Sam_68
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 11:44 AM |
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Here's ours - this one is for a supercharged Duratec:
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jeffw
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 11:53 AM |
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http://www.alitechprecision.co.uk/carbon-fiber-plenum
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Sam_68
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 12:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jeffw
http://www.alitechprecision.co.uk/carbon-fiber-plenum
Yep, we commissioned it. They've done a billet combined engine/supercharger mounting bracket for us, as well.
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richardm6994
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 01:46 PM |
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For a second then I thought you'd machined that yourself by hand and was deeply impressed......
[Edited on 13/4/17 by richardm6994]
[Edited on 13/4/17 by richardm6994]
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Sam_68
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 02:00 PM |
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Hell no! 
Alitech share their building with a company called Express Composite Solutions - between the two of them they have an impressive capability for
turning out CNC machined aluminium and composite moulding work. Nothing like as expensive as you might guess, either.
The chap who did our plenum has a very impressive Sylva Striker, I believe; I've a feeling he's a member on here, so he might pop in to
say hello!
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jeffw
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 02:04 PM |
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The main man at Alitech did all the brackets for my TTS kit and then all the fab work on the intercooler/rad setup.
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Sam_68
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 03:57 PM |
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Yes, he was Ex-TTS before he set up on his own, as I understand it, and they still use him for their CAD work?
Again, TTS are on the same industrial estate, just around the corner.
ETA...which reminds me, indirectly: do you have any sort of top brace or steady-bar on your engine, Jeff, or do you just rely on the usual engine
mounting positions?
[Edited on 13/4/17 by Sam_68]
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jeffw
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 05:01 PM |
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Just the engine mounts as per normal. Darren (at Alitech) is a good guy, worked at Omex as well.
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Sam_68
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| posted on 13/4/17 at 05:10 PM |
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Omex is how we found him, IIRC: we got our engine from them, and Richard recommended him.
Reason it reminded me was that Darren has (or had?) a quite powerful supercharged Striker.
He suggested that a top brace was essential for our car (circa 320bhp supercharged). I wasn't totally convinced, as I've always regarded
the rear tyres as a 'fusible link': you can only transmit as much torque to the chassis as your tyres can transmit to the road. Still... I
came up with a design that increases the torsional stiffness of the front end, and looks quite sexy to boot, so we're fitting one, but if
you're managing without one it's obviously not an issue!
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