Jeep Engine Build

[Skip]

Nice looking shocks. Is cork really frictious? (I made that word up. It aught to be one.)

[bob w]

Originally Posted by Skip

Nice looking shocks. Is cork really frictious? (I made that word up. It aught to be one.)

I've not used it. Did a little research on line and found friction shocks on antique cars used rubber, cork and even wood. Some people have used Masonite. I've used conveyor belt in the past but don't have any. I do have sheet cork so I'll give it a try.

[Dr Crankenstein]

I've often wondered if a brake puck would work. (???)

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[Skip]

Originally Posted by bob w

I've not used it. Did a little research on line and found friction shocks on antique cars used rubber, cork and even wood. Some people have used Masonite. I've used conveyor belt in the past but don't have any. I do have sheet cork so I'll give it a try.

I learned something today. That is always a good thing.
I just noticed that I used aught rather than ought. OOPSY...

[bob w]

Doc, I found a reference to someone using clutch facing so I would assume brake material would work. Or if a person wanted a million mile life, just stick a hockey puck in there.

[Skip]

How about cutoff discs? They come in several sizes. Nice and thin.

[bob w]

Skip, cut off discs might be too brittle. Never know unless you try. For now, I'll go with cork cuz I have a bunch of it.

Spent quite a few hours on the header and this is all that was accomplished. Here's all the pieces I have from my stack of stuff. Need some straight pipe as each primary is 36" long. And probably should be even longer. My favorite parts store can't get it. Will try NAPA Monday.

[DozerII]

Love building headers

[Old Iron]

The header flange looks like it cleaned up nicely

[bob w]

The OEM header flange is some stainless alloy. Somewhat magnetic. No rust on it at all.

Put a couple hours in on it today and welded the collector on. Managed to put two short tube sections on it after many cuts and trims.