16w Engineering: Project Thread

[shocwav3]

Finally talked my customer out of his strut bar and got a chance to build a Proper plenum for his manifold!

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[slickgt1]

Wow. Cool stuff you got there. Everyone already said what I would. Subscribed.

 

[NUTTSGT]

So, is your active duty career coming to an end ? Doing all this must have been an awesome side job during your stint in the AF.

 

[shocwav3]

So, is your active duty career coming to an end ? Doing all this must have been an awesome side job during your stint in the AF.

I am on terminal leave until the end of the month. I have only been "Full time" in the shop the last month and a half. I will tell you Im working harder than I have in a long time (and that includes 2 deployments to the desert!)

While I have been active duty I have re-invested every bit of additional income to try and build the shop up as much as possible tooling wise, which has helped immensely.

 

[RLaCasse1]

Have you been trained, formerly speaking? Or have you just built your skill by tinkering and being in the shop all the time?

I'm also a DMS'er/major Mitsu fan and also in the Air Force. lol

 

[shocwav3]

Have you been trained, formerly speaking? Or have you just built your skill by tinkering and being in the shop all the time?

I'm also a DMS'er/major Mitsu fan and also in the Air Force. lol

I was a machinist for 9 years. If you are maintenance you will know what I did. (metals Tech)

Cnc work and programing is self taught. I am constantly trying to improve on my knowledge and pick up new skills, especially with tools I am not familiar with. Sheetmetal is my next big hurdle.

 

[zmotorsports]

Simple battery Tie down

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Exquisite work!!!

If I may make one small recommendation though, use a piece of sacrificial material and save your mill table from end mill marks.

Keep the pics coming, great work.

Mike.

 

[GSEninja]

Love the work! Amazing what y'all can do with some scrap metal ..

 

[shocwav3]

Exquisite work!!!

If I may make one small recommendation though, use a piece of sacrificial material and save your mill table from end mill marks.

Keep the pics coming, great work.

Mike.

Mike! That's my crash plate your looking at. Nothing makes me cringe like a gouged table.
Thanks for looking out!

 

[shocwav3]

Love the work! Amazing what y'all can do with some scrap metal ..

Hahaha
I appreciate it.

 

[metalhead212121]

Im actually moving the shop from Yorktown, where I have been the last 5 years due to still being active duty. I am originally from Lyndhurst, so coming back to Clifton is my coming home! I will be full up in Jersey by the end of October, feel free to come on by. I will be rebuilding a client base from the ground up since a lot of my work requires that local interaction with the cars and clients.

Whats the best way to talk to you? Private message on here? Email? Text? Phone call? I'll contact you however you want me to do it.

Great pics by the way.

Dan

 

[shocwav3]

Whats the best way to talk to you? Private message on here? Email? Text? Phone call? I'll contact you however you want me to do it.

Great pics by the way.

Dan

Dan,

Sorry for the delay, I was traveling and I tried to answer your post but I am not sure it ever went through

Shoot me an email or PM
[email protected]

 

[iajonesy]

shocwav3,nice to see my tax $$$$ at work,hahahaha,at least they are being spent wisely.I learned most of my limited skills in the Air Force so I can relate,a little. Yours are far and away,better than mine.Good luck with your business venture and thanks for your service.

Mike

 

[LS3]

Very nice work!!!! This is the kind of stuff i love to see. Keep it coming!

 

[zmotorsports]

Mike! That's my crash plate your looking at. Nothing makes me cringe like a gouged table.
Thanks for looking out!

Gotcha.

Still fantastic work.

Mike.

 

[metalhead212121]

Dan,

Sorry for the delay, I was traveling and I tried to answer your post but I am not sure it ever went through

Shoot me an email or PM
[email protected]

PM to be sent shortly....

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

Thoroughly impressed!!!

 

[shocwav3]

DSM Intercooler build

 

[zmotorsports]

Looks awesome. Great job.

Mike.

 

[shocwav3]

Looks awesome. Great job.

Mike.

Thnks!

 

[maytag]

Careful not to give the end tanks to much volume; or you will get to much pressure drop and air stagnation (which hurts velocity and can cause pressure fluctuations)

But the fab work looks beautiful!

 

[shocwav3]

Careful not to give the end tanks to much volume; or you will get to much pressure drop and air stagnation (which hurts velocity and can cause pressure fluctuations)

But the fab work looks beautiful!

This setup will push 40+ pounds

I actually blocked off a portion of the end tank from inside to divert air to the charge pipe, It wasnt my call to design the feed end tank as large as it is, I would have liked to use a smaller one and come around with a 180 degree charge pipe but the customer wanted to go with a 90 out of the tank.

Thnks for the comments.

Anthony

 

[shocwav3]

More...

V band addition
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Pie Cut Down pipe

 

[NUTTSGT]

More...


Pie Cut Down pipe

What did you use to cut all those pieces ? Bandsaw ?

 

[shocwav3]

What did you use to cut all those pieces ? Bandsaw ?

Yes Sir.

