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Beholder88
03-13-2009, 04:13 PM
I'm wondering if a phenolic spacer could be replaced with fiberglass? I could get the resin and some sheets of fiberglass, stack them up until they get to about 1/4 inch thick, then cut to size. Any thoughts?
[ion] C2
03-13-2009, 04:16 PM
just use phenolic material
kwhauck
03-13-2009, 04:17 PM
it is possible, i know somebody running a custom set that are 1/4 mdf with a coat of high heat paint.....
Beholder88
03-13-2009, 04:18 PM
I'm in the process of getting some, just throwing the thought out there. Kind of curoius if there is an easier, better way.
Beholder88
03-13-2009, 04:18 PM
it is possible, i know somebody running a custom set that are 1/4 mdf with a coat of high heat paint.....

Hmmmm, mdf?
kwhauck
03-13-2009, 04:21 PM
wood product - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-density_fiberboard

usually used for building speaker boxes....
Beholder88
03-13-2009, 04:22 PM
Wow, didn't even think of that. That's about as basic as it gets.
kwhauck
03-13-2009, 04:24 PM
and as cheap, problem is replacement, he replaces his about every 6 months, but that' no biggie, i think my top end only usually makes it about 3 months everytime I reassemble....
Beholder88
03-13-2009, 04:26 PM
Well, I can see how it wears out so fast, being wood and all.
kwhauck
03-13-2009, 04:28 PM
not so much the wood you worry about, it is if the paint starts to chip, that's usually not healthy for an engine, not really bad, but not great either.....

when i grenaded my piston, i only had half of it in the motor still, the other half went out the tailpipe.....lol
kwhauck
03-13-2009, 04:30 PM
so what's the deal? are you just dieing to make something or what?

what kind of equipment do you have, plasma, tig, mig, waterjet, cad?
Beholder88
03-13-2009, 05:10 PM
so what's the deal? are you just dieing to make something or what?

what kind of equipment do you have, plasma, tig, mig, waterjet, cad?

Pretty much, and I do not have any of that, except CAD. I've got some connections to that kind of equipment, and it helps that I can get material through where I work.
Ryan from Ohio
03-13-2009, 06:45 PM
Fiberglass wont hold up to the heat, period.
Beholder88
03-13-2009, 07:50 PM
I'm not talking about the same kind of fiberglass used for body work. There are different grades of the stuff. Like I said, I need to look into it some more.
AleroB888
03-13-2009, 09:14 PM
I made 1/2 inch spacers out of basswood, sprayed color on and urethane varnished 'em. had them about three years now.
kwhauck
03-13-2009, 11:07 PM
i could have sworn it was mdf and that you had changed them several times, well i'll be damned.......