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) |
realred914 |
Dec 3 2010, 11:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,086 Joined: 1-April 10 From: california Member No.: 11,541 Region Association: None |
vibrtaion will be the enemy here, so make sure teh metal foam you use will not vibrate aginst the supports adn that could cuase wear inducing particles to get into the motor. maybe some sort of silicone (oil proof) seal around the foam to were you attach it to the motor would be good.
I have used a copper foam before, used it in a helium 3 isotope, zero gravity refridgeration unit for use on cooling space based sensors. neat stuff. the copper foam had the corect pore size to help seperate the Helium 3 from Helium (liquid), this is what drove the refridgeration cycle. |
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