ok so all i have to weld my charge pipes with is a stick welder wo/gas. the welds are crappy and have some pinholes.. should i just grind them down and weld over them or just slap some jbweld on them? maybe both i dont know, but when this is done i will be spoolin!

 

as long as the surface is clean, slap on some jb weld! Then paint over it to make it look a little bit clean.

 

ya i havent used any jb weld on the turbo setup yet .. i knew it would work its way in sometime.

 

jb weld turns to liquid at 600 degrees. so dont use it where the engine gets that hot

 

i hope my charge pipes dont get that hot lol, another problem i have is that the wastegate will be dumping exhaust gas onto the charge pipe (not near a welded section tho).. guess i need to make a dump tube or heat shield.

the wg hits the hood too damnit, i hate obx products!!! i can easily cut the hood webbing to fit it, i just dont like cutting on a $400 carbon fiber hood.

 

Hey ZexRex, is it an OBX turbo Manifold? Is that why the wastegate hit the hood?

 

ohhh yaaa thats why it's that pile of ---- manifold.

i used about 3/4 of 2 tubes of jbweld on the charge pipes and they dont look half bad. i mean my welds were so SEXY even the jbweld looks better than they do.

i also jbwelded the bov flange on it was aluminum so i didnt have a choice. its a turboxs rfl.

 

ok
im not new to the site but might still be a noob
i hear a lot of people talking about JB weld but i dont know what it is. Is assuming it's an alternative to gas welding but i've never heard of it
can you get it from a local autopart store
how much and how does it work?

 

jb weld is like a liquid (the consistency of bondo) that dries as hard as metal... so hard you can drill it
it comes in two tubes and you mix it to activate it

 

its just a metal epoxy .. works really good, but its a glue not a weld. its pretty strong but not even near as strong as a weld. if you fuckup you can just break the stuff apart with your hands or a hammer. costs about $2.99/tube at walmart.