The custom fabrication thread! (Post pics of stuff you have made)
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Great idea for a thread. I'll throw a few in here...
Canards/splitter extensions
Mock-up:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61237-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-dsc_2003.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Done, awaiting paint:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61238-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-dsc_2032.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Working:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61239-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-2012-03-marchmar-25-2012-speedventures1orange920amimg_2122.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Diffuser + Flat-bottom
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61240-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-finalversionstanding2.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61241-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-finishedbare5.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Hood vent
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61242-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-hoodvent2.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Fender vent
Made from two separate fenders:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61243-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-left5.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Rear Spoiler
(Oooold pic w/ auto-x angle)
Canards/splitter extensions
Mock-up:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61237-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-dsc_2003.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Done, awaiting paint:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61238-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-dsc_2032.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Working:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61239-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-2012-03-marchmar-25-2012-speedventures1orange920amimg_2122.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Diffuser + Flat-bottom
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61240-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-finalversionstanding2.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61241-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-finishedbare5.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Hood vent
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61242-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-hoodvent2.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Fender vent
Made from two separate fenders:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61243-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-left5.jpg?dateline=1354481392)
Rear Spoiler
(Oooold pic w/ auto-x angle)
![](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w157/ThePass_photos/The%20Miata/Spoiler%20Project/DSC_1380.jpg)
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Are we posting things we've done at work too or just at home? I say both!!
I'm lucky to build cool **** like this at my official job (valvetrain parts anyway):
http://bangshift.com/blog/pri-2012-m...nd-turbos.html
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61300-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-moran_racing_engines_four_thousand_horsepower_hemi_billet_mike_moran_drag_week_hot_rod_aluminum_.jpg?dateline=1354552701)
I'm lucky to build cool **** like this at my official job (valvetrain parts anyway):
http://bangshift.com/blog/pri-2012-m...nd-turbos.html
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61300-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-moran_racing_engines_four_thousand_horsepower_hemi_billet_mike_moran_drag_week_hot_rod_aluminum_.jpg?dateline=1354552701)
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Are we posting things we've done at work too or just at home? I say both!!
I'm lucky to build cool **** like this at my official job (valvetrain parts anyway):
http://bangshift.com/blog/pri-2012-m...nd-turbos.html
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61300-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-moran_racing_engines_four_thousand_horsepower_hemi_billet_mike_moran_drag_week_hot_rod_aluminum_.jpg?dateline=1354552701)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61299-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-moran_racing_engines_four_thousand_horsepower_hemi_billet_mike_moran_drag_week_hot_rod_aluminum_.jpg?dateline=1354552644)
I'm lucky to build cool **** like this at my official job (valvetrain parts anyway):
http://bangshift.com/blog/pri-2012-m...nd-turbos.html
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61300-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-moran_racing_engines_four_thousand_horsepower_hemi_billet_mike_moran_drag_week_hot_rod_aluminum_.jpg?dateline=1354552701)
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Below is the last piece that I tried before I ran out of argon. I still have no clue what I am doing, but am slowly starting to learn.
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Anything is possible, but attaching a B-series honda head or something like that would be easier. But that's not going to happen.
More likely would be me finally sticking a NB head on one of the spintrons and seeing what works and what doesn't. But that's also not going to happen.
More likely would be me finally sticking a NB head on one of the spintrons and seeing what works and what doesn't. But that's also not going to happen.
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Seems like it would be less than (or nearly equal to) the diameter of a reasonably-sized roller, not to mention that you'd still need to engineer in some free space to be taken up by a under-bucket shim.
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Ok...I'll enter my weaksauce submissions.
Aside from the random brackets to mount this and that, here's a bracket fabbed to mount LS coils to the 1.6 valve cover via some no longer used bolt holes:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61384-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8242373965_6f8b92dc36.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61385-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8045970332_4e6faab16d.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
I welded a mounting plate for an AN fitting in a similar location as a MSM oil pan drain on the 1.8 pan for my new build:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61386-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8242390689_bc88037b99.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61387-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8242392679_f550b120d1.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
I also made a T3 manifold and 2.5" downpipe based on a JGS kit for the old 1.6. It's jigged off my first manifold attempt. Just wish I had access to a tig welder for that one:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61388-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8243499184_5328e5a37e.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
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Aside from the random brackets to mount this and that, here's a bracket fabbed to mount LS coils to the 1.6 valve cover via some no longer used bolt holes:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61384-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8242373965_6f8b92dc36.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61385-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8045970332_4e6faab16d.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
I welded a mounting plate for an AN fitting in a similar location as a MSM oil pan drain on the 1.8 pan for my new build:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61386-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8242390689_bc88037b99.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61387-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8242392679_f550b120d1.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
I also made a T3 manifold and 2.5" downpipe based on a JGS kit for the old 1.6. It's jigged off my first manifold attempt. Just wish I had access to a tig welder for that one:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61388-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8243499184_5328e5a37e.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/fabulous-fabrication-96/61389-custom-fabrication-thread-post-pics-stuff-you-have-made-8243499636_5b8a2b2d4b.jpg?dateline=1354589322)
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