urbansmoker1 said:

Let them post up, this is "YOUR" most recent welding pix

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Oh hush!! Just because you post like every five seconds in this thread others can post teaser pics of good work.

I'll get some closeup's tomorrow but I cut up my stock 4G92 Mivec intake manifold and an CTR one and welded the CTR plenum/runners to the 4G92 flange.

The port spacing is a few mm off but I have built up weld in the required areas and will sort that out with some sanding drums

Longevity 200sx
Gold tungsten
Wasn't paying attention to the amperage but it was almost maxed on the pedal

Cast aluminum is fun isn't it.

it wasn't that bad actually. I think the WP9 torch I was using was just about at it's limit in some area's.

By no means are the welds a stack of dimes or any such luck

the hardest parts were between the runners. I kept contaminating the tungsten with my super steady hands

I HATE when new products come out. Now I want this! $595 is CHEAP!!!!
Tweco Fabricator 141i MIG/Stick/TIG Welder W1003141

Finished up Cobra exhaust

My exhaust rusted out in only 3.5 years, so I bought some T409 stainless and started over. I did this with a millermatic 140, 100% argon, and stainless wire.




It may be ugly, but it's airtight.

Colt4G63 also said:

My exhaust rusted out in only 3.5 years, so I bought some T409 stainless and started over. I did this with a millermatic 140, 100% argon, and stainless wire.

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It may be ugly, but it's airtight.

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Did you purge it? If not itll rust in another matter of years. And fail at the welds first. Due to all the chrome being burnt out.

No I didn't purge it, and I didn't use expensive "Tri mix" gas either. Only time will tell, but if I get 7 years out of it instead of 3.5, it will be worth the $100 I spent on mandrel bent pipes.

I think the added h2O in my exhaust from the water/meth was making quick work of rotting my exhaust from the inside. When I did the first three or four pulls in the springtime, I was leaving a Spy Hunter style cloud of red smokescreen behind me.
Here's what the old pipe looked like:

Damn salty roads too.

Experimental work for a modified DOHC 6g74 in a Mitsubishi Diamante 30R

Port matched headers/extractors tuned length

My tire stem kept leaking on my BLT so I made one that wouldn't leak!

Not to mention you can shove a lot more air in quickly with a QD vs. Schrader port.

I guess everyone is busy welding

Gamble Put my IC up for all to see my new toy.

Those are lookin real good, makes me more apt to get a sheet metal bender. I just got some sheet metal to make a bench for my garage so i can have a grounded work surface. In the middle of a move, being a home owner and having a garage are awesome. After i get a 60 gallon compressor I'll be posting up more welding pix

I'm not a fan of the red leaver drain but the other two are good to go!

urbansmoker1 said:

Those are lookin real good, makes me more apt to get a sheet metal bender. I just got some sheet metal to make a bench for my garage so i can have a grounded work surface. In the middle of a move, being a home owner and having a garage are awesome. After i get a 60 gallon compressor I'll be posting up more welding pix

I'm not a fan of the red leaver drain but the other two are good to go!

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It's much much nicer! Just turn and be done. I really don't like the other ones to be honest. It's awesome having your own garage. Do yourself a favor and insulate it really well for winter. And a nice heater and a/c unit.
Also look at garagejournal.com for some cool stuff. My garage is on there someplace.

Bud92gsx said:

Gamble Put my IC up for all to see my new toy.

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Will do. Just need to figure out how to do a bracket. And get my welder setup and it should be done shortly.
Also need to buy stuff for boost leak test. Unless you have one you want to mail me for 2.5"?

It's a brick house, insulation sucks and winters are freezing. I'll still be there

Gamble97 said:

It's much much nicer! Just turn and be done. I really don't like the other ones to be honest. It's awesome having your own garage. Do yourself a favor and insulate it really well for winter. And a nice heater and a/c unit.
Also look at garagejournal.com for some cool stuff. My garage is on there someplace.



Will do. Just need to figure out how to do a bracket. And get my welder setup and it should be done shortly.
Also need to buy stuff for boost leak test. Unless you have one you want to mail me for 2.5"?

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I dont have one no..Can somebody please borrow a 2.5 tester to gamble so he can pressure check my new toy? PLEASE!!!!!!!

Oh come on were talking 5 $ at lowes

If i had time to go to lowes or home depot I would do it. I'll see if I can get time this weekend.
You wouldn't believe how busy I am.

Anyone got tips on how to make a sheet metal bender? Like out of angle iron or somethin? Or got links for a cheap good one?

That's on my list of things to do too.
2 pieces of metal, bolts and nuts to hold it down. Piano hindge and a handle. Done.
I had the cheap one from harbor freight. It works of for thin stuff. .100 aluminum it did not like. And I bent both handles.

urbansmoker1 said:

Anyone got tips on how to make a sheet metal bender? Like out of angle iron or somethin? Or got links for a cheap good one?

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Metal Fabrication Tools

500orbust said:

Metal Fabrication Tools

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Their DIY kit looks like two pieces of angle iron in a hydraulic press. Urbansmoker1 should have no problem fabricating something like that from scratch (provided he has a press, or a jack to make a press with). Only limitations of this system that are obvious is max angle being only 90 degrees and it's limited capacity (limited by width of press). Another thing that comes to mind is the fact that it might not press evenly on the metal, so for example if one has a strip welded to a sheet they are trying to form it will bend the opposite side more than one with strip on, unless piece is to be bent all the way. In that case it has no choice but to bent to the shape of the die and be a nice 90 degree bend.

A way around the unevenness can be to install multiple jacks, one at each end for example. A way around size limitations can be to fabricate C-shaped brackets to hold the jacks. The brackets/frame is placed behind the mold/die so that there is no 'sides' on the press now. If the work piece is too wide, one simply bends it starting at one end, then moves it over and bend the rest.

Back to welding. On one episode of "How it's made" they showed a welder that was almost like a MIG welder, only used what looked like sand instead of gas. It was used to weld steam boilers and the weld looked almost like laser weld. Machine was automated, but still even automated MIGs don't look that nice. Does anyone have experience with that kind of welder? What is it even called?