Two more pics showing turbo and layout of pass. side manifold (clears AC).

 

Soon as I get back stateside, fix my car so I can blow my LT1 up I will be giving you a call!

Great work man. Should be in a art museum.

Jeff

 

Thanks dude. It will get pretty the more and more I do. There are plenty of areas I need to improve... practice makes perfect.

 

no no you need a TIG welder man. i have now moved from the stick welder to the mig... but its fluxcore BOOOO, next is TIG.

 

Tig is nice... but serious $$

try gas instead of fluxcore... dramatically less spatter.

 

I agree. I couldn't believe the difference when I added gas to my MIG. TIG is overkill for turbo hot parts fab IMO.

 

yea before i learned the diff i was welding fluxcore with 75/25 and wow splatter like no other so i killed the gas and went reverse polarity and BAM no splatter anymore. i got so,e .035 but no tips so il just have to stick with the .045 huge crap. anyways il stop taking over the thread.

 

Its cool.

Were you using flux core wire with shielding gas?

 

yea i was using 75/25. i didnt know it was fluxcore b/c the roll was already in the mig and didnt have a label. one if the guys on a team that i support is a welder and i asked for some tips and he showed me what i was messing up on. today i welded some exhaust pipe and it looked pretty good almost like tig im proud of myself

 

The engine bay is ready for it! Hopefully I can get it all on by the end of this weekend.

 

TIG is actually better for hot side parts. Metal stays softer and less of the area is affected by the heat. MIG works (not flux core, creates even more heat) but the welds are harder and more brittle. You wouldn't believe how an exhaust pipe can sometimes just peel open like a coke can after a few hard heat cycles.

Now unless you are cranking out kits, it isn't worth it to go out and buy a TIG setup. For me it was money well spent and I use the machine at least once a week.

 

Man that looks great. I am starting something like that on my 94 and the only question I had, if you point the header pipe points "down stream" would it help the flow and scavaging of the exhaust.

 

Can you explain a little more?

 

If you put the header pipe that is going into the log on an angel pointing toward the turbo would it help the flow and create scavaging because of the exhaust that is blowing by in the "log", also it would be pushing the exhaust down the pipe to the turbo.

 

Ah... I see. Yeah, it would help with flow. Unfortunately, due to how tight it is there in that spot, if you angle the primary toward the T4 flange instead of up into the log, it would be impossible to get the first header bolt in.