Trying Out A New Material, Duocel Foamed Aluminum |
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Trying Out A New Material, Duocel Foamed Aluminum |
McMark |
Dec 1 2010, 02:38 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
I ordered some of this Duocel stuff. It's sheets of 'foamed' 6101-T6 aluminum. I'm going to form a brick that will slip into the stock oil filler tower and hopefully provide significant oil vapor separation from the crankcase ventilation air. Ideally, by slipping this into the stock tower, I can run the breather tube to a carb or FI intake and not have to stress/dealwith large quantities of oil collecting in the intake or fouling the carbs.
Why not a traditional foam? This stuff won't break down over time. Not cheap though. Each 4" x 4" x 0.5" sheet is $30. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yikes.gif) Oh and if this works it'll appear Original while being Custom. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) Attached image(s) |
Chris Pincetich |
Dec 1 2010, 05:19 PM
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B-) Group: Members Posts: 2,082 Joined: 3-October 05 From: Point Reyes Station, CA Member No.: 4,907 Region Association: Northern California |
Interesting.
I like the V-bar project better (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) If this foam had bits fall off over time, is there any way those aluminum foam crumbs would get into the flow of the oiling system? Bits would be caught by the oil filter before reaching delicate internals? |
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