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I'd be interested in seeing those templates. Your set up looks pretty much like what I want to do.
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No probs, I'll do some general ones over the weekend and you can adjust them so they fit your setup.
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Ok before I begin:
*** If you attempt to make one of these I cannot be held responsible for anything that results in any damage to your car or yourself. You do this knowingly at your car and your own risk.*** Ok, here are some rough measurements, what I did was use some cardboard to get a rough shape and then made sure it all ligned up and the distance was ok for the damper I used. Then I made a much better template out of cardboard and went to a metal shop to have them cut out the shape for me. Then I cleaned it up using an angle grinder. The metal is roughly 5 mm thick and has held up to the stress fine so far. All the bolts I used are high tensile steel nuts and bolts with washers and lock washers, just in case. The engine damper I used was roughly 29.5 cm from hole to hole. Use these to start with then adjust yours so it all fits, I don't have a scanner so hopefully the measurements will do. Attachment 19252 To attach the second bracket to the shock tower, I used two existing bolt holes that the brackets for the aircon pipe use to secure to the car. Let me know how you go with this and I'll help where I can. |
Here's my thread on this topic from a few months back:
https://www.nopistons.com/forums/ind...howtopic=66173 Item seems to work fine, but I still intend to replace my motor mounts, since I'm beating on the car pretty hard, and I suspect they've seen better days. Only you know which you have more of, money or time, but for me it was an easy decision. I can't imagine taking the time to fab something that has already been developed by Racing Beat and sells for less than $100. But if you do have the time, that's great. |
Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='875389' date='Jun 18 2007, 04:00 AM
Here's my thread on this topic from a few months back: https://www.nopistons.com/forums/ind...howtopic=66173 Item seems to work fine, but I still intend to replace my motor mounts, since I'm beating on the car pretty hard, and I suspect they've seen better days. Only you know which you have more of, money or time, but for me it was an easy decision. I can't imagine taking the time to fab something that has already been developed by Racing Beat and sells for less than $100. But if you do have the time, that's great. If I could have bought a kit easily I would have, but Racing Beat stuff is hard to get where I am. I prefer the damper style anyway. I got the damper for next to nothing off my mate who didn't need it and just had a metal shop cut out the pieces and cleaned it all up myself. This cost me easily under $50 and a bit of my time. I did this as well as getting new mounts, this just helps to extend the life of mine, just a little bit. |
Originally Posted by fc3s-infini' post='875297' date='Jun 17 2007, 01:27 AM
Ok before I begin: *** If you attempt to make one of these I cannot be held responsible for anything that results in any damage to your car or yourself. You do this knowingly at your car and your own risk.*** Ok, here are some rough measurements, what I did was use some cardboard to get a rough shape and then made sure it all ligned up and the distance was ok for the damper I used. Then I made a much better template out of cardboard and went to a metal shop to have them cut out the shape for me. Then I cleaned it up using an angle grinder. The metal is roughly 5 mm thick and has held up to the stress fine so far. All the bolts I used are high tensile steel nuts and bolts with washers and lock washers, just in case. The engine damper I used was roughly 29.5 cm from hole to hole. Use these to start with then adjust yours so it all fits, I don't have a scanner so hopefully the measurements will do. https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...i/brackets.jpg To attach the second bracket to the shock tower, I used two existing bolt holes that the brackets for the aircon pipe use to secure to the car. Let me know how you go with this and I'll help where I can. Thanks for the templates. I'll probably use this as a basis when I get around to making one. Need to get my engine back in the bay first, and see what size piston I can get. Stupid question, but what material did you use for the plates? Steel? Aluminum? |
I used some steel plate, thats one of the reasons I had the metal shop cut it out for me, that and they would do it neater than me! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif
Well let me know how you go and stuff, I'd be interested to see how you end up mounting it, etc. Probably a lot neater than me! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif |
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