Hi, fellow Luegoians! Just thought you'd like to see my latest nincompoop idea promoting a true 'locost' modification to an everyday
household item - the humble washing machine!
A word of warning, first though! Our washing machine had truly had it - it was a 16 - year old whirlpool which I was cutting up for scrap - so if you
fancy doin' it to the wife's pride and joy - I will not be responsible for the subsequent bloodshed!
It was actually the wife who said - WAIT! - don't throw that bit away! - Surely you can use that for something on your kit car?
Pics coming up......
exhaust shield idea
Can you guess what its gonna be?....
Nice exhaust shield!
I had seen these.....
exhaus
t shield link
And decided they were just a bit too much at £125 posted!
So..... A bit of cutting and bending (helped by a local engineer with a spot welder and swager) produced this....
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Which I'm pretty pleased with (as if you couldn't guess)!
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Originally posted by stevegough
nincompoop
You have obviously grasped the Locost builder's work ethic - brilliant stuff 
I think you have made a very nice heat shield. However, I don't think I would use a heat shield with such a nice looking exhaust. May I ask where you got it from?
Thanks for the reply - I agree about the shame of covering it up, but if you don't, you end up burning your leg too often...
The exhaust I bought from CBS, but they don't give them away!!!
CBS Exhaust
Take my word an exhaust shield doesn't do alot to stop you burning your leg.
Mine (being a Pinto) is on the drivers side and one day I was wearing shorts, got out of the car and .............aaaaarrrrrrgghhhh.
Only touched it long enough to feel the pain but ended up having it dressed in hospital 3 times and the scar is still there after 3 years.
Now I always wear long trousers in the Locost.
Ron suggests using a washing machine in his orignal book but his effort looks naff. Yours is a proper job.
[Edited on 30/7/10 by pajsh]
Graham O'bree used bearings from an old washing machine for his bike which totally kicked ass against all the megabucks bikes
Fancy destroying a barbecue for that.. tut tut..
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Originally posted by coozer
Fancy destroying a barbecue for that.. tut tut..
quote:
Originally posted by pajsh
Take my word an exhaust shield doesn't do alot to stop you burning your leg.
Mine (being a Pinto) is on the drivers side and one day I was wearing shorts, got out of the car and .............aaaaarrrrrrgghhhh.
Only touched it long enough to feel the pain but ended up having it dressed in hospital 3 times and the scar is still there after 3 years.
Now I always wear long trousers in the Locost.
Ron suggests using a washing machine in his orignal book but his effort looks naff. Yours is a proper job.
[Edited on 30/7/10 by pajsh]
This thread dug up from last july because - now I've IVY'd me car, I have been able to fit said locost exhaust shield....
Cue PICCY...
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No NO NOOO!!!
That NO GOOD...
It needs to completely cover the silencer ALL the way around, or your washing will fall out on the road
Nice job (really!)
Let's just hope it doesn't start a spin cycle when you are approaching a corner...
[Edited on 21/3/11 by Xtreme Kermit]
quote:
No NO NOOO!!!
That NO GOOD...
It needs to completely cover the silencer ALL the way around, or your washing will fall out on the roadquote:
quote:
Let's just hope it doesn't start a spin cycle when you are approaching a corner...quote:
Flippin norah! place is full of comedians
Richard Quinn - 22/3/11 at 09:41 AMquote:
Originally posted by stevegough
An exhaust shield will only stay cool as long as you are moving - relying on the airflow to keep it cool. If you stop, the airflow stops and the shield heats up - THEN you burn your leg!
So it's safer to get out before you actually stop?
40inches - 22/3/11 at 09:47 AMYou need to take care handling a washing machine drum, some have the holes stamped out, these are ok, but
others are pierced and are like cheese graters on the inside. I have the scars to prove it
pewe - 22/3/11 at 10:50 AMDid a similar job on the F27.
Stood it off from the silencer (that way it stays cool even when ticking over at rest) by putting big rivinuts at four corners, crimping them up on the shield, drilling them out and using longer cap-head bolts into the original silencer end cap captive nuts - QED.
As said above ^^ bare flesh and hot silencers don't mix - have the scar on the inside of my wrist to prove it.
Of greater concern however is the tendency for small kids to try and look in the cockpit when you've just parked up - hot silencer is just below their knees - it really does need the shield full length!
Cheers, Pewe
hughpinder - 22/3/11 at 11:06 AMUncle Ron would have been proud - exactly as detailed in his book!
Regards
Hugh
jabbahutt - 24/3/11 at 11:08 AMcracking job that looks the mutts. One thing I've always wondered is how are they attached to the car/exhaust?
stevegough - 24/3/11 at 09:03 PMquote:
Originally posted by jabbahutt
cracking job that looks the mutts. One thing I've always wondered is how are they attached to the car/exhaust?
Thanks, Jabba and co, fitting it? Well, I made that up as I went along......
1) the rear of the silencer is a fitted cap as it is repackable, fitted with 5 x M6 bolts. I removed 2 of them and replaced them with 2 x 25mm cap - head S/S bolts, threaded through the shield, then through an M6 rivnut as a spacer, then back into the silencer.
2) I made an inch - wide band of S/S sheet, that went 95% of the way round, then bent each end through two right angles so it was going back on itself. Nut and bolt through to pinch it tight around the silencer, then bolted the shield to the two 'tails'.
