I have been getting a few questions bout the aluminum injector caps recently so I figured I should give an update about them.
My truck will turn 200,000 miles on my way to work today so that means I have 11750 miles on the aluminum caps right now. I have not touched them since I put them on no leaks no air intrusion they have been problem free. Its got up to about 100 and down to about 15 degrees outside since they have been on. I plug my truck in every day now that its cold and it needs to be plugged in to start on my wmo mix I run. Run glow plugs for 12 seconds and it will start with about 3-10 seconds of cranking. So the good news is hey seem to be working excellent!
Now for the rest of the story.
I make the caps on a nice little horizontal spindle CNC machine that at the time I made these I was running. Shortly after I had my first set made I was taken off of that machine and moved to a different machine and I have not been back to the HCNC yet. When I was on the HCNC it was easier to get little projects like this set up and running you could plan your day around an open table at the end of the day to work on your own little projects. I could make the caps on the machine I run now but that would add probably 15 min to a 25 min program so its just not time effective, I am on a big bridge mill now so everything is slower rapids and rpm it just takes longer.
I really want to make these for people they look like they will be a much better cap than the plastic ones everyone has. When I can I will make some and let everyone know.
JOHN
awesome stuff!!!
you did all of the R&D, did you by any chance get them paperworked?
if you hold the patent, you could out source them to a machine shop of your choice.
as a self employed machinist myself, i know for a fact its damn difficult to get a side project on any of my machines
while they are set up for production.
i only have 1 small CNC 2 axis gang tool lathe, or id be out there slapping down g-codes and M functions!
the only issue i see that could ever go wrong with these is oxidation, but with an anodized finish, they will outlast the truck itself!!!
i would love to buy a set, like everyone else
great job.