KSR Builds: Rick's 4th Gen Camaro Aluminum Exhaust and Fuel System!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Chipping away at Rick's 4th Gen Camaro to get it ready for the dyno and then the track! We build a custom fuel cell with internal fuel pumps and a custom 5" aluminum downpipe to let the turbo breathe!! It will not be much longer before we have it up and running!!
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NOBODY is busier than this single dad/racecar guru and he still manages to give us awesome stuff almost daily! Thanks dude!
Kevin is an absolute madman! You are 1000% correct!
Hell yeah uncle Rico!
Kevin- “ My welds are ok!”
Thank you for your humility Sir!
More KSR, what everyone needs.
Deffinently like seeing you fab different parts Kevin. I also like you truly show how much time it takes to complete these projects. Hopefully you had success at the 352 Shootout...look forward to the video.
Automotive arts and crafts with kevin! Love it!
Currently watching with my 2nd son who happened to be born 20 hours ago. He is fixated on the colors😂 Thanks Kevin💪
A1. Down to the wire while holding a welding rod. Haha. Fun to watch u weld.
Don't comment often, but wanted to drop a note to say how much respect I have for your builds, your dedicated fatherhood, and your work ethic. KSR videos are always fun to watch, thank you for taking time to edit and upload. I know ow much time that takes.
Awesome Job Welding Kevin !! Also AMAZING JOB getting Mullet down to 7.2 That wouldn't have happened without you !!!
F Body will always have a special place in my heart having grown up in the 80s and 90s.
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These 4th Gen Camaros are sleek and sweet as *. Rick has GOOD TASTE!
I am not a fabricator, or a racer, or even a high-performance car owner. But, I find it very satisfying to watch a true craftsman like Kevin work.
Another great KSR video.
I like the hot torch hold.
Not gonna lie ive been binge watching all of your videos for the past couple weeks and am hooked.. best content on TH-cam..thanks man keep it up.
Welcome aboard!
Such a humble guy. Love the content as always Kevin
That downpipe turned out awesome. Never seen an aluminum exhaust before. I’m excited to see what this thing sounds like
Nice man! Love to watch, regards from the Netherlands.
Hey Kevin I am a Boilermaker welder and your welds look really good buddy I love watching your videos mate your fab work is on point. 🇦🇺🦘🐨👨🏭
Thanks 👍
Well I was happy to wake up this morning and flip on TH-cam and see a video from your brother. Always enjoy watching your work, your detail is unmatched and yay! Always enjoy watching you and listening to what you have to say
I love watching you weld, mesmerizing
Great shop content as always!
Great fab work sir!
Rev Kev thinks about things I wouldn't have even dreamed of. I learn a lot from this channel. Thanks KSR! 🙏🇺🇲💓
Nice project. We ran aluminum exhausts on road racing cars and they worked fine. A wooden dowel with notches is a much lighter and cheaper option that those fuel sending units.
Lol this man coming in with that old school technology…..what’s that sensor called
For race-only I could see that but for street drives I sure would prefer just getting in the car and looking at the dash *vs* stopping, getting out, finding dowel, opening hood and fill cap, dip dowel (or look in tank), close cap and hood, throw stinky dowel back where it's kept and then finally get back in to start or continue driving?🤷♂️
Love your videos and those welds are awesome
Great content thanks for sharing
Great work ☮
Great work as always Kevin. KSR is where it's at!!!!!
Nice job Kevin. Hope to see a video of what this car does on the track some day.
Those headlights though 😮😲😮😲
Kevin your the definition "one of a kind " your awesome 👌
The high speed welding in the time lapse was cool. Great job dealing with all those pie cuts.
Me and my son came by and seen the cars up close at the 352 shootout, you have a great family/crew they were so nice explaining everything about the cars and there history, Thank you, it was why we went there!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Welds look fine to me, fuel cell is real neat..
Geeze, I thought you had a Trans-Mutations machine that you built that made you small enough to go down into the gas tank and do all the wielding and stuff,... this just shoots that in the ass,.. thanks Kev for bursting my fantasy.😊
lol
Great work as always
Nice work man. Can’t wait to see it run
Kevin your builds amaze me! Keep up the awsome work!
Why i love ksr there always a new car project.
I'm not a fan of pie cuts either, only when it is required, especially with the larger tubing, reminds me of HVAC ducts, there's a reason you don't normally see it exposed! lol
When planning out a pie cut, do you make a pie chart? ;-)
NICE FAB!
Best time-lapse music ever.
Fbodies😁😁😁😁🤘🤘Makes me miss my Bird, she's put away for the winter. Time to put the snow tires on my truck next weekend.
