Recent content by xirforever

Out with old, in with the new

And here are the front subframe bushings! The center piece had to be sunk in a little, a washer worked perfect!

Here is the final product. Used my new press to push them back in :) You can also see the final product of the subframe bushing project. Just got the other parts in to start the other pair of subframe bushings. I will post on those as well!

Hey guys, so I have decided as I am completely rebuilding my rear subframe, I wouldn't want to leave those poor rear diff bushings out! Here is what i have done: 1. Made tools to press out old bushings 2. Burnt out the metal parts (sleeve and 'bucket' if you will) 3. Sent parts for...

I can give you cad models in an format you want. My native software is SolidWorks but obviously i can save it as a step file or whatever you prefer.

Right, mine are not "solid", they have polyurethane in there and it vibrates a ton as it is now. I would be scared to see how much it shook the car if i bolted the engine straight to the chassis with no type of softer material between the two.

Ahh First off, I will not be making any more of these, but I am willing to share my design for free. Secondly, the noise vibration harshness as you put it, is very severe lol. I love it, but it definitely vibrates the car more!

Some freshly made bushings for the freshly painted mount! I decided to make a top for the mold before i made the final four, after the first two, turning that face on the lathe was just too much of a pain in the butt. So i made a little funnel, drilled a hole into the mold, and poured in from...

Im sorry, what does NVH stand for?

Pulled the second one out of the mold today, here are the two side by side. Quite amazing. I think I may actually go with that vacuum pump on harbor freight, it has great reviews and for the price of that pump with as low as it goes, it seems hard to beat.

I was thinking a cheap 2 stage as well, and then I found some lab grade Welch 2 stage pumps on ebay, one is for 150 shipped and they are 2500 new so I figure it may be a little old, but it will probably perform just fine. Here is a picture of the new pour and its clarity!

Thanks for input guys! 4U2QUIK, are you doing injection molding or cast? We have a product line at my work that I am the only engineer responsible for so I have been talking a lot to the plastics place we use to inject a urethane seal on our valve, and you can see some of the shrinkage, but I...

Craig, Here is my shopping list: McMaster.com urethane 1 lbs can for $32 - 8644K11 mold release aerosol $12 - 1409K34 It seems quite expensive for the volume that I received, I was expecting a little more. I want more than 1lb and less than 10 for sure. I wish now that I had...

How did you utilize a the wire to help with the bubbles? Are you saying the heat will lower the viscosity to release the air bubbles? Or that the bubbles will expand and become more buoyant when heated? Okay so today I tried to pull the mold apart, and I was hoping to be able to do...

Okay guys, cast my first part tonight and waiting for it to dry. It only took one time for me to realize that bubbles are totally unacceptable to me and after trying to vibrate them out with little success, I have decided I will put a hold on the other three castings until I have a vacuum...