ArcMaster

Good job, it looks like you copied a common honda 4cyl header layot

tkelly278

Looks pretty good. Those welds don't have to hold up a heavy turbo, so they should be ok. The welds look a little odd. In the 3rd pic is the center of the weld lower than the two mating pieces? To me it looks that way in a lot of the pics. When doing a lap joint I was told to focus the heat on the bottom piece and build the weld up to the top piece to avoid washing out the top piece.

Good job for the 1st time though, way better than anything I could make!

Joezeeuw

Thanks! Yeah I was washing the ---- out of that top peice. It was a result of those pre-made collectors not fitting tightly on the pipes. If I had taken my time a bit more I could/should have properly built up the bead to meet the top metal. Looking back I think my main issue was that I knew what the proper way to do most of this stuff was, but I was so excited that I sorta blasted through it insted of stopping to let the metal cool, sharpening my tungsten, planning every pass, etc. Next time I'm going to try and be more patient.

In the meantime I figured out a great way to hide poor craftsmanship: Blind em with bling!

silvertc

wow man. thats realy nice for first timer.....