I wanted to get some comments on the STB that I designed and my fab shop at work made recently. Let me know what you think.

 

Looks good what is it made out of

 

1.75 x 1.25 heavy wall aluminum tubing with solid machined end fittings. The tube was compression bent for a slight curvature to rise over the upper radiator hose before welding the fittings on. The fabricator ground the welds smooth and then polished it.

 

Very nice, any close up photos of the mounting points etc?

 

Very impressive, how much does it weigh?

 

Very nice indeed

 

clean looking.
and like a few guys will/going to ask. how much to make a few for sale.

I my self. dont see any thing in the aftermarket. That I like.or will fit over my intake when done.

 

Looks great!

 

That's pretty slick looking, any plans to make more of them?

 

Wow that is sick looking! Excellent job, this is 10 times better than what I planned on seeing. I myself am really wanting to pull the welder out and will fab one up myself. I really don't know what would be the best material, and I also want it to clear my dual snorkel intake which might be hard.

 

Thanks for all the great comments. Here are some answers to the questions:

jlarsson: pictures attached of the mounting - the bracket utilizes 2 existing bolts of the upper strut mount and one new hole is drilled.

nosajwols: The 1/4" steel brackets weigh 1.5 lbs ea and the aluminum bar weighs 3.5 lbs for a total of 6.5 lbs.

articwhiteZ: I haven't seen anything I really liked either and almost all of them won"t clear a carb w/14" air cleaner. The bracket has 10 deg forward angle which along with the bar curvature, easily clears my air cleaner by 3/4" and the radiator hose below it by 1.5".

Regarding making more of them . . . sorry, but I'm a machine designer by trade, not a fabricator. My friends at work made this for me because they are also custom car enthusiasts. That said, I would be happy to share fully dimensioned drawings with anyone who would like to build one for their personal use.

I am also near completion on a new two peice machined aluminum power steering pump bracket. It's for the metric resevoir/pump unit that was stock on my '84 305. It has a front mounted pivot bracket and a rear adjustable clamp strap. It doesn't use the outer header bolt like the original one does. I really hated the original wrap around steel one and I don't like any of the aftermarket ones either, they just seem too complicated and expensive. I would share drawings of this as well when I'm done if anyone would like a set.

If you are interested in the drawings just PM me and I will send you PDF drawings of the part details.

 

that looks great. a lot of time and thought went into that.

 

That's a nice looking piece rockstarr. What sort of money do you have in that STB and are you going to have more made?

 

irocarter, see my post above ^

 

Sorry, I missed that, my web page is set up on the blue background and I couldn't see the black script.

 

Brilliant setup and very clean design, thanks for sharing ... oh and you got a PM!

 

seriously nice looking piece.

 

I would be interested in seeing the dimensions and blue prints for this. Awesome job guy.

 

Did you ever get this done. I'm interested for the same reasons.
Great STB, btw. Mike.