My Dream Project: New Titanium Firewall

I finally got back to working on the car again. We have had lots of family obligations and time has been hard to come by.

I am trying to get all of the fabrication work done and I have been putting the firewall off for a while.

I decided to fabricate it out of .035 titanium sheet for its strength and nice looks. It also will not rust so I will leave it in its raw form because it looks really nice that way.

I made templates from poster board and then cut the titanium to its rough shape. Once I fitted it to its final shape, I rolled a 1/8 inch step into it to make it more rigid. The step roll also makes it look nice.

I welded the top part of the firewall to the cowl that attaches to the car body. Titanium is interesting to weld but makes a neat looking weld because of the rainbow colors that are created because of the heat and shield gas.

I still have to build mounts to attach the firewall to the car permanently. I hope to have it all finished this weekend.

Next weekend is another bracket race in Baytown. I will race the Blue Banana again and hopefully win some more rounds.