Feifel Air Cleaners

Phil Markham · Post by **Phil Markham** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:03 am

Hi Lucien,

How are the Feifel filters and hoses coming along, did you get the measurements for the hose brackets etc that you needed?
Any new pictures that you can show us?

Best regards

Phil

Joe Boylan · Post by **Joe Boylan** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:58 pm

HI LUCIEN:
Hope everything Ok with you! Haven't heard from you for a time - thought I would see if you were still in the Feifel filters and hoses business? Your Feifel's are a piece of art!

JOE

Lucien Runge · Post by **Lucien Runge** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:59 pm

To all;

To say the hoses were a challenge would be an understatement. After many days of machining by Allan, my retired Scottish tool and die man, I was simply blown away by his work on the hoses. They are fantastic, to say the least. They are ribbed and faceted just like the originals. The next step is to 'turn' them so they have that twisted look. I will post photos soon.

Allan will be building a pipe bending jig to properly bend the pipe elbows to the correct tight angle and shape. We will do them the same way brass horn tubing is shaped for trumpets and tromebones... fill the piping with water, freeze it and then bend it in the specially built pipe bender as tight as needed.

The other challenge was that the Armortek rear deck is not exact... so a decision had to be made as to whether to faithfully recreate everything behind the turret back or modify the design to accomodate everyone's tiger. Big decision... but it has been made. We are taking Roland Mann's drawings (thanks, Roland!) and building an appropriate solution for everyone's tiger.

It's been long in coming but when you work with Allan, you soon realize that he does not take shortcuts... no how, no way. But you will like the results.

Lucien

Phil Markham · Post by **Phil Markham** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:03 am

Hi Lucien,

Sounds like its all coming along nicely, cant wait to see the results. Make sure you count me in for a set.

Best regards
Phil

David Lee · Post by **David Lee** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:11 pm

Hi Lucien,

My Early Tiger has been WIP for the past three years

. I am looking forward to these works of art! Please count me in for a set if they are offered.

Joe Boylan · Post by **Joe Boylan** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:58 am

Hi Lucien:

You can count me in for a set!

Regards
Joe

David Lee · Post by **David Lee** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:48 pm

Bump for an update

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:03 pm

Hi everyone, after some busy time in my job I was able to make some steps with my Feifel filters. Hope with all the new members and models this topic is not too much aside of the main stream. Here is the filter as it looks after machining, silver soldering and completition.

And here it is after light shot blasting ready for going on to the back of my Tiger I

Best regards Roland

Christoffer Ahlfors · Post by **Christoffer Ahlfors** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:33 pm

Roland Mann wrote:Hope with all the new members and models this topic is not too much aside of the main stream.

Quite contrary - watching the works of the true masters is always very inspiring! I enjoy every post you write and every picture you post.

To the left, is that a dent? Intentional?

Cheers,
/Chris

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:57 pm

Yes Chris this is a dent and thank you for your friendly comments. Nice to hear from you.

Best regards Roland

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:22 pm

only the best roland, perfection and great to follow, regards simon manning.

Steve Norris · Post by **Steve Norris** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:09 am

Unbelievable craftsmanship.
When finished this will be the ultimate Tiger.
Steve

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:32 pm

Hi Roland

Enjoy seeing every piece you make for your Tiger. They are this perfect in photos, I can only imagine how good they must look in person.

kindest regards
Tim

Per Sonnervik · Post by **Per Sonnervik** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:26 am

Hi Roland,

Marvellous work, really outstanding. Are you going to make them work too as youÂ´re making a workable V12?

/Per

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:17 am

Simon, Steve, Tim and Per thank you for your comments on my work. I feel some of my old motivation coming back. The filters are made from aluminium and completely hollow. For me an important point since my Tiger is allready tail heavy and adding more weight at the back is the opposite I like. And yes Per it is possible to "breath" throug the filters if ever a need comes up. But I think I mentioned that my MAYACH is not intended to work in my Tiger since the original electric/electronic drive train by ARMORTEK is so smooth and reliable working.

OK now the tubing/hoses on the engine cover are the next steps.

Best regards Roland