Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

M

MikeRenz

not stock
another upcoming part...just thought i'd share the proto w/ you guys.

P7180002.jpg


P7180003.jpg
 
SY2932

SY2932

Administrator
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

Looks nice, are you going to have nuts welded on the bottom to bolt the ignition coil on or go with thicker material so that it can be tapped? That stock ignition coil location is a PITA to mess with since the bolts are buried.
 
M

MikeRenz

not stock
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

SY2932 said:
Looks nice, are you going to have nuts welded on the bottom to bolt the ignition coil on or go with thicker material so that it can be tapped? That stock ignition coil location is a PITA to mess with since the bolts are buried.
Click to expand...
i was planning on welding nuts to the underside, much like the stock bracket
 
M

MikeRenz

not stock
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

hideakimura said:
any installed pics?
Click to expand...
i just bent it this morning, and it's lacking nuts to bolt the coil down. so NO, no installed pics yet.

Maybe this weekend if i can salvage some time to do it.
 
turbodig

turbodig

Active member
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

MikeRenz said:
i was planning on welding nuts to the underside, much like the stock bracket
Click to expand...

How ya gonna weld steel nuts to aluminum?

$$$?
 
M

MikeRenz

not stock
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

turbodig said:
How ya gonna weld steel nuts to aluminum?

$$$?
Click to expand...
well it'd most likely be an alum bar w/ 2 threaded holes being welded to the underside of the bracket.

$$$....aiming for the $40 neighborhood.
 
M

MikeRenz

not stock
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

SY2455 said:
OK Mike,

Its time to come clean on this one, as I have waited for someone else to ask and noone has so.......
With all this aluminum stuff you are making. Is this an all out effort to make the lightest truck? As in

http://www.syty.net/forums/showthread.php?t=16677&highlight=Lighten+Syclone

Where is the aluminum steering shaft at in the pipe line?
Click to expand...
i just like things that don't get rusty personally. So i figured other people would like some also, so i just make a bunch of stuff i want. :) I started a new company to handle sales of the stuff...just haven't gone 'public' with it yet, becuase i want to have a nice catalog of parts to offer.

Alum steering shaft won't happen...it'd too soft of a metal to handle all that torque. You can already get stainless borgeson ones too :tup:


And the lightness isn't a super factor...i have a digital scale to compare everything...and i'll share all the results once i have the finalized products vs. stockers
 
ghettosled

ghettosled

SYTY SUPERSTORE
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

why not use a nutsert (sp?) instead of welding a threaded bung on? basically they are a threaded rivet which gets punched into the metal.
 
M

MikeRenz

not stock
Re: Aluminum Coil/Map/EGR solenoid bracket

ghettosled said:
why not use a nutsert (sp?) instead of welding a threaded bung on? basically they are a threaded rivet which gets punched into the metal.
Click to expand...
i'll look into those. thanks for the term (never heard of it).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top