Simple yet effective Jonathan, yet another part you could market ... Clever bu***r
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Simple yet effective Jonathan, yet another part you could market ... Clever bu***r
I like my naked alternator. Just saying.
Is there no end to your talents? Could you make me an O2 sensor??Quote:
Originally Posted by britlude
O2 sensors.. try sparkplugs.com or rockauto.com!
back to the plot.....
If I’m not so sure about something, in this case the alternator cover, I leave it a couple of weeks, then have another look! That way I get to see it with fresh eyes, and get to see what , if anything, needs doing. so upon opening the engine cover did I like what I saw…. No!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4310/...b484007e_o.jpg2013-05-21-2814 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
It is a prototype, so it’s allowed! But looking at it, it looks too ‘thin’. Like it’s made out of a thin piece of aluminium. Yes, I know it IS a thin piece of aluminium, but although doing it’s job, still looks out of place, so a tweak is required!
A bit of metal bashing later and I have a cap to add to the end, which was ‘welded’ on with lumiweld and a blow torch… and mocked up just to check!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4326/...482de53b_o.jpg2013-06-24-3048 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
a shot of filler…..
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4298/...744b9123_o.jpg2013-06-24-3050 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
and after a flat and paint up we get to this…
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4319/...889f55c6_o.jpg2013-06-24-3055 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
the return giving a more ‘solid’ appearance, and the radiused end into the vertical face tie-ing in with the curves of the intake/injector covers….
blah blah blah! it just looks better!
the vertical face above the pulley cover is clear of the alternator, and shouldn’t affect any air-flow… I did a quick mock up to see if it needed trimming back any more..
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4317/...6c70afcd_o.jpg2013-06-24-3053 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
and the final result
before…
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4310/...b484007e_o.jpg2013-05-21-2814 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
after
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/...c663d4bb_o.jpg2013-06-24-3062 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
definitely looks more ‘complete’ now!
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...d%3D1354993456
Completeness is yours, much more of an OEM look about it now ...
Nice cover! Is there anything you can't make! :)
car mats! that's why i bought some at Silverstone classic.....
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4319/...889f55c6_o.jpg2013-08-21-3805 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
more details here!
http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/showthread.ph...New-floor-mats
another little landmark in the life of my NSX, the odometer has just tripped over 123456.7! i noticed at 123451, thought i better get a pic next time out, forgot and remembered at 123458...bum
think i must be due another oil change about now....
Been playing again, just added gauge trim rings from Stacey on NSXprime....
here’s the before and after! it really brightens it up and reversible for the purists!
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4324/...d551af26_o.jpg2013-09-06-3885 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4318/...5ea2133a_o.jpg2013-09-06-3900 by jon sutherland, on Flickr
full details here... http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/showthread.ph...d=1#post104930