Mr. G. Brettin's Slow Motion Leg Hump

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gbrettin

Checked on crash bar. I had to scuff and paint again. I hung the bar on forklift pegs for a respray. Coverage was way better this time.

Exciting stuff. Took longer to drive to the shop.

madwi

Turned out nice.

gbrettin

Thanks man! I appreciate that, and all the other assistance I get on here. It's great getting additional perspective from all you guys.

So...

I'm attempting to give some thought in next steps for my build. A few things came to mind:

• Oil lines
• Oil accumulator/Accusump
• Clearview remote filter mounting
• Intercooler mounts
• Oil cooler/mount
• Airbox ducting.
• Transmission cooler lines and mount
• Steering cooler (reuse Setrab 34 row?)
• Fuel lines
• Fuel filter mount (need another ID750f because there will be a twin filter setup on the back of the firewall for accessibility)
• Crank Scraper /w Windage tray
• ICT pickup tube billet secure mount
• Receive custom oil pan (pull engine)
• Power Steering line
• Hose tie down solution

Couple interesting items in there. I'm thinking of a way to mount the oil accumulator directly behind the v-mount, directly at the V or just above. It would be a short run of line and it would keep the weight low. Not that it weighs a ton, but all of it adds up!

The Clearview filter needs to be mounted where the batter use to be. A trap door needs to be made so I can access the bottom side of the filter through the wheel well. The trap door will also keep the filter safe from being punctured.

I have a Setrab oil cooler but I think it's going to be swapped for a CSF 8066
https://csfrace.com/csfs-new-line-of...l-oil-coolers/. The 8066 is 20" long so it will fit nice in the ducted area.

It is now looking like a metal break is required for both the Clearview filter box and the air duct.

Out of all those items. The very first thing that needs to happen is mounting for the A2W IC and cold side ducting.

If my oil pan is done in the next month or so... this will all line up well.

SO, that's the near future path... until it isn't.

I can also skip back to the hotside once the bandsaw is operational (yes, still waiting on that). Also, I need a long electrical cord to lift my car on the hoist. Yeah, you read that right. That's a reason why my car has been stationary lower on the hoist.

So all in all... the items listed are not that bad. It's clearly not a complete list of items either. Electrical w/ ECU needs to be completed. That will have a laundry list of sub items. The items in the bullet list are mostly in my possession.

Random post... but aren't these all.

madwi

You got a 220 outlet near the lift? I think I have a 10-12'ft 10awg cable with a plug on one end you can have.

gbrettin

I have a 15' one right now. I think they need a 25' deal. $$$$$ appreciate the offer though!

madwi

Well hell, splice em together and you got the 25'er!

gbrettin

Man... I had the biggest day planned out. I bought a break, aluminum sheet, rivits/rivnut and sheers. I was going to get my airbox started.

Let me rewind a little. Yesterday I used some angle stock and flat stock to make a skeleton structure for the aluminum sheet. The flat stock was braised to the angle stock. That worked great.

Today I wanted to add a bit more strength to the aluminum angle stock so I attempted to braise the square aluminum stock to the angle stock. That was a complete dud. I figured, "hey, this is a great time to TIG", it's in a hidden area. I used some scrap of the exact stock I was planning to weld up. I intentionally went hard on the amps in some areas and light in other areas. I felt comfortable enough to do my actual piece, so I did.

The welds turned out good enough for my angle stock and square stock. The thickness of aluminum was different so I needed to start on the thicker material first and then move up to the thinner stuff. Near the end I was using a bit less filler rod.

While welding the square stock to the angle stock, the braised aluminum piece fell off. That's fine. I really wanted to TIG it anyway. Well, Turns out the thin aluminum stock is a real bastard. Also, my welder started acting up near the end. I think the tungsten was contaminated. After about four solid attempts at getting the flat stock welded up, I threw in the towel. My needs were out pacing my skills. I needed my buddy's help to wrap up.

Between getting the supplies and welding, my day of "getting stuff done" was reduced to getting supplies, welding one square stock to angle stock, welding one piece of flat stock and then not quite getting the other done.

The direction is great... but man, my idea out pace my skills. Obviously I need practice. It is what it is.

First couple pictures are my crashbar finished and mounted.

Rusty

Yea..........................................you need some practice tig welding aluminum. Your welds look like someone blew their nose and snot came out and stuck to your metal. Don't expect it over night. It's going some time. Did you weld it on AC with argon gas?

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gbrettin

BTW, that angle stock that's bolted to the car is STRONG with the square stock welded inside. I think I could stand on it. The A2W intercoolers might have mounting at the front, which is why I needed something a bit thicker there.

gbrettin

Welds were done with AC and Argon.

Yeah man, the square stock and angle stock came out good enough, it penetrated.

The flat stock was atrocious.

End of the day, it was still worth a try. It 100 percent makes me appreciate good welds. It's an art.

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Rusty

It takes time and practice. If I had to tig aluminum right now. It would take me a day to get comfortable again doing it.

For aluminum. I use a mig gun at home. I have a Lincoln 180 Pro with the aluminum mig gun. I want a Lincoln Precision TIG 225 with a water cooled torch. Welding aluminum, the torch gets FVCKIN' HOT!

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gbrettin

HOLY CRAP! I couldn't believe the heat needed to melt the aluminum. The entire aluminum stock was crazy hot. Aluminum melts at something like 1300? So maybe I'm not that surprised. It's really intense sitting there getting it done.

Rusty

Cover up when welding. A weld burn is worse then a sunburn. Aluminum reflects a lot of UV light. When I worked at Fruehauf. We use to rub suntan lotion on the back of our necks and the ears to keep from getting burnt from reflected light. Our safety glasses was a #2 tint to help with welding flash. Hope you never get that. It feels like someone had thrown a bucket of sand in each eye.

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Wow, I found out why my last welds went from bad to impossible. The argon gas ran out... So yeah, that was a problem. I was getting so pissed at the end because I kept taking off the part, cleaning the metal, cleaning the tungsten, lightly grinding the metal and putting it back on just to keep shooting Zeus's lighting bolts at the flat stock murdering what I had JUST cleaned up.

The more you know.

ORB fittings for the valve breathers were at the shop for over a week. Pretty cool... Those were put on and it was very gratifying, and it was such a simple thing too. Probably because the breather system is a completed system where as everything else is in the middle of incomplete. Best part was, that it was really simple to do. I needed that. Easy wins are welcomed every now and then.

After that, the arts and crafts has begun for the air box. I'm starting with paper because it's cheap and easy. The sheets of aluminum I bought were 30 dollars a piece... maybe 25. Something like that. Point being... I don't feel like buying a whole bunch due to mistakes OR trying to flatten out a mistake.

After everything is cut to shape (and figured out), the aluminum sheet will go on the underside of the flat stock. I'll then drill holes and rivet the aluminum together. The sides of the box will be held down with threaded rivets and screws. Well... that's what I'm thinking so far. Sometimes things change as I'm doing it.