Almondo's GTi update 27/8/11

its looking nice i would go black or polished

chrome plated wud cost too much i think,
im being more tempted 2wards black, hopefully do it 2moro if the weathers nice and mark 2 of my mould

i would go with brown

jesseswiftgti wrote:i would go with brown

to go with the rusty manifold lol

i would also go with some timing belt covers and just heat wrap manifold £20 gets u alot of heatwrap these days


steve

didnt think of heat wrap tbh, iv got a cambelt cover but it rubs my adjustable cam gears, it needs spacers, but im attempting to make clear covers

oo nice i would defo be intrested in a clear cover


steve

my 1st mould was poor and my first cover wasnt gd enough. i aint got work 2moro so i should be able to carry on with my second mould

ooo nice what do you use to pour into ?

i havent poured anything yet lol
i made the 1st mould out of wood and vacuum formed plastic around it.
2nd mould im coping the exact 1 then get rid of all the high and lows that the orignal has, well thats the plan anyway lol

i wud still use vacuum forming to create it. never had any experience with injection moulding and wudnt no where to start with a mould for that.

iv brought 2mm polycarbonate but its abit too thick really

just done the 2nd mould should be dry 2moro,
and dropped my strut brace off to be powder coated in gloss black as it was only £25

nice cant wait to see that cover


steve

the cover wud be months off at the rate iv been goin at its took me 3 months to get this far lol
and i dunno if this mould is much better yet

well the brace is powder coated black



swapped the wiper motor bracket for 1 i painted a while ago, fitted brace and replaced a load of nuts, bolts, washers and screws with stainless ones






also got gary's plug cover to fit, but it doesnt fit over my leads so i need a new set



that is all , till next time

are you on stock cams?

yh stock cams

hes to poor for high lift

y have bigger cams if i want turbo

have the adjustable cam gears made any difference? i advance the inlet cam on race cams but cant see much point in having the on stock cams.

iv just set them up to stock atm probably wud b a small gain if tuned properly
but i just liked the look of them tbh lol

lol, thats alot of money just for looks, but at least you have the option to play with them if you choose to

it was sort of future planning
but more just spur of the moment spending lol

o well done now

Your number plate is wicked. I want it lol

racecams wrote:Your number plate is wicked. I want it lol

it cost £600 apprently but id never sell it

lol £600 for a number plate