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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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So I killed my stock one as you can see in the pic. Buddy had some scrap laying around and here's what we came up with. Still got to do a little grinding and put in a fill plug, paint it and slap it on.
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 07:49 PM
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awesome, you have some serious skill
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 08:10 PM
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Great job! You should throw something custom on that to let it be known it was your creation.
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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sweet. how thick is the ring?
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 08:29 PM
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Looks beefy, but looks like you might run into trouble turning the bolts as there isn't a whole lot of room around the drilled holes
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 09:12 PM
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It's all 1/4" and I'm going to grind a little around the holes. I've got allen head bolts and they barely fit now so if I shave off a little they'll be fine. Skill was all my buddy and having a brake helped a lot. We'll see how it holds up and we're doing a few more and might make some other sizes to make a buck or two.
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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Looks awesome
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 10:47 PM
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Right on
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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wanna make one for a Ford 8.8???
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Old Jan 1, 2012 | 03:28 PM
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We're working on some different covers and changing some things we didn't like on mine. I'll let you know.
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