Yea... Heard these damn manifolds are pretty tricky to shave with a bic razor

Didn't notice that.

two years...it's been the longest I haven't driven the car since I've owned it.

But when it hits the road again, it'll be pretty much DONE.




Here's to hopefully finishing it up within another two

Another small progress update.


Touched up the block, ignore my engine hoist valve cover, the engine can basically go back in the car any time. Hopefully real soon.




Prototype console plug, as of today, is complete. Applied the sealer, and the release agent.

We'll see if a mold comes off of it with no problems. If it does...oh man!

I can taste the carbon...Mmmmmm fiber.

More to come, as it happens

just catching up, you do amazing work my friend

Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad people enjoy my work.

I do.....sometimes.


Slowly 'plugging' away at it.

PREFACE: apologies for the long boring update, it's kind of hard to document what I'm doing without explaining it a little first.

TL;DR: I successfully infused the mold.

So with the release agent on the plug, first, I applied the 'surface coat'. This will be the mold's finished surface, once it's pulled from the plug.







Once cured, then comes the fabric.

Most of my parts are created via infusion, a slightly more complicated process (briefly explained below). But it allows for much nicer parts.

So the dry fabric is lightly tacked to the surface coat.

Templates were made, and a kit was cut, prior to this point.





A couple layers 6oz glass...

or as some know it: "boat cloth".

Followed by four layers of 12oz glass.

Okay, so now that the dry fabric is in place, it's time to start building the bag.

First the 'tacky tape' is secured to the perimeter of the plug. Area shown below. This is what the vacuum bag attaches to.






Then, since we want to remove all of the "process stack" (plumbing) from the finished part, I put down some peel ply. This material is specifically designed to release from finished parts.










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Then, flow media, or as some call it "turkey bag" is affixed to the peel ply surface. This is essentially nylon screen material. Its function is to promote the flow of resin, allowing the material to disperse easily. (less surface area to travel, blah blah yada yada..)







Vacuum line is run along the perimeter of the part.

In this particular infusion, the flow is known as "Eccentric". Meaning that the resin will feed from the center of the part, and infuse outward, toward the vacuum line, located outboard.

It varies in size, but it is just plastic conduit material.




This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Nov 13 2014 05:00pm