Mayf;
There may be alternatives to mandrel- bending aluminum tubing for your turbo
setup. Lots of aircraft duct is fabricated out of hand- formed aluminum
sections that are then welded together. It doesn't take fancy equipment and
some pretty bizarre shapes can be formed that would be impossible in a
bender-- mandrel or not.
Another alternative might be to make a mould and lay- up a composite duct
with epoxy + carbon fiber or, if your temperature requirements are not too
bad, polyester and glass. A turbocharger outlet duct would get pretty hot so
I wouldn't try polyester there but on the intake it might be OK.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: DrMayf [mailto:drmayf@teknett.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 4:05 PM
To: JYTURBO; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Mandrel Bent Aluminum Tubing..
Anybody on the west coast (the correct coast) have a source for mandrel bent
thin wall aluminum tubing in the 2 to 3.5 inch range? A place where you have
actually bought the stuff? I need a couple or three or four bends for my
turbo plumbing. Iffn I have to, I can go to steel then I'll get them from
J.C. Whitney... prefer aluminum...
mayf
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