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lostforawhile
03-14-2011, 07:50 PM
the eyeball part will come in a while, but anyway, I had built the original body of these air cleaners before, but I was never happy with the velocity stacks, and I hadn't figured out how to make the elements, I decided to take the existing bodies and change a few things around.
I'm going to copy part of this thread from my carburetor thread, then I will b adding a bunch of new pictures. to start, this is from the SU thread.


I had found a Datsun original air cleaner base and THOUGHT it would match my carbs, wrong!! I wanted the factory velocity stacks and mounting bases off of it, it turns out after all this work the holes didn't line up, I fixed that, but more on that in a few minutes, I have no idea what they made this air cleaner out of, but it's just sheet metal right? again wrong, I don't know if they hardened it, or it's still radioactive from WW2, but I'm having a horrible time cutting the stuff, it cuts strange, machines strange, and welds strange, It might be 409 stainless, it looks like regular steel. whatever it is, it's some tough stuff,

this is what I started with,

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download367.jpg

and then removed the parts I wanted

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download369.jpg

after a lot of cutting, and grinding, sanding, cussing, etc, I ended up with two of these, since the holes don't line up, I'll turn then 90 degrees on the base plates, before welding them on, then they will get the mounting holes, and piston air passage holes drilled.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download383.jpg

and I end up with one of these, there are a lot more then a single weld, I just had to add one after it was blasted

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/Copyofaug262009download384.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download386.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/Copyofaug262009download385.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/Copyofaug262009download387.jpg

these were the original velocity stacks I had made

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download388.jpg

this is how I formed the screen

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/Copyofaug262009download389.jpg

I'll be going into this in much more detail, I still have one more of these bastards to make. I will take a lot more pictures of all the steps during the next one

this is now, I took a bunch of pictures of making the second air cleaner today, and the eyeball part will come in at the very end of this thread.
second post in a few minutes

lostforawhile
03-14-2011, 08:20 PM
I needed to transfer the existing holes in the air cleaner bodies first, I made these three pointed pieces, out of 10-32 bolts, then used them to find the holes in the piece of paper, once the holes were marked, I taped the paper to the piece of stainless steel, and punched the center of the three holes, I have a specific carbide scribe that I abuse as a hole marking tool, it makes a much more precise mark then a standard punch. Once I make the first marks, I can go back and make a heavier punch mark with the regular punch.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download009-1.jpg

once I drill the three holes, I can screw down the air cleaner, and mark the perimeter,

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download005-1.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download007-1.jpg


once it's marked, I sheared off as much material as possible on the shear.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download010.jpg

this is the plate ready to machine the edges

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download011.jpg?t=1300162015

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download013.jpg?t=1300162015

center drilling the plate

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download015.jpg?t=1300162015

lostforawhile
03-14-2011, 08:37 PM
Drilling the pilot hole

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download394.jpg

I'm missing a picture somewhere, I have a large carbide tapered reamer, I used this to bring the hole to size.

this is the velocity stack reamed and ready to weld.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download396.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download397.jpg

and welded

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download023.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download024.jpg

I haven't drilled the holes for mounting the air cleaner yet, or the cent hole for the piston, I'm waiting until I get a proper gasket first,before doing that.

1813mdw
03-14-2011, 09:04 PM
:thumbup:this is gonna be killer! i really hope you do decide to try out that supercharger setup you mentioned earlier

lostforawhile
03-14-2011, 09:14 PM
wait until you see the paint done

lostforawhile
03-14-2011, 09:35 PM
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download398.jpg

frantik
03-14-2011, 10:06 PM
^ lol... awesome :D

lostforawhile
03-14-2011, 10:09 PM
^ lol... awesome :D
I do think I'm going to change the iris from blue to green though, needs more contrast. If anyone happens to look around the ends of my carbs, they might get a shock when they look back :bowrofl:

Tdurr
03-15-2011, 11:19 PM
thats just nasty!!! i LOVE IT!!

Dr_Snooz
03-16-2011, 09:47 AM
Wow!!! :omg:

knarg
03-16-2011, 03:44 PM
Ridiculous!

DBMaster
03-16-2011, 03:53 PM
Lost,

Can you please fabricate a perpetual motion machine for me? LOL!

87roach
03-16-2011, 04:31 PM
Pretty fun haha, good job.

DBMaster
03-19-2011, 03:18 PM
In the post apocalyptic wasteland I want Lost to be my roommate!

lostforawhile
03-19-2011, 08:12 PM
In the post apocalyptic wasteland I want Lost to be my roommate!

lol

lostforawhile
03-19-2011, 08:21 PM
what you are looking at, is screen over foam, the foam sits against the velocity stack, it's filter foam, then the screen fits over it, and the retainer fits over the screen. the whole thing is held in by the big circlips. I'm mainly concerned about air going into the velocity stacks, if some unfiltered air leaks around the edges of the stacks, it's not going to hurt anything, the only thing using that air, are the air passages for the domes on the SU's, the diameter of the velocity stacks is smaller then the retainer, so there's space around them

reYmo
06-11-2011, 07:39 AM
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b205/moultriemanicmechanic/aug262009download398.jpg

haha....those blood vessels are quite scary:ugh: