Following Rich Wilds question earlier today and Tone Locs link, I decided to make some det cans ala John Banks.

I went out to the shops and acquired the following.

3 metres of fuel hose
1 Pair of Ear Protectors
1 Y-piece
1 small copper s-pipe (reason for shape will become apparent later)




First job was to flatten the end of this....



to look like this



A set of pliers and the inside clamp of a pair of tin-snips weren't perfect but after a while I got there.

I then took the hose and cut it into 1 length of 150cm and 2 lengths of 75cm. The two shorter parts were attached to the split in the plastic Y-Piece and the longer length attached to the single end.

I drilled a hole in the flattened part of copper pipe, and then pushed in the other end of the long hose....



The bends in the s-pipe help to lock the hose in place, hence the bizarre shape of copper pipe

Then I drilled a hole in each cup of the ear defenders, just smaller than the hoses' external diameter and then mishaped the holes slightly, again tolock in the hose.



Et voila............Det Cans for only £23



Do they work?? Well it wasn't until I'd finished that I remembered I have no engine in my car, LOL so I tried them in the Skoda, which unsurprisingly seemed fairly quiet det-wise.

Next project, get car back on road LOL

 

Good work!!

Have a set of Ear defenders in my garage, never got round to making them into Det cans as the scoob went first...

Will need to get them sorted now

Might be worth using some Epoxy Resin to make sure the pipes stay in place.

Rob

 

Thanks for that.

Rich

 

Ok smart **** very good

Now get back to putting my engine together for me

And talking me into more mods

At least the engine is gonna be better than yours

 

LOL, more mods? Dont tempt me, I have a list as long as my arm of possibilities

I'd be worried if you engine wasn't better!

 

You are a seriously bad bad man Mr. Disco

The amount of cash you got off me, no wonder you are thinking about a 5 Litre conversion :O

(that will get them chatting!)

Come on then list me some 'future' mods then!

 

ssshhh, Big Mouth[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

(thank god you didn't let slip it was going in a Justy!)



Doh......................!

 

So, where's the pic of you modelling them and showing us how to use them?

Stefan

 

lmfao!

 

Sorry mate

 

Ozzy

You forget one thing!.... You need a scooby to try out the Det cans which is one thing Disco hasn't got at the moment!

Ive

 

Don't try driving with them on - passengers only. I witnessed someone doing this and they completely misjudged a corner and went in far too fast and ended up on the wrong side of the road. They completely kill your appreciation of the surroundings such that when I was wearing them as a passenger 150 mph could have been 50 mph.

 

LOL @ Ozzy and Ive, I have some pride left, hence no photos

Dont worry John, they are for passenger use only.

Boy did I look cool as we drove around the block on tuesday

 

Totally agree, Paul left his Det cans in my car after a mapping session and i put them on to have a listen on the way home.

I was quite shocked at my actual speed when i looked down at the speedo on the motorway

Rob

 

What do you mean he hasnt got a Scooby? Hes got mine!!!

And his sorry looking stripped one

 

if the hoses were fixed into the earpeices and copper peice using epoy resin, would this be ok, or would it affect the sound?

also, i assume the copper peice is bolted to say cylinder no.2 where you can bolt a knocklink?

sorry if they are stupid questions lol
thanks, ian

 

Will not effect the sound, ideal place to attach the copper pipe IMHO is on the same bolt as the OE. sensor. That way you can hear what the OE. sensor 'should' be picking up.

R.

p.s. only a small ammount of ER to hold the pipes in.

 

cheers rob

 

I think DIY posters should keep their pictures on their servers permanently.