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[ed1380]

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

why waste exhaust gas? It'll cause it to spool slow. Keep it like that

 

[whe3ls]

havent gotten there yet as i stated, . my roommate moved shops so had to put everything on hold till the new shop is setup. the manifold will be done the next time i go up there.

my down pipe is 2.5 16ga 304ss i bought 2 45s, 2 90s, 2 or 3feet of straight, and 2 304ss o2 bungs, then a 1.5inch 90 and 1.5 straight also 16ga 304ss, for the dump tube

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[Archer Fabrications]

Why did t you use a long runner style if you were gonna do it at all? Thats what i mean by waste..

 

[whe3ls]

im on a budget. ive spent about 200 bucks so far. that's a better deal than buying just a cast t3 manifold or a crappy ebay t3 and still having to make a downpipe

 

[CODE4]

im on a budget. ive spent about 200 bucks so far. that's a better deal than buying just a cast t3 manifold or a crappy ebay t3 and still having to make a downpipe

Did he back purge the manifold prior to welding? Full penetration? How do the inside of the runners look?

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Hummm. I got 40 90* and 25 45* for 300 bucks you musta gotten ripped .

 

[Gamble97]

Hummm. I got 40 90* and 25 45* for 300 bucks you musta gotten ripped .

WTF where did you get all that for 300?

 

[whe3ls]

ya totally, seeing is a bought 3 flangles 3 gaskets 2 o2 bungs the stuff for my manifold and downpipe

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Place in canada called pinnacle stainless ah crap i typod.


30 90s 25 45's for 300

 

[whe3ls]

im pretty sure it wasnt back purged. and here are some picuters of the inside

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[Archer Fabrications]

Doesnt look purged, also doesnt look fully penetrated.

 

[Gamble97]

No it's not perfect but who's welds are. I think it's great!!
Even Colin from toxicfab, his manifolds are not 100% penetrated. A guy on the welding forum has said it multiple times and seen if first hand.
I think ideally it's perfect from a book standpoint but from a physical standpoint it's great. IMHO of course.

 

[CODE4]

Of course it will work - but in a manifold situation with the heat cycling a weld that does not have full pen or is sugared at all is likely to suffer from cracking. The failure point will just depend on how hard the OP runs his turbo, EGTs etc.

 

[Gamble97]

Of course it will work - but in a manifold situation with the heat cycling a weld that does not have full pen or is sugared at all is likely to suffer from cracking. The failure point will just depend on how hard the OP runs his turbo, EGTs etc.

It doesn't NEED full pen. I don't think he would have any problems with this at all, even at very high boost levels.
I can bet you if you cut open a shearer or any other big name it's not a perfect weld or doesn't have full penetration in every spot.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

My stm does. And it was fully purged. ####in art i tell you you dont pay 1000 dollars for something that wasnt welded properly or fully.

 

[all_motor_mike]

alot of the big name companies dont get full pen and the failure rate on them is very very low (afi, full-race, bwr, etc). i know i dont get full pen on my mnaifolds everytime either.


mike

 

[eviltsi]

Its very very hard to make a manifold perfect, i might even say it's impossible.... I know i haven't done one yet. Shit, full-race's machine welds don't even fully penetrate....all you can do it try you best, learn from your mistakes and continue bettering yourself from all of it. Some of us are very good, but none of us are machines.

 

[Gamble97]

Its very very hard to make a manifold perfect, i might even say it's impossible.... I know i haven't done one yet. Shit, full-race's machine welds don't even fully penetrate....all you can do it try you best, learn from your mistakes and continue bettering yourself from all of it. Some of us are very good, but none of us are machines.

Thanks for proving my point! None of them are perfect and it's not all that necessary. It's ideal for what to shoot for.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Fair enough, i may not have xrayed your manifold cory but it looked almost perfect inside and out. Still job well done.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

T fillet. 16 gauge stainless 2% ceriated tungsten 3/32 gas lens #8 cup
110 amp about 2/3 pedal down. Miller synchrowave 250dx

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I did aluminium today also but I'm so rusty i won't show that haha

Ruined gas lens on aluminium at 130amp due to spatter and broke the #8 cup bummer.

 

[Gamble97]

How do you break a cup? I think I've broke 1 pyrex by letting the torch slip off my table and maybe 1 ceramic cup from the same.

 

[Archer Fabrications]

It was a ceramic. It could have slipped. I wasnt paying attention, ran a bead on alum and realized WTF, and gas lens was ruined the cup just cracked off the tip in a perfect circle leaving the gas lens 100% exposed. Like a 3mm circle cracked off the tip. Guess I'll be def needing one of what you have.

 

[ed1380]

Took me from 2-6am but I love it

 

[Archer Fabrications]

Ha nice

 

[Gamble97]

That's cool, at least the sides didn't pull up!

You guys with a longevity 160sx, 200sx or eastwood tig. I found a new torch.
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