SStressin

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looking for big sheets or black or clear plastic that isnt very expensive so i can build my ram air box....does anyone know of anywhere that sells plastic sheets cheap?

sepsis

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I found a few on ebay. Just google abs plastic sheets and it'll come up.

garys 68

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check your yellow pages for plastic suppliers. I've bought lexan, pvc, etc. But you'll generally have to buy a 4 x 8 sheet.

2nd Gen Fl 'bird

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Piedmont Plastics if you can't find what you're looking for locally. Big company.

blue98Z

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Home depot sells smaller sheets and will also trim to your measurements at no charge

dr_whigham

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Any opposition to thin aluminum? I'm just bringing that up because it's readily available at Lowes or Home Depot.

Either way, I'm curious to see what you come up with and would like to see pics when you get it done.

jimmyblue

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USPlastics is a broad range supplier. If you want to solvent-
weld they have the cements too. Harbor Freight sells hot
air thermoplastic welding setups for fairly cheap (I have one,
still in box). You want to know your working temp, plastics
like ABS thermoform easily which is not a good thing in the
engine bay, probably OK outside.

Laying up fiberglass by hand, or to a mold, is another way
to go for things that need to hold shape and be rigid.

transaman98

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jimmyblue is right. I have purchased tons of abs plastic sheets and other materials from them.

transaman98

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Fwiw if you are making something similar to the setup that chris1313 designed I would do it out of at least 1/8" abs. Heat isn't an issue where it is located and the material is a bit lighter than aluminum among other advantages.

jlcustomz

Sabic polymershapes is a national chain here, Last 1/8 " 4 by 8 sheet of abs was under $45. If you can get to an actual plastic distributor, a whole sheet can be less than a partial sheet from other places. Fabrication shops may have off fall sized acrylic & lexan for reasonable.

omc8

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I like to know where I can find a sheet of nylon 66 , the material that intakes are made of !

jlcustomz

Haven't been able to locate sheets of nylon 66 anywheres, but haven't asked a live person either. most all applications of it are cast into the shaped part, not sheet form. most manufacturers probably would only quote a large request for something like that. The only new sources I,ve seen are white repair rods & high heat kitchen utensils.

Footlead

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Smileys sells it.. Any dirt track car supplier sells it.. Dirt cars use it all the time and they have any color you want.

KleenHall

Interstate plastics has abs sheet for great prices, they sell small pieces, quotes online!!!

They have nylon 6

Also orange county industrial plastics for nylon

FastWS6TA

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Made mine out of aluminum a few weeks ago.

flippincamaro

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Kind of interested as to how your building this? or what kind of ram air you making?

2win_SS

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Also interested. Maybe you can take some pics of how u fab it up and the end result.

SStressin

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going to be exactly like the ssra/chris 1313 ram air. i originally had a ssra on my cam/bolt on setup but now since im a max effort 383 i want to make the ram air bigger so im going to notch the rad support and make the ram air box alot bigger then the ssra/chris 1313

just saw the chris 1313 is made out of aluminum.. i think im going to do this with aluminum instead to save on cost.. should be doing it maybe late next week i will post pics of the final outcome

flippincamaro

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oh ok i got ya. Yea i wont run another ram air like that on my car. I actually sucked up water with my old setup that was lowered aswell. When i sucked up the water it hydrolocked. It sucked.

sepsis

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You aren't supposed to drive through rivers with your car.

How the hell did you do that? The scoop must have been submerged.