Simple "HotRod" Mod

CyberDruid · Feb 27, 2008

Well you are going to need a hole...a DVD or CD disk makes a good pattern. Blue tape protects the finish and makes your marks legible.

It might help to use a fine point sharpie and a steel rule for layour to get everything just so.

Here's the idea: use a cheap aftermarket mini automotive aircleaner to house a fan in a case too small for a top mounted fan internally...

Whack away at a suitable fan until it fits snugly inside a 6" diameter air filter..you could use a bandsaw or a Dremel tool or a hacksaw and file...whatever you are comfortable using.

These sorts of auto airfilters have a base: be sure not to ttim back the fan body too far or it will fall through...use the air filter base as a pattern for one side and the filter as a pattern for the other...make it fit the interior of the filter snugly by trimming away a little at a time.

You can orient the fan intake or exhaust...

The air filters often found at Advance or Auto Zone are only about $20. This base will get painted as it's pretty ugly...

That's phase one...

Now make a bracket from some aluminum extrusion...I used 1/8" thick material I got from Lowes.

Simple stuff...you don't even need a clamp...you could us a crack in the sidewalk whatever you have handy...

The bracket needs to be as wide as the hole and as tall as the fan plus the base add 1/2". It will have to have relatively short bends to catch the lip of the hole in the panel so that is can be compressed and sprung into the hole.

Drill a hole and slip a bolt or piece all thread through the hole to secure the lid of the cleaner.

And that's Phase Two

Vroom Vroom....

Skrabrug · Feb 27, 2008

that is pretty cool

(a bit bulky for me personally but still pretty cool)

Solaris17 · Feb 27, 2008

lol that is awsome now put some pipes on the side.

CyberDruid · Feb 27, 2008

Yep..I have a drawer full of odd auto type trim I always meant to use on this mod...side pipes are a must

intel igent · Feb 27, 2008

very original Cd

:toast:

Solaris17 · Feb 27, 2008

mad usefull too now that i think of it that filter isnt really cosmetic..if its sucking in than its keeping out dust...and if you add exaust pipes they'll do just that blow air out. not bad

CyberDruid · Feb 27, 2008

Where did that go anyway

That's where I went with that mod..it's still sitting on the dresser...I never put a motherboard in there...

Just playing around with an NSK 4400...I had a fetish fo those a while back :wtf:

And yes the rear and top fans need to be intakes or it won't work right.

Skrabrug · Feb 27, 2008

woah.. the lighting is utterly brilliant O.O

Solaris17 · Feb 28, 2008

+1 on that good stuff...curious what did u use for fluid to make it uv reactive and as bright as it is in daylight?

Cold Storm · Feb 28, 2008

Really nice mod that you have there!

CyberDruid · Feb 28, 2008

Thanks.

Solaris17 said:
+1 on that good stuff...curious what did u use for fluid to make it uv reactive and as bright as it is in daylight?

That's a mixture of PC Ice Steel Blue (for color) and a few drops of Tracerline Clear Blue UV reative coolant.

It has a very nice (to me) blue tint that only gets deeper under UV...it will light up a small room

MKmods · Feb 28, 2008

wow, put 2 of those on the front as intakes and you solve a LOT of peoples dust problems....
(or one of the oval filters)

The lighting is really well done as well.

Watch, K & N is gonna start marketing filters to modders.

CyberDruid · Feb 28, 2008

MKmods said:
wow, put 2 of those on the front as intakes and you solve a LOT of peoples dust problems....
(or one of the oval filters)

The lighting is really well done as well.

Watch, K & N is gonna start marketing filters to modders.

I saw a thread somewhere where a guy had a wonderful billet aluminum Intake lid that was triangular (TriPower FTW) and he was planning to use it on his side panel over three 120mm intakes. It was pretty huge really--but a low profile filter would make it less of a couterweight...I thought it would be a great way to keep dust out of the case...kills a bit of noise too.

MKmods · Feb 28, 2008

and if you sunk it in about an inch it would look even better. (you could draw air from between the face and metal face of the case.)

CyberDruid · Feb 28, 2008

MKmods said:
and if you sunk it in about an inch it would look even better. (you could draw air from between the face and metal face of the case.)

Yep

On a larger case mount the fan conventionally inside and have a 1" high filter...

kenkickr · Feb 28, 2008

Nice looking mod but I would paint the case Chevy orange or a Cobalt Blue(I would say ford blue but then people might confuse it as a Cubs case). Again, very nice mod!! :respect:

panchoman · Feb 28, 2008

nice mod man!

CyberDruid · Feb 28, 2008

Well those are older pics...I did add a a pair of Blue metallic stripes on the top panel and I painted the aircleaner base to match...gotta locate the pics...

Thanks!

I plan to try my hand at real painting when it warms up...I've got the equipment and the space..just not the climate

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