Supercharged K20a2 Vtec - Race Spec by cptkirk

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The SLS parts have multi level on the underneath and I was quoted in the region of £500 for two parts made from Ali, so I went down this route. To be honest I sent the file to loads of companies and most of them couldnt even be arsed to reply and those that did werent really interested. IMO why would they deal with little Mr. two Peices when they have multi thousand pund customers to deal with. Hey Ho.... Got these now and they are exactly as my model so I am chuffed, cant wait to see them sprayed up and on the car.

I am guessing PEEK is stronger than Nylon? I dont have a Masters in Engineering so I dont know, advice welcomed on that subject.

I had previously had the outline Laser cut from 6mm plate and planned to mill it al out but the steel plates came in a 630g each and the Nylon is 56g each so a no brainer on the weight front. Also the Bolts going through the plate is what is taking the stress, not the plate so all good there. I could have designed a plate that incorporated its own 'ear', but I decided to go with what I had. You never know someone else might want some. will have to work a cheaper way to get them made.

Thanks for the comments, there's still more to come, its all in the Work In Progress file at the moment.

Tonights progress saw me offer up one of those bad boy scoop plates, pictures to come later.

Secondly I have been concentrating on the wiring loom(s), I have to say that I dont have much experience in wiring cars and this is really testing me. It's made even more difficult when there is no wiring diagram for the main loom. It may be time to admit defeat - I will wait until after the weekend and see if I can get my head around it. Need to order a few switches anyway.

Back to the scoop plates.....

So here are a few snaps of a plate offered up - literally offered up, not sitting flush yet as not bolted down......