Bonnet Slam Panel Cut Away

[MrG 3]

the clearance between the air filters on my carbs to the slam panel is quite close making access to that area a bit of a pain. I've seen many have this area cut away, so if uou have this did you do it yourself or have someone do it for you? If so would an engineering firm help if I supplied a std panel for them to cut away?

[dumbiron 0]

Grinder

[Tom Fenton 1,561]

A jigsaw with a metal cutting blade in it will make a neater job to be honest, but a grinder will also work. To do it neatly drill through the corners of your proposed cut out with a holesaw of something like 1". Then cut to the outside of the circle with whatever implement you decide. Leaving a nice radius in the corner.

Edited August 4, 2010 by Tom Fenton

[All Praise The GTI 3]

1mm slitting disc on a grinder

[MrG 3]

nice thanks, all good stuff to consider over the next few days.

[SurGie 54]

SOmething like this one will do the job nicely, CLICKY>..

[Tom Fenton 1,561]

£109!!

 

Angle grinder or Jigsaw at a fraction of that price will do a perfectly good job.

[SurGie 54]

If you get it from JML direct it will be cheaper, i just could not find it and its very good for many other jobs and it will do a good job of it.

[Cloverleaf 1]

Another vote for an angle grinder with a thin disk (0.8/1.0mm)

[woodsy 0]

I got my mate who does welding etc to cut mine, then he rewelded it to give back the strength and filled + painted it.I will get a pic up later to show you what mine looks like if you want.

[woodsy 0]

Heres mine to give you an idea.Must admit though i could have got away with fitting the slightly thinner pipercross.

 

[harryskid 193]

Hole cutter and jig saw1

[All Praise The GTI 3]

mine had to be cut ALLOT more than that when i fitted my bodies recently lol. il try get a pic up soon

[wracing 19]

 

Unpainted or finished, but this was done with a grinder with a 0.8mm cutting disc.

 

James