off season builds

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It never stops.

heat and squeeze technique. 8" flared ports

Yea that didn't work too bad .I used a heat gun on the first one. It was better. On the second one I used a torch because I couldn't find my damn heat gun! When I was done it was sitting in plane sight.lol.

well fish i got my jig built gonna do my bono work tomorrow an sanding an Dung Pile. so hopefully i can have some pics of some kind an some build video. i think it will work out pretty good the damn jig is what took me so long lmao. i think i may have done like 20 circles all in 16th's incriments. went up to like 73/16th's i think.
i will have pics up tomorrow.

Nice Supa!!. Did you do 6" or 8?

i did 6 i jumped every 16th's ended up using only like 4 of them but as i am looking at the bondo work i am doing to it now i sh ould have done something different like put on my first 2 layers at the bottom an bondo that an then move up lol but oh well its working so far just gonna need alot more bondo i think.

I. Put a bevel on the jigsaw and used 3 layers than sanded with the front wheel on the belt sander.little bondo was used for the jig.

lmao oh man dude i was thinking about that while putting on the bondo, would it not be easier process if .25 was used instead of .75 would have been easiar to sand i would think but i may try that when i get to the wood shop here in an hour.

just got my alternators in yesterday

Pretty damn sexy. I want to get a 270XP for my accord one of these days.

ya.. it took them awhile to get to me but they did good on them.. bolted right up and look good

Damn! That's hot. That will do the job!

My off season build consisted of a 2002 chevy blazer....That is all!

this is wha i have so far guys gonna do a video tomorrow on how to do it an how i done it. as you can see in my pics the flare isn't like i want but that was because i needed more bondo at that bottome but i am gonna change that in the morning.

That is looking good! Nice job!

yea its looki good on cam but in person its not even all the way around an i can't fgure out why cause its even in some spots i don't know but it worked for me. i am prolly gonna put some more bondo on it to make the flare bigger but that shouldn't take no longer than 2hrs of work an sanding. lol

Nice jig.

Chris, I have a 6" flare jig I built about 2yrs ago. I just found it in my dads shed last week. He made me clean out some my old boxes, so I burned them...lol.

I'll get some pics up of it this weekend and some pics of the flares it made w/ the hot oil method.
They turn out pretty good w/ this jig. Alot more rounded.

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Here are some of the flares I made w/ my jig.

I actually burned that box last weekend. Saved the ports for the hell of it though.

Those are nice! I will buy them if you decide to let them go.

he will sale to a fellow team mate before anyone else lmao na jk i am working on mine now gotta go back to the shop to get a drill so i should have finshed pics up tonite

Forget about building rings 1/8" wider than the next...or what ever.

My jig is just 5 rings. The top 2 are the ports actual ID, the last is the ID of the flare. So only 3 'step down' rings where all I needed. All built out of 3/4" MDF. I just used ALOT of body filler.

Chris. I'm telling you man. Abandon the heatgun. I have tried and tried them. The hot oil is the ONLY way to go. Hell I started off w/ that method when my dad was going to get rid of some oil in the ole' turkey frier. I saved it and heated it up to ~250deg to make my 4" and 6" flares. I used a bowl for 4" and my jig for 6".

Dave....Chris.

Bidding for my 6" flared ports starts at $15.


Bidding for my 6" flare mold starts at $40.

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Let the bidding begin

Dave??..I am in

Yes Chris.
Bidding has started.

If bidding gets high enough...i'll just build a few more jigs




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Supa,
Sorry man, but if Chris out-bids you....i'll just have to show you how to build a good jig

lmao

I will use them on some build this winter!

lol i was just joking chris bro if you want them go for it man, really canaan all you have to do is post up a pic of your jig an i can prolly get it from there.
my jig is on its i think 7th application of bondo lol it worked so far. the heat gun works for me, i am sure the grease would work too but the gun works for me cause i am using a thin wall pvc. now if i get to that thick wall i will use the cooking grease

I will pick these up next week!

While someone is testing.

I wanna know flared port vs. just pvc?

Gains, sound quality....etc?


Or if anyone has already tried it

This one gained .9 with the flair. And better sq.

well i have cut my flare making days short lol i kinkied myne a few hours ago an now i am thinking about what to do now lol. i may look into making them donuts rings chris that i saw on that site. i will go back to the flare if i can get my jig right. i may make a new one since the one i have is kinda like a rear flare port maker lol, i can't get it it to go down any farther so it can make the flanges so i can mount it to the box. i think i could get it right with a lil work though.

I just screwed it to the box and glued it with sub floor adhesive. Than rounded the opening.not the best way but it works. I had to cut it off it wouldn't just break off.

For a new style 4dr civic.

squid squid... Dr. Zoidberg and I like your box.

How much internal volume is that? Should be a tight fit, for a Civic.