New Product I Made: Jattus Vacuum Hub, New Design (powdercoated Fittings)...
12-11-2006, 05:36 PM
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Hello,
Made a new design for my vacuum hubs I had been making, mainly based off suggestions from other people I have talked with.
Here is the webpage for them: http://www.jattus.com/Performance/vacuum.htm
Anyways, Individually hand made out of 6061 Aluminum, and TIG welded. Has six usable 1/8 NPT ( Pipe Thread ) ports, plus one port that is used for the source (so 7 threaded ports total). You can use it for any vacuum source such as Blow Off Valve, Fuel Pressure Regulator/FMU, MAP Sensor, Boost Gauge, Electronic Boost Controller, Pressure Sensitive Switch, etc. Much cleaner of a setup and more reliable than "T"ing off lines.
I also have powdercoated fittings available, here are some pics:
Had to sell them for a little more than my previous ones as they take a LOT longer to make, and cost more to make as well, but are really nice looking compared to competitors vacuum hubs.
Also, I was originally worried that the powdercoated fittings wouldn't be able to take the abuse of wrenching them down to the hub, taking them off, etc. But I have installed, removed, installed, etc. the same powdercoated fittings into different hubs and the surface is still perfect, not even marred or anything, so the coating holds up very well!
But yeah let me know what you guys think!
Made a new design for my vacuum hubs I had been making, mainly based off suggestions from other people I have talked with.
Here is the webpage for them: http://www.jattus.com/Performance/vacuum.htm
Anyways, Individually hand made out of 6061 Aluminum, and TIG welded. Has six usable 1/8 NPT ( Pipe Thread ) ports, plus one port that is used for the source (so 7 threaded ports total). You can use it for any vacuum source such as Blow Off Valve, Fuel Pressure Regulator/FMU, MAP Sensor, Boost Gauge, Electronic Boost Controller, Pressure Sensitive Switch, etc. Much cleaner of a setup and more reliable than "T"ing off lines.
I also have powdercoated fittings available, here are some pics:
Had to sell them for a little more than my previous ones as they take a LOT longer to make, and cost more to make as well, but are really nice looking compared to competitors vacuum hubs.
Also, I was originally worried that the powdercoated fittings wouldn't be able to take the abuse of wrenching them down to the hub, taking them off, etc. But I have installed, removed, installed, etc. the same powdercoated fittings into different hubs and the surface is still perfect, not even marred or anything, so the coating holds up very well!
But yeah let me know what you guys think!
12-11-2006, 10:06 PM
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Wow.
Nice to see you updating parts, but that's friggin EXPENSIVE.
http://www.accountwizard.com/clients/shop....Vacuum+Manifold
^^^
$36, very nice looking, comes POWDERCOATED (the whole manifold. Why would you just PC the fittings?).
Voodoo.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Voodoo-Turb...sspagenameZWDVW
$30 bucks shipped, and anodized any color you'd want.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fast-Turbo-...3QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Brushed-Alu...3QQcmdZViewItem
Should I go on?
It costs maybe 10 bucks to powdercoat parts that small.
Nice to see you updating parts, but that's friggin EXPENSIVE.
http://www.accountwizard.com/clients/shop....Vacuum+Manifold
^^^
$36, very nice looking, comes POWDERCOATED (the whole manifold. Why would you just PC the fittings?).
Voodoo.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Voodoo-Turb...sspagenameZWDVW
$30 bucks shipped, and anodized any color you'd want.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Fast-Turbo-...3QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Brushed-Alu...3QQcmdZViewItem
Should I go on?
It costs maybe 10 bucks to powdercoat parts that small.
12-12-2006, 08:30 AM
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I am not trying to make manifolds to undercut others prices, I am just trying to produce a "nice" alternative vacuum manifold option is all. I am going to powdercoat one of the hubs black w/ chrome fittings and see how that looks as well.
-Matt
-Matt