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) |
underthetire |
Dec 3 2010, 12:41 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
Pretty cool, i've seen our waterjet guy cutting that stuff out before. We have some special metal foam thats about 1,000 per gram !
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realred914 |
Dec 3 2010, 01:02 PM
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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 |
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underthetire |
Dec 3 2010, 03:51 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,062 Joined: 7-October 08 From: Brentwood Member No.: 9,623 Region Association: Northern California |
Pretty cool, i've seen our waterjet guy cutting that stuff out before. We have some special metal foam thats about 1,000 per gram ! what the $1000/gram stuff called, alumicaine? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Gives you a buzz and Alzheimers in one shot ! Actually contains BE/CU/and gold. |
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