I'm going to make my own manifold spacers using either tufnol carp (as used in the Carl Davey spacers) or PTFE as I have seen elsewhere. The materials are cheap enough but I was wondering of anyone knows whether or not PTFE is self-sealing or whether it would still need gaskets when using them

Cheers

Jon

 

The carl davey ptfe spacers i bought dont require gaskets but have rubber inserts as shown in the pic hope that helps ya mate.

 

Yep it does, cheers mate - I've seen the o-rings on tufnol ones but not on PTFE ones - I have the tufnol sat in the garage so I'll stick with that and use the spare gaskets I have

 

how are you going to make them ?and are they going to have the recess for the rubber grommet washer ?

 

I'm going to cut out a rough shape using a jigsaw and then hand fettle with my selection of hand files and grinders. There won't be a recess as I'm not good enough with a router to cut a recess, spacers either side is how Carl Davey's original ones were fitted

 

good luck mate you'll have to post a pic of the final article be interesting to see how they turn out the ones i bought from carl davey cost £120 so if yours work should be a big saving...!

 

what car are you making them for?

 

Making them for a V7 bug, should cost me about £20 all in

Plus enough left over to make header tank spacers too

 

If the header tank is the same as on my v6 classic id be interested in some of those .

 

I think they are, I'll let you know once I've knocked some up

 

Cheers mate

 

hi guys just wanted to know how thick are the spacers and if you need to change the screws too?

 

I'm making mine 10mm and I expect that I'll be raiding my bolt box

 

the extra length bolts come with the carl davey spacers next time im down the garage il measure them as my manifold is off at the minute so the bolts are on my work bench .

 

the spacers are 10mm thick

 

actually they are 8mm as in the link

http://www.carldavey.co.uk/product.php?id=27

 

I made CNC machined prototypes of these myself. Didn't fancy paying 120 for them!
The PTFE as a raw material is EXPENSIVE though!
They have been on my car for the past 3 months!

I will be selling these soon for 60 quid a set including bolts and o-rings.........

 

Looks good, are you going to do the newage ones too

 

Yep. I'm in the process of starting a small business making various Impreza bits.

So far I have:

Rally mudflaps,
heat reducing header tank relocation brackets,
inlet mani spacers like the ones above,
intercooler covers,
15mm billet aluminium tow hooks,
replica sticker sets

The CNC shop are currently making the V5/6 prototype spacers, haven't got round to any of the newage stuff yet though.

 

I've found your website

I've managed to source some captive fasteners to insert into my header tank spacers, and also found plenty of cheap offcuts of PTFE which for me is not an issue but I'm guessing you'll be buying in bulk. I have already bought the tufnol though so I won't be doing the PTFE ones unless I screw this up

 

Hey buddy,
How much are the intercooler covers for a V5 sti ?
Any pictures of them yet ?
Neil

 

Here you go mate

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sivalee2/m...id=p4340.l2562

http://www.rally-tech.com/

 

Hey man, they're 45 quid delivered.

Not wanting to sound like an ****, but they look the NUTS!

 

Be really interested in trying out the v5/6 spacers once you've made them, I'm just in the process of putting my car back together and these are one of the things I'm going to be getting to finish it off

 

Sure thing mate. I just want to test them for a bit longer before I start to sell them.....

When did you want them?

I need to think about opening a vendor account on here or something.