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[all_motor_mike]

Its a slip on collector..... No Welding involved. Tabs and Springs hold it on.



Mike

 

[Gamble97]

What do you use for tabs? And how heavy of springs? These typical Home Depot springs?

 

[all_motor_mike]

What do you use for tabs? And how heavy of springs? These typical Home Depot springs?

1/8" steel loops and the springs are pretty heavy.

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mike

 

[____Kurt____]

Drain for catch can and practice OSCJ.

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[Sirnixalot]

Patched up a DC sports B series header and swapped head flanges to fit my 4g92 Mivec motor. Welding tube is ugh...hopefully as time passes i can get the pretty dime stack look

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The dent! Damned over lowered civic

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I used part of a stock Mirage RS header to make the patch, the bend radius was not quite the same but a few taps with a hammer and it lined up enough to net a leak free patch

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The outer runners lined up but the inner 2 were off by a few mm. I used a combination of a bench vise and one of those squeeze clamps to get them lined up with the flange.

Pedal was set at ~35amps and i was using anywhere between 1/2 and full pedal at times. Argon was at 20cfh, same 1.5% lanth, #8 cup and gas lens with ER70S-2 filler

Placing an order for some materials to make an intake and extra stuff to mate this header to my super jdm tight discontinued 5zigen exhaust

 

[all_motor_mike]

got most of this k20 header done..... a few more things to go.....

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also made some sweet extended top hats for a crx this morning also.....

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mike

 

[Gamble97]

Those stock mounts are mild steel so did you weld stainless to the mild? 308 or 309?
Why not mild steel?

 

[all_motor_mike]

Those stock mounts are mild steel so did you weld stainless to the mild? 308 or 309?
Why not mild steel?

Yes I welded stainless to mild and used 309 rod.


Mike

 

[Gamble97]

Is there a difference between 308 and 309? From stainless to stainless and from mild to stainless?

 

[all_motor_mike]

Is there a difference between 308 and 309? From stainless to stainless and from mild to stainless?

308 is stainless to stainless and 309 is stainless to mild.


Mike

 

[CODE4]

Look up the grades. 309 has a high nickel and chromium content for the purpose of welding to mild steel and its leeching effect.

 

[Gamble97]

^good to know. Thanks guys!
Mike how did you deal with lining up all the pipes and welding, did they shrink and not want to fit the merge collector?


Just picked up this HUGE gas lens champaign nozzle. I can't wait to test it out tomorrow!!!

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The picture does it no justice on how big it really is. That is a standard gas lens 9/20 cup next to it.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Holy cow gas waste i want one

 

[Gamble97]

Got to play with it tonight for a little bit. Cranked up the gas to around 28-30 just to play around.
My thoughts = ####ING AWESOME!!!!!!

The beads all had NO color at all which is perfect from what I've been told. Then do the next row of dimes next to that one and they will turn gold and purple.

Maybe it's just me, but playing with this large gas lens notice how small the HAZ is. I put the 9 gas lens kit back on and 15cfh and it's a bit larger.

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[Archer Fabrications]

Link please. An whats your post flow. Looks f###in good

 

[Gamble97]

No link sorry. Just called 800-usa-weld and talked to them and got one.
Post flow I changed around, from 11secs up to 20seconds.

What I personally do is when i'm done welding I taper off and just barely keep an arc, to keep the gas flowing. Or if post flow isn't adjustable start the arc again.

 

[____Kurt____]

That thing is huge, what did that cost? $80?

 

[Gamble97]

I think 70-75

 

[all_motor_mike]

U weren't joking about the size of that thing...... Is ####in huge!



Mike

 

[Gamble97]

Yep
Large Jumbo Champagne TIG Welding Weld Pyrex Cup Kit Torches 9 20 Gas Lens | eBay

 

[whe3ls]

i wanted to make a cheap t3 manifold for my 4g63 swapped elantra and came up with this. i had my roommate weld it up. still need to add the wastegate runner and t3 flange. its a mild steel flange with sch 10 304 stainless runners

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[Blindsey]

Yep
Large Jumbo Champagne TIG Welding Weld Pyrex Cup Kit Torches 9 20 Gas Lens | eBay

That's bitchin! I just switched to a gas lens and I'm loving it! I totally need a huge pyrex cup now.

 

[Gamble97]

Whels - pm me all those parts and where you got them. I would love to build one.
Did the flange warp at all?

 

[whe3ls]

not that i can tell. the flange was c clamped the the table

 

[Archer Fabrications]

So wheres the turbine outlet waste of a tubular manifold i think...