I'm thinking this isn't how you put a turbo on an HF :)
 

Just thought I'd share a pic of the HF manifold I did for a friend's CRX. Cast iron is nasty ---- to weld. Put the manifold in the oven for a bit and then welded it. I didn't have enough money to buy nickel rod so I welded it with some 304 filler. If I recall correctly this was about 110A and I was giving it most of the pedal.

He's probably done about 5k without it cracking yet...
http://my.beerfountain.com/~miker/GT...DSC02162-c.jpg
-Michael

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no pic

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Oops... Oh BTW I should add this was long before I took a real TIG welding course :)

-Michael

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Wow.that looks good.good welding job.

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Nice..
I needa learn how to weld, although my dad and grandpa can just do it for me:P

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Maybe I am critical of my own work. Here is a pic of a weld I'm relatively happy with. I spent about a week of after work evenings in the cold fabbing up an exhaust for a guy. Everyone who has seen the exhaust claims it to be a work of art and f-ing beautiful but I don't see it that way at all...

http://my.beerfountain.com/~miker/GTX/ex1.jpg

I'm not a welder - I'm a computer programmer. I just went out and bought a MIG welder last christmas and started reading books plus practising. I found that I really couldn't do aluminum with it so I bought a TIG welder in August. Suddenly I had a lineup of people wanting intercoolers so I took a TIG course to help myself along.

-Michael

Re:I'm thinking this isn't how you put a turbo on an HF :)
 

thats a clean weld man ! :o

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yea mig welding is easy to get the hang of but still man, that is one damn fine weld. Thats the kind of work you should be proud of.

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Jesus, are you smoking crack. That's talent. Plain and simple. ;)

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I got talent for you! *whips out his....* now bend over.

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I got other talents too but there prolly aren't any hot chicks here to demonstrate them on... :)

Wish I had a pic of the nuts I welded on that part. The mechanic who went to install it couldn't tell it was welded - the welds were so small...

-Michael

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damn dude, that looks real good :o i bought a 110 mig a couple of months ago, i'm a draftsman, but had/have hopes of becoming a fairly decent fabricater on the side for some extra loot , i haven't even used my welder once :-\, mostly just b/c i've been living in an apt., but i just bought a house the other day, so now i can get on it. seeing people like you gives me hope that it'll just take a little time and practice, and i'll be able to fab some nice manifolds/exhausts/i.c.'s, etc. good work man!

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I want to take some summer classes at the local tech college. Welding seems to be quite the manly art.

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Those do not look like mig welds and judging from what your saying it sounds like your using a TIG.

MIG's dont use filler rod nor do you have a pedal to control the amperage. Besides the fact that they look like tig welds anyways.

I want one :)

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Please notice the TIG torch placed purposely in the last photo as well as the foot pedal in the background. MIG welds look a fair bit different as it continuously feeds filler material (wire) and with TIG you basically melt the metal together adding fillter material as needed.

Anyway, I would highly recommend a tech type course in welding that has a high practical content. It takes a lot of practise anyway but it made a huge improvement in my GTAW skills...

-Michael

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good job man

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looks good man
i cant wait to graduate college, get a real job and a garage( the house can wiat ;D)
i need osmewhere i can work, put my spare parts and just get away from people witout holding up myparents garage