Aluminum oil filler neck?
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I'll call around and get some prices for fabrication. Then if the price is good and there is enough interest, we can get some kinda group buy going--but I'm just being hopeful right now.
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Originally Posted by SINxSELEKTAH
count me in on this...i would like to know who makes them, how much they are, and where to get them
I've never had anything machined before and therefore don't know how much it'd cost. I'll call around tomorrow during my lunch break and see if I can find out.
Originally Posted by kraked
According to chinaman, u can get em from Japan lol--BUT since i dont know anybody going there at the current moment, and nobody around here is makin em--the only way to get one would be to have somebody fabricate it.
I've never had anything machined before and therefore don't know how much it'd cost. I'll call around tomorrow during my lunch break and see if I can find out.
I've never had anything machined before and therefore don't know how much it'd cost. I'll call around tomorrow during my lunch break and see if I can find out.
let us know how much it's gonna cost and maybe we can do a group buy
Originally Posted by kraked
According to chinaman, u can get em from Japan lol--BUT since i dont know anybody going there at the current moment, and nobody around here is makin em--the only way to get one would be to have somebody fabricate it.
I think this is the one RE Amemiya makes, but it's not so asthetically pleasing, plus the brackets are using the ABS unit which is on the same side on RHD cars, but on the opposite side on our LHD cars...
They also make an aluminum PS fluid filler neck which looks a LOT better IMO:
Last edited by FDNewbie; Apr 17, 2006 at 03:21 AM.
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Called some places today and they want a sketch of the thing to give me a price estimate. Anyone good at CAD design or happen to know where to get an already made sketch?
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Just remembered...There is a machine shop about 10 minutes away from where I live. This guy does some serious fabricating. Will talk to him tomorrow to see if he is willing to make this in aluminum. Will let him know there is a good amount of people interested. If this does not work, I will search through the small mountain of Jap mags I have.
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Some other improvements that could be made...
- Move the "breather" nipple going to the turbo as high as possible and delete the nipple for the PCV as was done with 95+ RX-7's.
- Move the oil filler neck toward the passenger side a little to help oil being sucked into the turbos and to clear a GReddy elbow better.
- Make a larger reservoir at the bottom of the oil filler neck to hold more oil before being sucked into the turbos.
You probably want to find someone with a TIG welder set up for aluminum. The neck where the cap fastens and the bottom where the O-ring goes may have to be machined.
- Move the "breather" nipple going to the turbo as high as possible and delete the nipple for the PCV as was done with 95+ RX-7's.
- Move the oil filler neck toward the passenger side a little to help oil being sucked into the turbos and to clear a GReddy elbow better.
- Make a larger reservoir at the bottom of the oil filler neck to hold more oil before being sucked into the turbos.
You probably want to find someone with a TIG welder set up for aluminum. The neck where the cap fastens and the bottom where the O-ring goes may have to be machined.
Last edited by Matt Hey; Apr 17, 2006 at 11:26 PM.
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O.k guys. I just dropped off a filler neck at the machine shop. I need a list of guys/gals that want one of these so I can let the shop know. I don't have a price yet and besides, the amount will lower pricing. I'm not going to worry abou the mods Matt Hey mentioned 'cause I don't have a car to leave at the machine shop and don't know measurements of mods mentioned. Matt Hey, if you have a drawing with measurements or just measurements, I will talk to the machinest. Need list A.S.A.P so I can get back to you guys on pricing.