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sorry girls, i'm outy for the night, maybe newbieforces will be back up tomorrow. i had a quality write up also :'(

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bump for the pics back up ;D

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Teg,

The black looks nice I might paint mine somewhat soon too....

As for the welds they could be better but I'm sure they are stong enough. The only thing is are they sealed...which I doubt from looking at the pictures. If you have some boost leaks thats where I'd guess they are from.

Otherwise good job, the welds will get better with practice.

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yeah, that was my first time welding, the first weld is fat and chunky, and they get better/smaller down the line as i got more practice. they are sealed though, that was a concern i had, so i took them to the car wash and plugged the end and sprayed the pressure washer in them, needed to clean them out anyways ;D

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what kinda welder you using, arc?

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na, it's like a 90 amp mig. it does good for the charge pipes, i know the welds are big and ugly, i've never welded before this!!!

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using mig with just wire, mig with gas, or mig with gas "core" wire?

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yeah, without gas, shielded wire. the pics don't do much justice to my last weld that i did. i did it in one pass, but i would have to stop b/c the pipes were laying on the ground and you can only go around so far ;) so i would have to stop, reposition the pipe, start over again and get a build up every time i had to restart.

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instead of grinding the pipes you should have grinded the welds :P. thats not so bad since your just using a wire fed with no gas. maybe its puddling up like that because your speed is too high maybe??. i dont know. but the black paint did wonders. atleast u can say u welded up everything and most of the fab was done by yourself. so when are u gonna finish?

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what welder you using iam thinking of getting a lincoln weld-pak/quick-weld $215 shipped, which is also the flux core type