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diy engine undertrays
anyone made their own engine undertray? mine went years ago and i doubt ill find a stock one anywhere so was thinking of making one myself if i cant find something aftermarket to do the job. im not bad with my hands but my no means good at fabrication but was thinking about making a template from card then cutting/bending something from abs sheet or metal
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Keep it plastic if you can, no need to make a big heavy thing out of metal.
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Oem was still available a year ago, paid £70.
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I just made one out of aluminium. Cereal box templates are the daddy.
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Think I'll have a go with some cereal box templates and get a sheet of plastic and might try using a sheet of dibond as my mate can get it
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Take it you're doing it for airflow not protection? I used a bit of 3mm steel to protect my fancy sump
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Yea it's mainly for airflow unless a baffled CA sump makes itself known to me, basically I got sick of having a bodykit flapping about so got a pignose fitted up nicely around my fmic and want to address the crappy airflow now that I dont have a floppy fibreglass front end.
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Looked at foamboard? Can get sheets with plastic coating, it's light, easy to work with, and pretty durable too
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Cool, I hadn't looked at that but I will do now, nice one!
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For those thinking about metal, you have to be careful about resonance with metal. OEM fiber is a shock absorber. Sadly, its also a liquid absorbent
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If it's thin and planar, it might pant in the air. You can reinforce it with thin strips of polystyrene or similar on the back to inhibit it.
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that was my other concern after looking at plastics so im gonna draw up a template (once ive finished working on the rear end) then look at materials. the dibond stuff my mate can get is 2 thin layers of aluminium with a plastic core, its very strong and lightweight but i may put ribs down it if necissary.
anyway at my current work rate it might get done for 2020! thanks for the suggestions though peeps
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I made my one from ally sheet with a couple of folds in it to clear the arb so hopefully no resonance.
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