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11-03-2008, 11:40 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Originally Posted by Brantel
Rick,
Are you sure those three parts are stainless?
I have the new baffle kit and although those parts look like different material from the rest of the kit, they do not look or feel like stainless.
Anyway to tell for sure?
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I am installing a new 0360 baffle kit at this time, the parts are aluminum in this kit.
But the oil cooler part is being skipped. It will be remote mounted and ducted with 4" SCAT from the #4 baffle.
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11-03-2008, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Here's what I did with the old baffle kit.
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11-03-2008, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Lake St. Louis, MO.
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Brian,
I called Van's. Most of the aluminum we work with is T3. The three improved baffle parts are now fabricated using a much harder T6 alloy. I amended my original post to correct the information and regret any confusion I may have caused.
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11-03-2008, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Thanks for the research Rick!
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11-03-2008, 06:36 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: 57AZ - NW Tucson area
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Rick - Is it the...
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Originally Posted by Rick6a
Brian,
I called Van's. Most of the aluminum we work with is T3. The three improved baffle parts are now fabricated using a much harder T6 alloy. I amended my original post to correct the information and regret any confusion I may have caused.
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...same 2024 alloy, or is it the more common 6061-T6? - which is also cheaper.
IIRC, the Bingelis books recommended the 6061-T6 stuff for baffles.
You should be able to buy it locally from your industrial metal supply store...
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