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Hey guys, Im interested in casting some custom one off exhaust manifolds and was looking for any info regarding doing it or maybe a guy or shop in...
yep I guess it can be done with a bead roller. Never thought it could be done for large panels like that. I have only done stiffening beads,...
Hey guys, Im really not looking to make this part in particular, just was a picture I could repost that illustrated what I was shooting for heres...
yeah their parts are f'n expensive, WAYYY expensive. Guess you can ask that with name recognition. Granted the quality is bar none but still......
It is, built by Detroit Speed. They do alot of the raised paneling in their custom builds and that particular detailing caught my eye. They do...
Im gonna look into the "flow forming" sounds like it may be faster to start working on metal as opposed to making wood dies for male and female...
that looks like what I was thinking and the result is the same. Iguess Ill have to make dies out of wood for any little pieces I may wanna make....
I dunno, is it? I know how to put a full bead into a panel but making a big raised panel I figured took something else.. maybe not. Like I said I...
Hey I dont know what to call the technique Im looking to do but its something like this.. [IMG] A panel like this is what Im shooting for....
A mig weld is brittle as soon as its made.... Force cooling it with air only makes it worse. My way is to make a good full penetrating tack and...
I butt weld all patch panels unless they are made to be overlapped originally. Hard to tell from the pics as to whats damaged but Id suggest...
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Geezus thank you very much. You got a website? I know a few people that could use this for Dana rear ends and arent as broke as I am. Karma...
Hey guys, Im wondering if anyone here knows the measurements or has a how-to or something to make a pinion centerline gauge? Chassisworks and...
Hey guys, I just finished wiring up a customers 33 Ford and Ive come across an issue he wants me to fix. The issue is that when the compressor is...
a place in West Sacramento called Commercial Speedometer 916-371-5873 can make any reduction box you need. Alot of customers of mine have used...
yeah that'll work, thanks for some reason when I searched it didnt show up, maybe I didnt pick the correct phrase
sorry to hear about your bad luck. However, Ive seen much much worse that was salvageable. I bet a weekend worth of cleaning it and replacing...
Hey guys, sooner or later Im gonna have to custom build my headers and I was wondering if anyone out there knew of a way to build a jig to cut...
I dont get escorted around yards over by me but then again I drink with a ton of the guys that work at em. So you can go back but you gotta be...
Ive never had an issue with moly based assembly lube on many many cams. Shitty lifters or low zinc oil has a bigger effect on lobe life during...
so youre into the fake ones huh?
tolulene and gas by its self (without the mix of everything else) works pretty damn good. on a late model turbo car (VW GTI) timing under boost...
yeah I miss it. Every guy in my family has been down Im the only one thats out. Just watch out for the idiots and say a hail mary every time you...
me and my R1 were connected at the crotch till some dumb bitch pulled out in front of me and I ran right into the passenger door. I dont walk...
93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.
good god, thats the exception lol.
There would be no way I can think of to put a stationary spindle inside the column. Thats how the slider hub caps work, solidly mounted to the...
Although Im in agreement that most of the time on a hot rod you aren't gonna need welds that are 100% penetration but on a roll cage that needs...
well at first I thought I was wrong because of that damn pic, then it was revealed that the weld was correct but needed to be finished on the...
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