 

[shocwav3]

Down pipe finished
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Dump tube to match
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Installed

 

[shocwav3]

Catch cans

 

[Outlander]

I know nothing about the end products you are producing, but I have spent enough time in a machine shop to say "wow". Very nice work! I am encouraged to see that your service training can be put to use.

You got some kudos from Nastyzen and other folks that have posted some seriously nice looking stuff. You should be proud of your work.

 

[NUTTSGT]

What did you use to cut all those pieces ? Bandsaw ?

Yes Sir.

Are you susing a full size bandsaw or a porta-band and SWAG stand ?


Better yet, how about some pics of your shop/tools ?

 

[sqznby]

Wow, Amazing work.

Do you have any detailed info about those catch cans? Specs, inside view, mounting brackets?

 

[shocwav3]

I know nothing about the end products you are producing, but I have spent enough time in a machine shop to say "wow". Very nice work! I am encouraged to see that your service training can be put to use.

You got some kudos from Nastyzen and other folks that have posted some seriously nice looking stuff. You should be proud of your work.

Thanks so much, means a lot from all you guys.

Are you using a full size bandsaw or a porta-band and SWAG stand ?


Better yet, how about some pics of your shop/tools ?

HAHAHA, Pics for clicks!

Im actually moving into the bigger shop in jersey this week, so some of this stuff is already grouped in prep for the move. Usually its a lot more organized.

Wow, Amazing work.

Do you have any detailed info about those catch cans? Specs, inside view, mounting brackets?

Hell yeah! It is missing the drip tube and o rings in these pics.
Kit comes with a universal mounting bracket and hose with the pushlok fittings
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[Briggs]

Very Nice!! Thanks for your service. What did you work on in the airforce?

 

[sqznby]

Thanks so much, means a lot from all you guys.

HAHAHA, Pics for clicks!

Hell yeah! It is missing the drip tube and o rings in these pics.
Kit comes with a universal mounting bracket and hose with the pushlok fittings
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Very cool.
How long is the drip tube?
What is the OD of the can?
How tall is it?

Sorry for all the questions
Raw looks great
Hmmm, may be interested.
Thanks for the info

 

[Kevin54]

shocwav3.......first off, thank you sir for your service for our Freedom!!!!!Kudos to you.

Secondly, very nice looking parts. I am VERY impressed, and I've been doing this most of my life. If you don't mind me asking, are you polishing the catch cans, or what are you doing to get the finish? Those look great. You sir, do some fantastic work. I may have to be bending your ear sometime.

 

[motocross77]

Wow your work is amazing, I'm drooling lol

 

[shocwav3]

Very Nice!! Thanks for your service. What did you work on in the airforce?

A-10's
HH-60's
130's
F-15's
F-22's

Those are in chronological order!

Very cool.
How long is the drip tube?
What is the OD of the can?
How tall is it?

Sorry for all the questions
Raw looks great
Hmmm, may be interested.
Thanks for the info

No problem, I didnt mean to be short last night, Im in the process of moving the shop, and my brain in fried this week.

-3.00" OD on the can body, base and top are just under 3.25"
-It works out to about 7.5" tall, but the body can be customized to give you more or less volume. When I run them on 2.7t S4's they need to be an inch shorter.
-Drip tube is about 4", its just a plastic tube pressed in so the configuration can be swapped depending on which side you pick for the inlet/outlet.

shocwav3.......first off, thank you sir for your service for our Freedom!!!!!Kudos to you.

Secondly, very nice looking parts. I am VERY impressed, and I've been doing this most of my life. If you don't mind me asking, are you polishing the catch cans, or what are you doing to get the finish? Those look great. You sir, do some fantastic work. I may have to be bending your ear sometime.

Thanks for the positive comments. I really try to put out a nice finished product. Functionality is paramount, but the aesthetics is what sets it apart for me, and I really strive to make it the best product I can both visually and functionally.

The top and bottom are just the finish straight off the machine. ZRN 3 flutes give a hell of a finish, even on 6061.

The bodies are turned between centers on the lathe and have a skim cut taken off. No polish since I usually send them all to get anodized. I think there are 2 or 3 cans floating around that customers wanted raw, the rest go for anodized.

[/QUOTE]

Wow your work is amazing, I'm drooling lol

HAHA, thanks so much.

 

[MP&C]

Beautiful work! Some anodizing will really set them off!

We just rolled through your neighborhood this past week. Travelled down 17 to Nags Head on Thurs night and back yesterday.

 

[shocwav3]

Beautiful work! Some anodizing will really set them off!

We just rolled through your neighborhood this past week. Travelled down 17 to Nags Head on Thurs night and back yesterday.

Damn, you were almist in my backyard. Well at least for a few more days, after Friday I'll only be back down here to pick up work and check on the property.

 

[Briggs]

A-10's
HH-60's
130's
F-15's
F-22's

Those are in chronological order!

Very nice, Ive got 24 jumps out of C-130's and C-17's, 1 out of a blackhawk.

Amazing work btw.

 

[shocwav3]

Very nice, Ive got 24 jumps out of C-130's and C-17's, 1 out of a blackhawk.

Amazing work btw.

You guys get to do all the fun stuff. We just got to fix 'em