SN Tray Revamp & Exhaust Install

[chylez]

What bow eye did you use with that kicker?

The biggest one blowsion sells. I think it's 2 inches. I also had to drill out the hole a bit as it's a 1 inch OD hole.

 

[lcgordon]

I decided to reuse my tray bottom which is my biggest regret of the build as it lead to a few mistakes and extra weight. The tray bottom was bowing quite badly so I attempted to reform it by putting it in the sun with some weight on it for a couple weeks during the whole process. It helped a lot but was still bowing up by about 0.4" in the middle when I epoxied it in.

You said that reusing your tray bottom was your biggest regret. Mine is cracked and has been patched and is super warped. I would like to build mine from scratch. Any chance you know of a thread where somebody does it? I cant seem to find one. I would like to see how somebody did it. I was thinking about just laying fiberglass on something hard with a trash bag on it. Maybe somebody has a better idea.

 

[smoofers]

You said that reusing your tray bottom was your biggest regret. Mine is cracked and has been patched and is super warped. I would like to build mine from scratch. Any chance you know of a thread where somebody does it? I cant seem to find one. I would like to see how somebody did it. I was thinking about just laying fiberglass on something hard with a trash bag on it. Maybe somebody has a better idea.

That's pretty much how you do it. You can also use a hard surface with a mold release or something as simple as johnson's paste wax. Lay up 3-4 layers of 1708, let it cure then pop the glass off, cut it to shape.

 

[lcgordon]

That's pretty much how you do it. You can also use a hard surface with a mold release or something as simple as johnson's paste wax. Lay up 3-4 layers of 1708, let it cure then pop the glass off, cut it to shape.

Thanks i will have to do that.

 

[Sandeggo]

I got the undermatting in and it went pretty good. I had a couple spots on the side where I could have had a little more matting. I wanted it to really fill all the gaps but overall it came out great.

More sanding.

Sanded down the matting and the kicker wedge to be flush. I had to keep cutting and sanding around the bow eye bushing to get an angle I was happy with. I wanted to not put too much stress on the turf going around the hole.

For turfing the tray I started with the back end on the top of the kicker around the eye and went forward to the firewall. It ended up getting a little cockeyed since I didn't have an easy edge to follow due to everything having curves. I was hoping the hydroturf would stretch to any gaps I had but in the end I had a small gap on the right side of the tray that only I will notice.

I wanted the turf to be a smooth transition over the eyelet but once I rounded the corner off the kicker it wanted to bunch up. I could have cut it or just left the part that bunched up but I wanted a better method. I Thought it over overnight and it hit me that I could put a little wedge in their to allow the turf to flow over the back nicely.

This is how I handled the rear eye after underpad and kicker. I ground straight down with a 2” die grinder 36 grit pad. Then I cut pieces to fit and box it in.

 

[chylez]

This is how I handled the rear eye after underpad and kicker. I ground straight down with a 2” die grinder 36 grit pad. Then I cut pieces to fit and box it in.

Nice that came out great. I have come to appreciate peoples pictures of their own turf jobs after having done mine now.

Long time for an update but my bendix appears to be fried so I didn't get much more riding in. Hoping to break the flywheel nut off with a heating torch today.