atomman
Club Member
After looking at the air box Rich brought and a few others have also got fitted , I thought I could do with one to,
I did some measurements and did some quick CAD models and a few flow simulations, made a couple of tweaks and went about making a base plate and brought some foam to make a mould ,
here's some photo's of the progress so far ,
I did a bit of machining for a good friend a few weeks back , who make balsa long boards ,http://www.thewilliamslongboardingcompanyinc.co.uk/, so he is gonna finish off the plug/mould for me and then make the actual air box for me , i know my limits with epoxy,
The plan is to use a high temp epoxy and a couple of layers of cloth and hopefully end up with a pretty clear air box so you can see the titanium trumpets through it , if this doesn't work we will already have the mould so can use carbon fibre cloth instead ,
Hoping to get it done in the next few weeks so when i go to the dyno i can do some runs with and without the air box to see if there are any gains
I did some measurements and did some quick CAD models and a few flow simulations, made a couple of tweaks and went about making a base plate and brought some foam to make a mould ,
here's some photo's of the progress so far ,
I did a bit of machining for a good friend a few weeks back , who make balsa long boards ,http://www.thewilliamslongboardingcompanyinc.co.uk/, so he is gonna finish off the plug/mould for me and then make the actual air box for me , i know my limits with epoxy,
The plan is to use a high temp epoxy and a couple of layers of cloth and hopefully end up with a pretty clear air box so you can see the titanium trumpets through it , if this doesn't work we will already have the mould so can use carbon fibre cloth instead ,
Hoping to get it done in the next few weeks so when i go to the dyno i can do some runs with and without the air box to see if there are any gains