bmw hotrod project "schnell Brutus"

[VTRDark]

i got the my tank back from my mate who soda blasted it for me

I have never heard of soda blasting before. I expect that is a lightweight version of sandblasting is it or is it a coating? That tank looks so big compared to the Storm, nice!

O and i got a new helmet

What no teeth or big grin.

(:-})

[thumperslaw]

Sodablasting is a process in which sodium bicarbonate is applied against a surface using compressed air. An early use was to restore the Statue of Liberty in the late 1980s.[1]

Sodablasting is a non-destructive method for many applications in cleaning, paint stripping, automotive restoration, industrial equipment maintenance, rust removal, graffiti removal, molecular steel passivation against rust, oil removal by saponification and translocation, masonry cleaning and restoration, soot remediation, boat hull cleaning and for food processing facilities and equipment.

[VTRDark]

Thanks for the explanation. So if it's non destructive, to me, that is superior to sandblasting.

(:-})

[turbo_billy]

And if you wash the parts in warm water afterwards any soda "grit" that is "hiding" dissolves so no fear of anything being left in oilways etc.

[thumperslaw]

Soda good for alloy stuff unlike sand which is better for steel

[thumperslaw]

Kinda pulled the BMW out of the cover Wednesday.
Fitted the stacks to (for show )

Think it looks mean

Had to make some steel inserts from old car exhaust






The plate is bolted to the air box which will be sprayed black

[VTRDark]

That looks mean. Like a spitfire engine in your bike. Have the stacks got a mesh filter inside of them?

(:-})

[thumperslaw]

Kinda look am going for
Old flat ford style
They will have black mesh inside and going to dull the stacks to

[lloydie]

make sure when you go for a piss in a layby you turn the engine off else something may get sucked in
looks mean tho well done

[thumperslaw]

Sounds stupid but they are for looks only

It's really hard getting around the air flow meter and making it run right

[CB_Phil]

Really like the look of the bell mouths, shes turning out to be one of the very few BMs I actually like

[thumperslaw]

Look even better when i get the exhaust done tho

[thumperslaw]

Re-thinking the rear sub frame at the moment (i had what i wanted in my head) but this would not work.

Stupid me did not think about wheel movement,tyre size etc

So i've got to re-do it all again

All i need now is to find a pipe bender and some tubing


I want this

[thumperslaw]

Or this

[tony.mon]

Re-thinking the rear sub frame at the moment (i had what i wanted in my head) but this would not work.

Stupid me did not think about wheel movement,tyre size etc

So i've got to re-do it all again

All i need now is to find a pipe bender and some tubing


I want this

Yeah, but you wouldn't get all those lovely little sections welded neatly together, with blueing and golden heat hues rainbowing off the surface....

Mind you, you wouldn't if I'd welded it, either.
You'd get spatter, globs, uneven surfaces and burn holes.........