The Bolton Build - 818C

[FFRWRX]

Looks great! Curious on the hood louvers. Are they from ZDB? Didn't see any mention in your thread, but may have missed it.

You didn't miss anything since I didn't talk about the hood louvers yet.

I thought louvers would look really nice on the hood in place of the stock perforated sheet metal. I wanted them a little thicker than just stamped or cut sheet aluminum. I also wanted them to be the same size as the recess in the hood. The fins are 1/8" x 3/4" aluminum and the end plates are 1/4" thick. I CNC machined slots in the end pieces to take the fins. They are a tight fit in the side plate where they meet at a right angle, and a loose fit in the other side plate. Since they go in on an angle on the one side I made the slots loose and used JB Weld to hold them in place on the "loose" side.

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JB Weld (the original one, not the quick one) takes powder coating temperature just fine and it actually takes the powder as well; must be the metal in it.

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There are small threaded holes in the bottom of the end plates to attach them to the hood. Really pleased with how they turned out.

Rick

[roadrashrob]

You didn't miss anything since I didn't talk about the hood louvers yet.

I thought louvers would look really nice on the hood in place of the stock perforated sheet metal. I wanted them a little thicker than just stamped or cut sheet aluminum. I also wanted them to be the same size as the recess in the hood. The fins are 1/8" x 3/4" aluminum and the end plates are 1/4" thick. I CNC machined slots in the end pieces to take the fins. They are a tight fit in the side plate where they meet at a right angle, and a loose fit in the other side plate. Since they go in on an angle on the one side I made the slots loose and used JB Weld to hold them in place on the "loose" side.

Screen Shot 2022-10-10 at 9.47.24 AM.jpg

Screen Shot 2022-10-17 at 12.29.47 PM.jpg

Screen Shot 2022-10-16 at 6.00.48 PM.jpg

Screen Shot 2022-10-10 at 9.47.57 AM.jpg

JB Weld (the original one, not the quick one) takes powder coating temperature just fine and it actually takes the powder as well; must be the metal in it.

Screen Shot 2022-10-17 at 1.03.31 PM.jpg

There are small threaded holes in the bottom of the end plates to attach them to the hood. Really pleased with how they turned out.

Rick

Wow! Very nice...