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PolarBear · 08-11-2013, 06:23 PM

Well, I didn't get a lot done this weekend since I went to NJMP to see Lemon's on Saturday

I made a tubing straightener based on another person's design over at NastyZ. It didnt work as well as I hoped though. I had bought Summit's 3/8" stainless tubing to make my fuel lines, it was quite a pain to try to straighten since it comes in a large coil ~1.5" diameter. It was difficult and time consuming. Here is the link to the build at NastyZ and Here is the link to the guy he designed it off. I just bolted my stuff to a flat piece of 3/16 aluminum and spaced the rollers appropriately. It took some trial and error to get the spacing right, but it is a lot faster than trying to un-bend by hand. I was disappointed because the tubing still has a bit of an arc to it, but I guess that is the problem with the stainless, it is too hard. Also the tubing mucked up the ends of the rollers. I'll have to re-do the setup on pieces of angle like it shows in the build. For now I had everything but the rollers.

So after I finished the straightener, I made this nice little PCV tube for my 4.8. Yeah, yeah, I know, catch can..... I'll worry about that later if it is a problem.

I also got the headers in the car, hopefully for the last time. I just have to tighten up the bolts, I just snugged them so they touched the head. I'll tighten them when I know I wont have to take them out again before the first start. You can see the LH side in place in the picture. I went over it again with Scotch Brite before I put it in too. Just have to wipe it down to get my fingerprints off meow.

Tomorrow i'll order a few more things I need from McMaster Carr. I need a variety of stuff to mount/space the ECM off the firewall over the AC delete plate under the fender.

I think I can actually see the end of the spending for this damn build.

08-11-2013, 06:23 PM	#174
PolarBear Ebearnezer Scrooge/Power Member/Lips Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hamilton, Mercer county Posts: 4,141 iTrader: (16)	Well, I didn't get a lot done this weekend since I went to NJMP to see Lemon's on Saturday I made a tubing straightener based on another person's design over at NastyZ. It didnt work as well as I hoped though. I had bought Summit's 3/8" stainless tubing to make my fuel lines, it was quite a pain to try to straighten since it comes in a large coil ~1.5" diameter. It was difficult and time consuming. Here is the link to the build at NastyZ and Here is the link to the guy he designed it off. I just bolted my stuff to a flat piece of 3/16 aluminum and spaced the rollers appropriately. It took some trial and error to get the spacing right, but it is a lot faster than trying to un-bend by hand. I was disappointed because the tubing still has a bit of an arc to it, but I guess that is the problem with the stainless, it is too hard. Also the tubing mucked up the ends of the rollers. I'll have to re-do the setup on pieces of angle like it shows in the build. For now I had everything but the rollers. So after I finished the straightener, I made this nice little PCV tube for my 4.8. Yeah, yeah, I know, catch can..... I'll worry about that later if it is a problem. I also got the headers in the car, hopefully for the last time. I just have to tighten up the bolts, I just snugged them so they touched the head. I'll tighten them when I know I wont have to take them out again before the first start. You can see the LH side in place in the picture. I went over it again with Scotch Brite before I put it in too. Just have to wipe it down to get my fingerprints off meow. Tomorrow i'll order a few more things I need from McMaster Carr. I need a variety of stuff to mount/space the ECM off the firewall over the AC delete plate under the fender. I think I can actually see the end of the spending for this damn build. Last edited by PolarBear; 08-11-2013 at 06:27 PM.