I fabbed up my own pan for my K swap using some 26 gauge sheetmetal scraps lying around at work.

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Here it is:





and here's how it will work:







My only concern is how well it will stand up to the outside elements in the north east. Do you think covering it with a "rubberized undercoating" will keep it from rusting out?

 

sick Jay. I would spray it with paint or undercoat before putting it in, that will get rusty first time it rains.

PM me sometime man, still owe you something.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Do you think covering it with a "rubberized undercoating" will keep it from rusting out? </TD></TR></TABLE>
that will do it.

but like 743power said, you should spray it.
i would use some kind of primer first. then paint.. then after u install it.. go under the car and spray some undercoating.. might seem a bit extreme, but all of that will definetely keep it from rusting if thats a major concern.

 

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might seem a bit extreme...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not at all. The more protection the better.


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 743power &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sick Jay. I would spray it with paint or undercoat before putting it in, that will get rusty first time it rains.

PM me sometime man, still owe you something. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

you need to get some etch primer its an acidic primer that eats its way into the metal for bare metal. use it alot in autobody.

 

POR-15 as well or Eastwoods rust killer products.

 

Im from canada and we get hardh winters here and hot and cold wether

I say weld it all up then seal with some calking then rubberized coating and before installing it all the holes were the screws go throw coat them in some lithum or any grease.

Looks good

 

rubberized coating will be ok.

u should start making these for people im sure a lot of people need these for h22 and k20 swaps.

 

Thanks for all the suggestions.


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u should start making these for people im sure a lot of people need these for h22 and k20 swaps. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If there's an interest i could duplicate this pretty easily.

 

What about getting it powdercoated? That should protect it from rust pretty well.

 

Prob with powder coating is it is not flexiable and all tunnels are not 100% perfect so u may have to ben then one crack and it contams with water then rust forums

 

Good work JV

 

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u should start making these for people im sure a lot of people need these for h22 and k20 swaps. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Red Zone makes these already. They work very well.

PS-the rubberized coating in a can works great. I just used a bunch of it on my brothers car that had new floor pans welded in.

 

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Red Zone makes these already. They work very well.

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yes they do. perfect fit, and i can get my center console over it. I got mine painted with the rest of the car.

 

dont mean to thread jack....we have been making these for about 10 months now.

 

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See my post above

 

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No problem. I'm not planning on going to go into production of these or anything...

Please post more info on your product if you'd like.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RedZone &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dont mean to thread jack....we have been making these for about 10 months now.</TD></TR></TABLE>

and what's wrong wit someone doing it themselves? maybe they didn't feel like paying w/e you charge for them and wanted to take on the task of doing it themselves.

Congrats to you guys for making them for so long, but, I give props to JV for making something that will work for his application.

 

I never said it was a bad thing to make it yourslef......Glad to see someone make one of there own.....I will say that it works great, so if he needs to know if it will work in a real world app, there you go....I always encourage everyone to try it themself's and hope they have great success in doing so

 

^are they on the site? where I was thinking they would be those pages are down???

 

not on the site...we do the site ourself and with all the work in the shop we have'nt had time to update it....