Well, I debated on starting a new thread, but felt it would be best to keep all this stuff together. So, here we go...
Got an update of this little project!
A few small changes to point out... You might notice in the straight frontal shot that the concave of the underside of the sheild continues to the side. I found that by trying to flaten it only put stress on the metal and caused all sorts of weird problems. I centerd the MAF, but I need to bring it up about an inch so that it can align better with the TB. And finally, the rivets! Thanks for the gift Jim. The 3/16 aluminum rivets worked out just perfect. They actually worked alot better than what I thought they would. I figured I would have to use a larger size to really hold everything together, but these really added a lot of stiffness to the overall piece. Thanks again.
Oh yeah, and don't let me forget to thank hetfield for hosting my images.
And I would like to throw an idea out to you guys. I talked to someone the other night that said he knew someone local (to me) that did powder coating. He mentioned that I might be better off getting some Hotcoat Powder from Eastwood and get this guy to paint them for me. Personally, I think it would look great, but the price of the services and powder would outway to worth of the product. If you know what I mean. What do you guys think?
Anyway, that's about all I have right now. I guess I need to make one more so that I can send it to Eric and let him test it out. See if he would change anything. Then I need to let someone with a BAT pipe and then someone with a CTA pipe test fit it. Since noone ever gave me any measurements, I guess that will be the only way I will find out. So, thoughts and suggestions so far. What would you change, do differently, or whatever.
And again... A big thank you goes out to everyone that has showen support in this project and given me encouragement. With every one I make, I'm learning more and getting better. Remember, I have never done anything like this before, so I have really learned a lot up to this point!
