as I get a little extra cash I will be getting yours because I don't think 40 is a bad price at all. The only problem I've got with the one that says rx7 is that I was woundering if like the "D" in mazda is flimsy because its only being held in by that little piece???

 

I've actually been concerned about that too but haven't gotten any feedback on problems with it. I am working on another lettering style that's much better as far as cutting it on the waterjet (it's the same lettering style that the "Speed Machine" panel was made with) but I'm just waiting to sell the last couple of the current lettering style that I have before I begin cutting any more.

 

I'm bidding on your one auction right now .