bored today. pulled trailer out and dropped rear ramp door. painted. done.
now what?
oh yeah, i can make something. so i went to my machine shop (actually just out to the garage for a grinder, cordless drill, MIG, cut-off grinder, tape measure, tap set) and made this cool little thing.
it is an adapter piece so i can use an ABF alternator setup on the 06A style block. Issam has them in production, but i cant wait, i got shit to do. so since i was bored today i made one. (well, this is the second, the first was practice
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and yes, the one hole is counterbored. done with drill bit. i made the two plates welded together have 1/16" gap (what was needed to make the right spacer), and welded around the perimeter. that way when i drilled the counterbore with a regular drill bit, it would not chamfer the bottom plate too much. cleaned it up a little with an end grinder, and it worked like a dream. i had to sink that one screw so the bracket would sit flush. the first one i made put the tapped hole too close to the counterbore hole, so i made a new one and tapped thru both to make plenty of threads to grab.
cut a little rounded edges into it to help remove stress risers, polished it up a little, and VIOLA.
craptastical phone pix, but i was there with it so thats what we get. also note: the shiny aluminum alt pulley. that is actually oversized to reduce the amount it turns, as i plan to have this thing wound out. these alternators have a tendency to not like high ass rpm's in my experience, so i asked Issam to make me a couple oversized (as opposed to the normal underdrive style which would just turn it faster) so he did. i am sure he made a few, i know Johnny got one as well.
ENJOY.
