Nathan's Road-Legal/Track BB4

[NafemanNathan]

Coming along nicely nathan.

More bits. Hell of a spec list on page 1! !!!

Really looking forward to seeing the finished product.

Whos doing port work on your head?

Cheers Marc

Gonna send the lot up to Rich to play with once I've got as much done as I can possible do

[NafemanNathan]

Well I had a very welcomed flying visit from my good friend "Dale the machinist" last night. For those of you who don't know, I'd supplied him with some aluminium profiles I'd measured up and had laser cut...



I'd also been a little creative with the design and dimensioned up a bit of detail work for Dale to tackle...



Anyway, last night Dale brought over these delights (And the pictures really aren't doing these justice by the way) They look amazing!...





And they fit perfectly to (This one gives you an idea of the perfect flush fitment of the caphead bolts)...



That bottom hole is offset like that on the IACV by the way, so can't be helped ...















Now these are actually what we're considering prototypes and just to give you an idea of Dale's skill, he actually machined those pockets and chamfers by hand! But he is actually keen to start going into production with these and many more Prelude related items that he'll CNC machine, so the final products will be to perfection. I've got numerous ideas of what he can produce for the more often than not forgotten Prelude and finishes will be either bare aluminium or potentially anodized depending on numbers. For now I'll just gauge peoples potential interest from your reactions here... They're may be none whatsoever for all I know , but I know there was a splurdge of ATR manifold users recently, and at the moment the only capping plates I know of is from Shaun at Rosko Racing, so it would be great to be able to source such a thing from within the UK

[NafemanNathan]

They look very cool! Blanking plates and IACV conversion plates are something I still need to buy.

nice work mate! he's got some skills as well!

so what CAD program do you use?

[NafemanNathan]

Cheers guys

Yeah, I'll have to develop an IACV conversion plate as well.

That was Catia V4 Phil.

[NafemanNathan]

Wow is be interested in a set of those parts for my atr manifold.

great work matey loving the attention to detail you could get the preludeuk logo engraved on the blanks lol

Sexy pieces bud! You must be well chuffed with those. Nothing beats custom stuff.

[NafemanNathan]

Well chuffed Got so many ideas of what he can do. Such a shame he hasn't got his own workshop sorted yet (He did these in his Dad's). He's wants to get his own CNC machine, then he'd be able to reel these things off to order. He'll still be able to make these to order now, but I think he intends to do 5 sets at a time as he'll have to pop to his old place of work and use their CNC machine (He obviously left on good terms ).

Actually Merc, he does want a business name. His surname is Waterfield and I think that could work on it's own. I'd be keen to design him a logo for that as well, but he's not so keen. However, having written "Dale the Machinist" at the top of that post earlier, I was simply thinking "DTM" could work Just did a goggle search though and DTM currently comes up with "Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters" (German touring car masters), so is that a bit too well related do you think?

[NafemanNathan]

DTM would be cool always brings good memories for me i loved the wide arched alfas

Great work Nafe. manifold looks well cool now.

[NafemanNathan]

Great work Nafe. manifold looks well cool now.

Not finished with it yet

[NafemanNathan]

looks sweet, maybe powdercoat the manifold?

and those rsx injectors I spy?

[NafemanNathan]

looks sweet, maybe powdercoat the manifold?

and those rsx injectors I spy?

Shhhhh, don't ruin it!



And they are indeed, well spotted ... Or did you just read it earier on in the thread?

EDIT: Sorry, RDX, not RSX