Love that first time lapse track Kev
easy...peasy.... I love you Kevin...
Great stuff as usual Kevin. Love these informative vids!
Love your work Kev, but what if on the rare chance that left front blows at speed? Better think about putting some kind of shielding to prevent rubber from hitting that tank and causing a rupture.
Another Awesome KSR Video . That Camaro is going to be cool . I think your Weld's look pretty dang good to me . 😀 .
That down pipe looks like a dryer vent tube 😂 sure was a lot of pie cuts 😮
Somebody get Rick some new headlights….
awesome work man love your channel
Much appreciated!
Great video and love the fab work, in Australia we call your pie cuts, lobster back bends, 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘
Hey Kevin. Congrats on your 1st rd win yesterday. I didnt get to stay all day but it was an absolute year maker to meet you and check out the cars. Your amazing
Kevin love your fab work and all of the litte tips you give. Im a newbie on the tig torch and have isssues trying to feed filler but if i just dab it in i do ok! I see you chase the wire it looks like and dab it vs feeding looks awesome regardless could have just been your approach on this job
I need to pad some beads on aluminum plate to get my filler hand up to speed quick 2 months into the tig so far!
Kevin you do some nice fabrication work...
love your work buddy you'll get it done, i have 100% faith in ya.
ever since I've bin watching you and see how you go with making you parts, its prompted me into giving it a go my self. so thank you for content and just now that you inspiring people to do there dreams.
maybe one day ill get my ass and car over to the USA to come see your shop, i live in AUSTRALIA
I always wondered how these fuel cells worked very interesting
Ha Ha Ha! Tig welding aluminum with short sleeves, welcome to the sunburn!
Florida man, sunburns are normal.
Somebody buy that man some headlights 😂
Is that just the race fuel cell? Will this car only be a track car or both street/strip? I wish i had a 64th of your talent for welding. Keep up the great work
Jump in head first, Bill!! You got this bro 👊🏻
The fuel tank will have about 4 gallons of useable fuel in it, and it should get 15-18mpg so it will have enough range for 50-70 mile range, but primarily a race car.
Early. Time for a break pulling this Gen 3 5.3 for my 91 z71 swap.
Diggin the beard ya got going on there Kevin. Looks good my guy. Also good job on that camaro! The welds look awesome!! Love seeing the master at work!!
Mad fab skills.
What headers are on this car? Love the channel thank you for taking the time to post videos!
The same Flowtech ones that are on Mullet.
Quality as always
Another awesome video dude, this things coming together real nice
Excellent work as usual! Would you share the welder settings while you were doing the aluminum? Thanks!
I still have my built ‘93 Z28 ... 4th Gen are cool.
Sweet fuel cell. Nice clean welds. The exhaust bends definitely took some skills. I saw the sweat running off the forehead LOL Keep up the killer vids Bro.
When it comes to track cars, I heard that many of them have tuned angled exhaust tips that create vortices down the side of the car to keep the car producing downforce without additional drag. When the top fuel racer crew chief was speaking with Brent from PFI, he talked about how the exhaust out the hood was likley causing a few mph loss on the top end for those cars. With the single exhaust down only one side, would love to see some analysis in the wind tunnel next time you are able to get there, but just not sure how to recreate the amount of exhaust flow going out that tip
Look up 'blown diffusers' it was an F1 technology (now banned) which used exhaust gas to attach and direct flow for down force. The clever bit was it even worked under braking by burning fuel with a BDC spark timing so as not to create torque. We Europeans...!
Skilz that pay the bilz 👊😎
I have no idea how you'd film it, but I would love to see how you install the pumps in that fuel tank. I really like the design, but my brain says that the blind one handed installation of the pumps would cause premature balding and heart disease.
Travis assembled it while I was down at the McFarland shop and he said it was a pretty good challenge. He got it done though!!
Cool
Is there kits that have dual 450 pumps that drop into stock tank? I think that’s what I’m going to do for my build, and then buy a kit for new fuel lines all the way to the rails
Kevin, you said that you could trigger the secondary pump, off of the dome pressure, or GPS. Why not off the wheel speed sensors and throttle position?
At 2:14 I believe he said he would trigger the second fuel pulp via boost or TPS (throttle position).
imo wheel speed means nothing for engine load/fuel demand,
TPS he said
I seldom miss a video from this channel.
thank Jesus something better than the daily narrative
Love the fabing Kevin, it's interesting to how people do it. Keep up the good vids. :)
Are you going to pressure check the tank to make sure you don't have any leeks, as would not be good.
Howdy Kev, thanks for the great content buddy🦅🇺🇸🏁
Great video! Could you drop a link for that battery?
