So let's hear about and see your cars.

Just bought this Chevy SSr. On a transport from St. Louis to Mass.
 

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Here's a question or maybe a heads up - For anyone that owns a 23 or 24 Ford F150 FX4 with Ecoboost and 10 speed transmission, does your truck have an annoying drivetrain shake at around 25 MPH and again at 56MPH?

I've had this harmonic and barely perceptible shake since I bought the truck in September. I've had it into the dealer/service two times now. They agree the shake is there. They also instrumented the chassis and confirmed a 30hz vibration. So, they changed the driveshaft thinking isolated there but no. Truck back in the shop.... They then had the Ford factory rep take a look at it and he confirmed the issue then they drove a new truck right off the showroom and lo and behold the shake is there also..... It appears I'm at a dead end; that's just how it is.

Has anyone else seen this in their truck?
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You should have @straycurrent weigh in. He knows a lot about Ford pickups and how great and superior they are to the competition. :rolleyes:
 
I haven't finished my trunk project and already modified it. Decided to make a pass thru for carrying larger things - like my rocking lawn chairs.
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I also got a deal on a roll of suede so that'll be what I use to finish the project.
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ttmott said:
By popular demand - ok one person wanted to know how the project is coming along -
I've pretty much spent the last month in front of my Bridgeport making the intake manifold. So, here is that progress -
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Excellent work Tom. You should have it scanned and then send the file to @Blueone. Gotta be some serious $$$ to be made unless someone already makes it?
 
techmitch said:
Excellent work Tom. You should have it scanned and then send the file to @Blueone. Gotta be some serious $$$ to be made unless someone already makes it?
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I have some crazy CNC machines, full 5 axis, full 4 axis and a new lathe with y-axis and real milling capabilities and a bunch of other machines….. if any of them are idle I don’t mind helping anyone out. If I don’t have the capability I have friends with the ability to make anything, any size.
 
techmitch said:
Excellent work Tom. You should have it scanned and then send the file to @Blueone. Gotta be some serious $$$ to be made unless someone already makes it?
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It's all in Autocad. The objective is the stock rally hood needs to fit. All aftermarket manifolds were too high and because of the Hemi intake valves being at such a narrow angle there isn't a good injector position to spray the valve. I had this old NASCAR bathtub intake and had this idea that if the injectors were inside of it their position would be perfect. Anyhow this has matured over the last six or seven years until I finally got it designed and fab'd. Each of those pieces have probably been on and off the mill bed twenty times.
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Blueone said:
I have some crazy CNC machines, full 5 axis, full 4 axis and a new lathe with y-axis and real milling capabilities and a bunch of other machines….. if any of them are idle I don’t mind helping anyone out. If I don’t have the capability I have friends with the ability to make anything, any size.
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And if you pay attention I can glass bead boat windshield wipers to save $45….. it’s how I roll :)….. don’t send me your wiper blades….. that’s family only and I make them do it themselves
 
ttmott said:
It's all in Autocad. The objective is the stock rally hood needs to fit. All aftermarket manifolds were too high and because of the Hemi intake valves being at such a narrow angle there isn't a good injector position to spray the valve. I had this old NASCAR bathtub intake and had this idea that if the injectors were inside of it their position would be perfect. Anyhow this has matured over the last six or seven years until I finally got it designed and fab'd. Eash of those pieces have probably been on and off the mill bed twenty times.View attachment 159669
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I like that the fuel rail is inside (thinking cooling effect) but I'm guessing you're gonna school me (and I will be grateful) as to how CFM velocity will affect that also. Thought, will the fuel rail be coated?
 
Blueone said:
I have some crazy CNC machines, full 5 axis, full 4 axis and a new lathe with y-axis and real milling capabilities and a bunch of other machines….. if any of them are idle I don’t mind helping anyone out. If I don’t have the capability I have friends with the ability to make anything, any size.
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I kinda like the old manual Bridgeport I have. The pieces are way too big for the mill so they had to be positioned multiple times. Kinda fun to lay it all out and make chips. Here cutting that 1/2 inch plate that welds to the old intake body; there's four passes for each cut.
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ttmott said:
I kinda like the manual Bridgeport I have. The pieces are way too big for the mill so they had to be positioned multiple times. Kinda fun to lay it all out and make chips. Here cutting that 1/2 inch plate that welds to the old intake body; there's four passes for each cut.
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Nice…..I was running a Bridgeport the other day. I had a $2,000 holder and the set screw stripped that held in a boring bar for the new lathe….. brand new Sandvik holder and I’m drilling out the setscrew with a ball bearing embedded in the bottom….. three drills later I got thru the ball bearing….. drilled retapped the hole and saved the holder……. Any shop with out a Bridgeport isn’t a machine shop
 
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