Archer Fabrications
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Thats a really nice setup i like your o2 housing, I'm trying to tackel that too but i can't realt mock it on my dd
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Get a engine stand and put a blown longblock on there, then gather all your spare DSMer parts, i.e., oil filter housing, turbos, o2 housings, exhaust manifolds, P/S pumps, and alternator and then fabricate away using that for a "jig".Thats a really nice setup i like your o2 housing, I'm trying to tackel that too but i can't realt mock it on my dd
Get a engine stand and put a blown longblock on there, then gather all your spare DSMer parts, i.e., oil filter housing, turbos, o2 housings, exhaust manifolds, P/S pumps, and alternator and then fabricate away using that for a "jig".
I was doin decent until the corner where the fitup was a little more than 3"
It pissed me off, i also cooked my merge collector trying to fill in the undercut, contaminated all my tungsten rods on the damn o2 housing of shit vband flange warped shortly after pic was taken I'm just fed up today.
My best weld of the night at classYou must be logged in to view this image or video.
It was oh so pretty until the end it got ####ed upYou must be logged in to view this image or video.
How difficult would it be to make an exhaust manifold with a stick welder? i know its probably not recommended but thats all i have access to and i don't really care about it looking nice as long as it functions correctly.
It would look horrid, and probably suck nuts. Not sure how well that will work, i guess it depends on how good you are at stick welding, but usually exhaust manifold weld els are quite thinner than what you would wanna use on stick, ive seen it done. But usually everyone makes fun of it.
Haha i don't care if it looks horrid, if anything i can just take a grinder to it afterward and make it look seamless or would that make it to weak? It will be heat wrapped after anyway so thats why i don't care about the looks of it.
I only have a stick welder and i don't want to buy another welder to be used once.
Honestly, i wouldn't mind if the manifold came out like the one above. Im building a street car, not a show car. But a nice manifold would be, well, nice haha.
The thing is, guys, I'm limited to a 120 volt wall socket. i don't know anyone who has a 225 volt outlet so I'm limited to the type of welder i can use.
Another question though, my dad knows a welder (don't know how good he is because I've never seen him weld before) and my dad says he can weld stuff for me and i was thinking that if tack on the piping and all and take it to him to finish the welds, how much would it cost? I want to build a top mount for a rwd car if that helps.