http://www.ebay.com/itm/UHMW-virgin-white-sheet-cut-offs-75-x-2-x13-25-Made-in-USA-CNC-/350550135083?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519e6a 912b#ht_804wt_1270
Can I use these to make my own spacers? Can someone give me dimensions? I have access to a mill that I plan to use to make them.
Think it melts too easy that stuff.
Would be good for rub strips or skids to protect oil pan, bottom of air dam etc, on a lowered car.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHMW
The weak bonding between olefin molecules allows local thermal excitations to disrupt the crystalline order of a given chain piece-by-piece, giving it much poorer heat resistance than other high-strength fibers. Its melting point is around 144 to 152 °C (291 to 306 °F), and, according to DSM, it is not advisable to use UHMWPE fibers at temperatures exceeding 80 to 100 °C (176 to 212 °F) for long periods of time. It becomes brittle at temperatures below −150 °C (−240 °F)
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2 5/8" x 24" is about as small as you can go and still have a little bit of wiggle room. That's enough to cut a set of spacers. I went with Delrin and I've heard that certain types of nylon work. Depending on the car most people go 1/2" or 1". P-bodies have the least clearance. My 1/2" spacers are pretty tight on my 94 Shadow.
There are some pics of mine near the bottom of this page. http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...ine-quot/page7
take the gasket that goes between the upper and lower intakes and use that as a stencle.
when i laser cut my spacers, i put my gasket in a scanner and then had the scanner send it to the plasma cutter and it just cut them out for me. this was with steel though... i didnt mill them flat so they require permatex to seal correctly.
Why not use Phenolic?
this was cheaper
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-4-WHITE-PO...#ht_500wt_1054 what about this? melts at in between 320*F and 350*F
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