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Archive through April 05, 2010Phelan30 1 04-05-10  03:25 pm
         

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Texastechx1
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 05:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
forgive me lord for i have sinned... i posted progress of my build with sh***y cell phone pics. thanks. LOL




good god do those pics look awful. lol

Phelan? i thought you already skipped the whole PITA bracket with stock forks BS and went with XB forks? got any pics of your work?
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Goldtooth
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 05:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
That is very similar to what I had in mind when I thought about using the stock forks. Looks good.
Is it 6061?
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Phelan
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 06:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
No, I had a buddy build me a bracket of steel in about an hour. He's a wizard with metal. Same guy that adapted the Edelbrock A/C to my carb.
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Texastechx1
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 06:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
doesn't look bad at all! roughly the exact same shape as my 2nd revision. LOL


And yes, 6061-T6 billet alum. the first two designs has nicely shaped openings similar to the forks and Phelans bracket and was 3/8" thick... but after a thousand miles of testing the alum showed some serious stress points. the part you see there is my 5TH version and has no fancy holes in it and is 1/2" thick. after extensive testing of heavy braking (140mph-0mph), stoppies, wheelies (this doesn't exactly test the brake caliper bracket but it is fun : D) and day to day stop and go traffic (over 1200miles), this last design is showing to hold its own VERY well. almost ZERO stress points have developed.
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Phelan
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 07:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
BTW, good looking Cougar back there. '67?
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Texastechx1
Posted on Monday, April 05, 2010 - 08:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
yep 67, always a work in progress. trying to get her road worthy so i can sell her. need to pay for school : (
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Brother_in_buells
Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 02:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Show us more pictures of the cougar!
Thanks,
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Texastechx1
Posted on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 - 05:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
this is the only other pic i have of her.

those wheels are off now and the 14" mags are back on. i bought it midway through a restoration and i'm saving up to complete her. : D
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