Album Index for Album 0010: Custom Heat Shield

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Here's the problem area.  I found three locations to secure a heatshield, marked with red arrows. 
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Using a piece of cardboard I began to create a template.
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The roughed out template is traced onto a new final template.
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A LOT of fitting and refitting is necessary to get the angles and holes right.  Make some angle templates too.
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This is aircraft grade aluminum, but any type will do.  Make sure it isn't too thin, the bulk doesn't add much weight, but it does add stiffness.  I marked out the template with a Sharpie pen.
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Ok, here I confess I have friends with real equipment.  The guy that gave me the aluminum does $1 million a year in government work!  I went to another friend's race shop to use the shear and brake and made these bends.  You CAN do it with a jigsaw and 2x4s to bend, but the right tools make it a lot easier.
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I hit the aluminum with Harry's Makita Palm Sander and some 120 grit just to smooth things out.
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Well the downside of using a shear and brake is that I couldn't do the tab in one piece.  So I had to TIG weld in the tab.  If you use a jigsaw and hand bend, you can just bend this tab to the 90 degree angle.
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Here you can see measurement for the holes to drill.  GO SLOW.
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I used two thicknesses of Thermo Tape to isolate the shield from the proportioning valve bracket.  No need to conduct heat here!
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Another shot of the bent and welded shield.  The first hole is from the template.  The other two not yet drilled are marked in place.
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Two holes drilled and fit, the third (top) is being marked.
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All three holes done!  At this point I fitted it and drove around.  The master cylinder is SIGNIFICANTLY cooler.
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Makita Palm Sander 120, 220, 320, 600, 1000, 2000 grit.  It's not necessary but I then hit it on my buffer with some rouge. You can substitute Simichrome and some real elbow grease.  Final polish is with Aluma-1...amazing stuff, though a bit hard to find.  Total time is about an hour.
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Looks good, fits well, and no I won't make you one! ;-P
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Wow, you can see the turbo downpipe like in a mirror.  Good thing I ceramic coated all that stuff so it doesn't reflect a rusty pipe!