homeade custom airbox??

[chiefbong360]

Was thinking about building a custom air-box out of aluminum. One that i can fit the battery in. Has anyone attempted this before? I'm new to the whole metal fab thing, so does anybody have any tips? any special tools am i going to need?

it can be done but the only benefit is the pride in saying you made it. It would be less hassle and maybe even cheaper to buy an aluminum airbox. Aluminum is pretty expensive but if you can get the materials needed I say go for it.

[cmaxx]

my grandfather works at the airport so i get all that stuff free.im thinking about making a stailess steel one.

that woul be awesome! i say go for it

[AnDy7]

i hope that you know how to weld aluminum or stainless steel. it can be tricky im going to school now for welding

[Pipeless416]

yea i'll be learning TIG welding in a fabrication class that i chose as an elective this coming semester. we need one major project, and i think this will be it.

[416exfreak]

LMAO at your sig pipeless.

That must be one baaaad 416!:eek2:

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by 416exfreak
LMAO at your sig pipeless.

That must be one baaaad 416!:eek2:

you know it! its a fire breather.. seriously.. there were flames coming out of the exhaust pipe last night lol...:chinese: :ermm:

[glamiskid395]

Originally posted by Pipeless416
you know it! its a fire breather.. seriously.. there were flames coming out of the exhaust pipe last night lol...:chinese: :ermm:

were you runnin pure race gas?

[416exfreak]

Originally posted by Pipeless416
you know it! its a fire breather.. seriously.. there were flames coming out of the exhaust pipe last night lol...:chinese: :ermm:

Thats nothing. Last time we went hillclimbing at night, my headers were glowing orange and it set my pants on fire!

I had stopped and kneeled down on my nerf bar for warmth and I wasnt paying attention. I smelled something, and it was my pants. Lol...

[416exfreak]

Originally posted by glamiskid395
were you runnin pure race gas?

Race gas wouldnt make it shoot fire.

If anything race gas would help with that, because it takes longer to detonate a higher octane fuel.

Probably the peices of packing in the canister are coming out. Maybe it is a V8 at heart...:eek:

[glamiskid395]

Originally posted by 416exfreak
Race gas wouldnt make it shoot fire.

If anything race gas would help with that, because it takes longer to detonate a higher octane fuel.

Probably the peices of packing in the canister are coming out. Maybe it is a V8 at heart...:eek:

just sayin from experience
accidently put 110 octane in my dads 200x and it shot flames all night.

[Pipeless416]

im not sure what was up with it, but i think i had some bad gas because i ran it dry, went and got a can of old gas, filled up a little, and tried starting it up and it just backfired and sputtered for a little bit. its all better now though with some new gas. :p

[416exfreak]

Originally posted by glamiskid395
just sayin from experience
accidently put 110 octane in my dads 200x and it shot flames all night.

I highly doubt that was because of the gas. Unless it wasnt detonating all of the fuel in the combustion chamber, and it was detonationg throughout the exhaust sytem and out of the tail pipe. Thats always possible.

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by 416exfreak
I highly doubt that was because of the gas. Unless it wasnt detonating all of the fuel in the combustion chamber, and it was detonationg throughout the exhaust sytem and out of the tail pipe. Thats always possible.

exactly, when i ran out of gas last night i was kind of far out, so i took the big gas can and filled up a little can and i thought the liquid that was in the bottom was gas.. now i think it was water. ive done that before with the same results. no fun.

[416exfreak]

Lol...

I dont really know what water would do to one. I would think it would make it run like chit, but idk about shooting fire.

Please tell me you roasted marshmallows on the fire?

If you havent had marshmallows roasted on the fire from an engine...you dont know what your missing!:devil:

[Pipeless416]

nope, i only toasted a glove lol. but thank god it stopped having fiery gas because we're off to little sahara, OK next week. fiery gas can be a killer on exhaust holes...

[416exfreak]

Me and my dad are thinking about taking a trip up there this summer for my 16th B-day. Let me know what you think of the place. And if you dont mind, take some pictures from the top of some of the tallest dunes so I can see the landscape. And maybe some pics of the tall dunes too.

:D

[Pipeless416]

for sure. we'll probably have a pretty big thread with just pictures. the only part thats gonna stink is not having paddles, but hopefully we've never been dune riding before and its 15 hours each way, so we cant justify investing that much into it. we'll get the pics up as soon as we can though.

[416exfreak]

Weeeeellllll :)

I happen to have an un-needed set of 20-11-10 Kenda sand geckos in my shop. They dont have any deep gashes or anything and Id say that they have 85-90% tread left.

65$ and you pay shipping and theyre yours.

[Pipeless416]

oh man! lol i would be all over that, but i would have to have them overnighted and i cant afford that haha. we're leaving at 3 am on the 26th. i also dont have any 10 inch rims lol.

[Pipeless416]

and i gotta apologize to the thread starter for stealing this thread and running with it lol. i hope you got the answers you were looking for, if not, keep asking away.

[416exfreak]

I also appologize!:D

[chiefbong360]

i was just wondering what tools im going to need. gonna wing me out a homeade airbox i thinks. got some sheets of aluminum and some sheets of stainless. was thinking about using riviots instead of welding, give it a mideviel look hahah seriously though anyone else give this a try before?

Originally posted by 416exfreak
I highly doubt that was because of the gas. Unless it wasnt detonating all of the fuel in the combustion chamber, and it was detonationg throughout the exhaust sytem and out of the tail pipe. Thats always possible.

no that is very likely and true my brother put straight race gas 110 in a little polaris phoenix i think thats a 200 and it was shooting out flames no lie about a foot out of the exhaust all night

[skott1576]

i put cam2 in a 72 atc90 and that was shooting blue flames out the back