Hi folks,
Does anyone have any thoughts on materials to make custom intercooler ducting from?
I\'ve just bought a Trust SMIC which needs some custom ducting and wondering what people use? Never used fibreglass so was thinking of some sort of sheeting? Alu?
Cheers :)
Paul.
foamex, you can heat it and mold it to the shame you want...
I got sheet alu from B&Q, i cut short the stock feed where it was wonkey (by the stock I/C, leaving the front feed section the sits in the front bumper as this seemed a right pain to replicate) then I measured up using cardboard, cut the metal, bolted it to the original plastic feed and hey presto. I used some kind of sticky foam tape which I found in B&Q (sticky on oneside) to seal up any joins etc to stop any air escaping.
Wont the foamex get hot in the engine bay and warp?
If you create one mate, would love to see a template as I am thinking of doing something with mine but never got round to it.
Cheers peeps I\'ll give it a go...using the original one as a start sounds good to me. My front bumper also has a vent right at the front so I want to use that too, tho I might try and get that to the filters some how.
use foamex then coat it with carbon or fiberglass to stop it moving...
then remove the foamex ;) foamex get\'s very brittle in the cold & will shatter if something hits it!!
Jono
fibreglass! it\'s like paper maché for grown-ups.
make a template out of whatever you want - plywood, balsa, that florist\'s foam stuff - then coat it with a release agent and fibreglass on top. these guys are pretty helpful:
http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/store/