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Aluminum is good for keeping the weight down.

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actually i am under the impression that aluminum takes longer to heat up. when welding aluminum a much higher amperage setting is used. this is the reason why a lot of people will heat the pieces in a furnace before hand so that it is easier to weld as it won't dissipate the heat as quickly. i do agree that aluminum dissipates changes in temperature far superior to ms or ss- hence the reason it is used for all intercoolers, rads... i don't see any disadvantage to using it for charge piping, i am!

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What are intercoolers made out of??? :o

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So is 18 gauge tubing to thin to use for intercooler piping?Sorry to tread jack

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because its lighter and stronger than copper. if copper was stornger, you ic would be made of it.

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If Intercoolers were copper, they would be hella more expensive

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okay let me set some ground welding rules down.

the process of heating the metals up first before welding is very helpfull in creating strength of the bonded metals. On top of that it prevents warping, when you introduce the high current of welding to whatever then it will want to warp after that much heat. If everything is more of a constant temperature then the bonding will hold stronger.

The advantage of the Tungsten Inert Gas heat gun is it operates at a frequency, heating up the metal area where the filler rod is going into.

Damn, haven't any of you dicks ever welded cast iron before?

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i'd buy one