Precision Auto Engineering

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Hanaldo	Hanaldo posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 28K	Hey all, I am doing a lot of work for the race team Precision Auto Engineering, so I decided I will put all the work I do for them into one thread rather than making a hundred threads for each different car that I do. So first off, the GTO Monaro. Been doing a lot of work for this car for about 4 months now, it was a pretty major project. Basically I needed to make the airbox and intake plenums for the car, as they had a custom LS7 inlet manifold made by Harrop but Harrop couldn't supply any of the support gear. So here is what I came up with: The grooves through the middle are for the panel filters to slide into and the 'tabs' are to lock them in place. The 'PAE' lettering was an extra little touch that I threw in, although in hindsight I should have put my business logo on it somewhere too! So from there I made the moulds: Unfortunately I don't have any good photos of the plenum moulds, but they were quite complex 4 part moulds which you can sort of see in the background in these photos: And the second one: Plenums trimmed and polished up: Then the airbox infused: Bonded together: Everything dummy fitted: Airbox sprayed with Duratec Sunshield: Then flatted back and polished: Also made those carbon blanking panels to cover the empty spaces. Finished off the engine bay with this carbon fibre fuse box cover Not a bad looking way to make a naturally aspirated 1000rwhp!
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Precision Auto Engineering

Hanaldo - 11 Years Ago

Some of you may remember this Motec electronic dash mount that I made awhile back: However we...

Hanaldo - 11 Years Ago

And then this is what I am working on at the moment; a bit of arts and craft to fit a NASCAR motor...

Hanaldo - 11 Years Ago

Hi Hanaldo This is what we want! Lots of photographs of patterns, moulds and parts. Cool. :)...

Brian2fast - 11 Years Ago

ye already sended him PM :D

TomDesign - 11 Years Ago

Thanks guys :) Tom, I will reply to your pm as soon as I can :) Brian, you're correct, the...

Hanaldo - 11 Years Ago

good job! love to see projects like these :)

matthieutje65 - 11 Years Ago

good work, i enjoy seeing the tooling nearly as much as the final parts!

scottracing - 11 Years Ago

and looking forward on PM :D

TomDesign - 11 Years Ago

Realised I never updated this after I finished! Went to Europe for 2 months the day after completing...

Hanaldo - 10 Years Ago

Fine work there Hanaldo Love the Airbox and that is a damn nice power bulge you have there on...

davro - 10 Years Ago

That's very impressive mate. do you use the filleting was between the bonnet edge and the infusion...

VVS - 10 Years Ago

Thanks Davro :) VVS, yep I use the filleting wax. Not quite sure what you mean by flow though. I'm...

Hanaldo - 10 Years Ago

any photo or smth how you made bad side with so many angles in straight pattern?

TomDesign - 10 Years Ago

The bad side being the inner skin? Patience really. A lot of repositioning. It took about an hour to...

Hanaldo - 10 Years Ago

ou as i have to do hood for perfect inside look and do not know how to do. Also Hanaldo can you...

TomDesign - 10 Years Ago

Just take your time and be patient. The more you handle the fabric the more likely you are to mess...

Hanaldo - 10 Years Ago

so how you can suggest ouu master ;)) as i do all panels even headlights. and where panels big if...

TomDesign - 10 Years Ago

Yeh it can be an issue, hence why I work with infusion only ;) if I had too though, for big panels,...

Hanaldo - 10 Years Ago

so you agree on be if i lay gelcoat then bubles mixed with resin on to the corners . Then fiberglass...

TomDesign - 10 Years Ago

Yep. With epoxy if it's possible.

Hanaldo - 10 Years Ago

Would use more silica and less bubbles as well. Bubbles lower the density of the resin.

Hanaldo - 10 Years Ago

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