Thick walled Aluminium tube and bends

[SteveH]

I'm Looking to fabricate another reversed inlet but struggling to find a UK supplier of thick walled alloy tube and bends. I don't want 3Mtrs or more of tube which rules out lots of suppliers. I'm after 1 mtr or of 4" pipe with a 4mm to 5mm wall and a 3" 90 degree bend with similar wall thickness. Anyone have any or have suggestions for a supplier?

I plan to use the runners from a 3B inlet to create the new manifold which will allow me to retain the PAS pump in the original location. Probably not the best flowing runners, but hopefully something which will be fine for 450 to 500HP.

Any suggestions or experience of undertaking the same process would be great

[AndyP]

http://www.simmal.co.uk/buy-aluminium-online/round-bar-tube/aluminium-round-tube-1-2-od-and-above

£48 for a 1m length of 4" x 3/16" wall

I'm still looking for bends, think they're going to be more tricky in that wall thickness.

[AndyP]

$87 from Australia??!

http://www.are.com.au/products/aluminium%20bends.htm

[speeding-g60]

dont rule out rigid aluminum conduit.

its aluminum, sch 40 is thicker walled material, and they have all kinds of radius bends.

[andy10v]

Are you going to get hemispheres for the ends?

ian4455 made some





Derracudas one with taper feed

http://motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13390&start=1475

[andy10v]

Tons of sch 40 in the US for reasonable money, seems harder to get over here.

[SteveH]

http://www.simmal.co.uk/buy-aluminiu...2-od-and-above

£48 for a 1m length of 4" x 3/16" wall

I'm still looking for bends, think they're going to be more tricky in that wall thickness.

Cheers Andy I've looked at this site in the past. Seem to remember there was something which put me off. Could be excessive delivery charges or something like a minimum order value.

[SteveH]

dont rule out rigid aluminum conduit.

its aluminum, sch 40 is thicker walled material, and they have all kinds of radius bends.

I will have a look, thanks. It's really annoying, everything you find on the web is US based. UK suppliers are pretty restrictive on options!

[SteveH]

[QUOTE=andy10v;852689]Are you going to get hemispheres for the ends?

ian4455 made some

I like to do things on the economical side, so probably flat sheet

[speeding-g60]

i am in the US. i even have some of this stuff sitting on the shelves here at home.

i send stuff to TerryBullwon all the time, and others too.

if it is sourcing that is a problem, i could find it for you i am sure.

and i am the one who had Dereks manifold all welded up, too. he was learning with my TIG machine and had my fab guy weld that one out for him.

[SteveH]

i am in the US. i even have some of this stuff sitting on the shelves here at home.

i send stuff to TerryBullwon all the time, and others too.

if it is sourcing that is a problem, i could find it for you i am sure.

and i am the one who had Dereks manifold all welded up, too. he was learning with my TIG machine and had my fab guy weld that one out for him.

Thanks for the offer You are lucky in the US that's there are plenty of businesses that cater for this type of thing. I'm finding more and more that most of my eBay searches point to US suppliers.