tunnel block off plate

[radianguy]

I am in the process of doing an under tunnel exhaust and I am looking for a tunnel block off plate, I have searched but did not find much, so who has a block off plate installed with under tunnel exhaust?

Do you guys recommend buying a plate or making your own? Looking for some info from the guys that have done this, pics would help also. I have sent an email off to Schmidt Bros about their plate, waiting on a response but can anyone tell me if it will close off the tunnel completely with the seat installed? I don't plan on using any of the rear plastics.

 

[Sledboy04]

I had mine made by Brad Wursten at Power Addiction in North Logan Utah make mine. $80 total ($68.00 + $12.00 shipping). For about $20 I had a sheet metal shop make a "curved segment" to provide the clearance for the round exhaust muffler znd welded it to the plate and riveted it to the tunnel. I used a stock header and shortened it to fit the Two Bros. exhaust. Ceramic coated the inside and outside of the header for flow and heat dispersion, after 2 years using, looks like the day I installed it.

 

[radianguy]

Thanks for the pics, do you have any of the finished product from the top?

 

[Sledboy04]

I'm putting in a closet organizer right now......wifey is getting all the work outa me before the season begins. I'll get a couple more pics tonight. Sledboy04

 

[**sj**]

oft makes them or at least used to...

skinz has a partial close off for over tunnel and so does schmidt bros...

 

[Sledboy04]

OK
I'm currently pulling out both the heat exchanger and the radiator, so it's pretty bare looking. The 'hump' is under the seat and it's where the snow shovel goes. I wanted to make sure that the track didn't hit the exhaust, so I have it about 1.5" total height, with that circular segment. I will be taking off the aluminum box ( stock seat frame) and making some drop down brkts to carry the seat and hope to have a tunnel bag there like Polaris has done.
I actually like the idea of having the clearance and It's going to be covered with a tunnel bag for this season. Total cost was somewhere about $450. ($40 exhaust header off-e-bay, $80 H20-jet plate, $36 sheetmetal segment, $140 Two Bros exhaust off e-bay, $20 exhaust packing kit, $100 ceramic coating, $15 stainless bolts/clamp, $10 exhaust springs, $5 for exhaust reducer/expander(?) and aluminum block from scrap found in my shop) I did my own welding and machining.

 

[Stoli]

OFT has block-off plates.
I am modifying one to keep an Excel over the tunnel exhaust.

Here are a couple of pictures.

Removed the plastics cut the seat mouting housing back.

modified the OFT block-off plate

close to finished