I've looked at APS precision and 84$ for a piece of aluminum seems pretty steep to me. It seems like it's just a flat piece of aluminum. I would think it would be pretty easy to take the original pan and make a new one out of aluminum. What does everyone else think? Am I being a little bit to brave?

 

ive seen a few guys do it already

 

If you have aaccess to the equipment go for it. If I still worked as a tool and die maker I would have made my own too.

 

Isn't it just a flat peice of aluminum? Something to cut it and a drill press should do it ?

 

That's about it.

 

yep. that's all it is. 1/4 thick.

 

I've looked at more pictures of it. It looks easy. I'm going to try it a week or two. Does anyone have an old one lying around they could trace for me and then scan in to a computer? That way if I can't do it I don't have the thing ripped apart and have to wait for a plenum to be shipped.

 

It's not worth. You want to know why cheap alluminum would be about 50$. At the price I might as well just buy the plenum already comleted. Unless I can find scrap somwhere I'm ordering the plenum already done.

 

well i thought i was going to impress you by sending you my original plate, buts its been thrown out.

here's a suggestion. buy a new belly plate gasket and use it as the pattern. drill the holes just a tad oversize to allow for a little bit of off-location error. the plate is actually kind of small, about 14 x 10

 

i just welded mine, no more leaky ever