Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

too late for that. this pic is a little outdated. ugh.
i wish i woulda done these things though. woulda made life a lot easier.

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

lets see some updated pics im dyin to see that collector finished

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

oh man. i tried to oxy weld the collector to the pipes. they are two differnet kinds of metal i think.
even though i ordered ss on both, the collector is super thin walled metal. the heat was just
blowing through the thin walled stuff and not flowing well at all. everything else
was welding nicely. i dont think its going to
work. back to the drawing board.

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

post a pic and mail it to me.

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

sure. ill will get one out soon.
i just went to IMS and got a great deal on some metal
they gave me this mild steel 1/2 inch plate for free that is big enough to make
a whole extra flange out of. plus i got about 3.5 extra feet of ss pipe
thats about 12g. so that should work better than what ive got on there.
and im working at a whole new angle on the collector.
ill post pics once im home.

oh yeah almost forgot...i only paid 12 bucks for that piece of ss

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

is that a 4age?

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

yes rebuilt. lower comp. for turbo..... whenever that happens

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

Attachment 19488
Attachment 19489
Attachment 19490


took a while but here they are.
my welding didnt work well. broke them off and still gonna tig the collector on.
we'll see if it works. 16 gauge is super thin but im gonna support the collector.

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

HHH you manifold has herps

Re: yeah just bought an oxy acetylene welder
 

na man don't use that. cut all that nasty out and weld patch pieces in.


honestly, what i would do is use a die grinder with a cutting disk <if you don't have a die grinder insert dremel with stacked, superglued fiberglass reinforced cutting disks here> to cut all that bullshit out. then cut your flanges flush with the good material of the runners instead of some bumfuck overlapping ----. then patch the gaps.

just be sure to do it a section at a time so it doesn't fall apart lmao