I love your channel>
How much twist and vibration do you think the fuel tank mounts are going to put into the fuel cell? Are you hard mounting the tank to the frame, or rubber grommets, or? That could fatigue the mounts in the tank pretty quickly. Tank in front, driver’s side, big hot turbos…🤷🏼♂️
We set it up to be mounted on tabs where we will use a bolt, plastic washer and a nylock nut that we will snug vs tighten down crazy tight. It should provide enough vibration isolation to not be a problem.
@@KSRPerformanceFabrication, 👍🏻 thanks for the reply, I thought it was worth mentioning
Kevin, What alloy aluminum do you use to make those fuel cells? What gauge? If it's not a trade secret... I would think you have some specs you go by.... I need a rear tank on my '97 Super Duty and it looks like the only way to get one is to make it.
Great videos!!
4th gen ftw, that car is going to pwn. I can't wait to see it rip.
Are you planning on the self clearance method on the bumper?
It's a bit of a material waster, but if you have an available bend section of pipe/tube lready you can make the pie-cuts from it (maybe make up a holding tool for neatness of the cuts) and it'll allow a little tighter mean radius because you're not relying entirely on the segment angles but using the bend sections to enhance it.
Just one question. Won't you be losing pressure through the pump that's not running when normal driving and possibly cause a lean condition as well as a pressure spike/rich codition when the pump kicks on?
That's exactly what I wondered. With no check valve, could the main pump lose pressure out of the second stage return?
These pumps have a built in check valve. There was a higher flow pump available in that same body, but it did not have a check valve so I chose these pumps.
Nice cliffhanger
Do you prefer a water cooled torch or air cooled?
Awesome skills Kevin. Quick question, the pipe through the bumper is a tight fit, what stops the bumper from melting?
Nothing, it is going to melt some around the hottest part of the pipe. We will end up putting a trim ring around it at some point.
What do you mean by "lets". WE will watch YOU work 😜 What are you talking about? Looks professional to me. I'm no welder, but I've heard if you can do Aluminium you can weld anything.
We come to know u Kevin it will be done by Saturday!!!🤞
Pie cuts??
*Taylor Ray has entered the chat*
LOL!!
Is the heat from the exhaust going to melt that plastic lower bumper? It seems like that is pretty snug around the pipe. On a side note, I really wish I had known about pre-made pie cuts 20 years ago when I was making the custom cold air setup for the 95 Cougar I had at the time. It was a mother to cut a huge pie shaped piece out of the pipe, bend it open then fab a piece to fill the hole back in...
Yes, it’s probably going to melt it a bit. We will put a trim ring around it if/when it does
When you weld the exhaust side how come you don’t do the inside? Wouldn’t that make your flow better? I know it’s only a foot or foot and a half but just asking.
Was wondering why you don't use the electronic boost controllers. They seem to be very sufficient. And very reliable on boost control. Plus they save weight because you don't have all the extra pumps and hoses to fit. Don't know maybe its just your preference. Was just wondering about it. Awesome vids keep up the excellent work. Greetings from sunny South Africa
Holley doesn’t have control strategies for them yet, and they are kinda bulky from what I have seen.
@@KSRPerformanceFabrication ok. they are but i think you will still save a lot of time on fab and weight will still be less. But thanx man appreciate the reply
From what I've seen (so far) I believe mechanical is WAY more reliable (and easily rebuilt if need be).
Hundreds of thousands out there working trouble free vs only hundreds? of electronic and PFI Speed (Jammie) already had one FAIL (and way more important to me) *he was AT A RACE having to spend TIME Trouble Shooting* (which I'm sure included phone calls to tech). And most importantly, NOT GOOD, they had to have a new one overnight shipped before they could run/race. So, JMO, unless your willing (and can afford $1,000 to carry a spare?) Old School is the way to go until the electronic is "proven to be as reliable"...
I built an aluminum axle back exhaust on my 4th gen firebird road race car... it didn't end well. far too much stress on the exhaust under those conditions...
Hi Kevin ... just curious ... do those fuel pumps have an inbuilt one way valve or is there going to be feedback through the second pump when its not running?
They have internal check valves.
@@KSRPerformanceFabrication Cool thanks Kevin, I figured it did but no harm in asking. Love all the vids, keep up the great work.
Hey Kevin quick question?
When making the turbo set up would the set up on this car actually cause poor scavenging and spool up for the turbo? I’m a Subaru guy and on our little 2.5s and 3.6s if the header is unequal it makes difference on sound and turbo spool vs. equal length runners
I’ve never built a v8 but I’m wanting to so I’m just asking for efficiency and response.
Your vids are awesome and workmanship is out of this world!!!! Humble to boot lol