today was a good day......pics! of my new 'toys'..
 

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

well this morning i woke up and thought it was worth a shot to see if there was a turbo at the junkyard:
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/t36063.JPG
60/63 T3 from a 84 Cougar XR7 2.3L....

http://www.newbieforces.com/files/welder.JPG
;D Lincoln '3500HD Weld-Pak' or some ----....basicly a 135amp gas ready MIG and a little gay lookin cart... also got some welding gloves, better mask, and an angle grinder while i was there...

if your woundering...yes i have been welding for MANY years ::)
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld1.JPG
yes i know...should have bought a desent camera too...anyway so thats my first weld :-X ....it is pretty strong though, i hit it wiht the hammer a couple times and it didnt break.

http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld2.JPG
another one, was just ------ around trying to get the hang of using the welder...


anyway so im all happy and ----, just thought i would share :-*

Re:today was a good day......pics! of my new 'toys'..
 

You went to the junkyard to look for a turbo and found a welder? ???

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umm...




hate to break it to you, but that isn't a turbo ;D

-sean

Re:today was a good day......pics! of my new 'toys'..
 

think i accidently deleted what i was writing?? anyway...STOP POSTING SO ------ QUICK...dont even give me a sec to fix it :P

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I still havent decided to get mine.Im a cheap basterd and would rather have the money in the bank.Good buy though.Have fun!

Oh theres the turbo now :P

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btw....dont weld on wood :-X haha...

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Nice buy! I was looking at a welder like that the other day, I think I'll be picking up one of those puppies at the end of the month.

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how much did that set you back? i am a complete noob when it comes to welders, i wanna learn through trial and error on how to make my own manifold so what would be the most economical welder and how much will it set me back?

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well the turbo was...'not too expensive' (i will leave it at that) and the welder was $437 + 30 for helmet + 9 for gloves...being able to say i did it myself: priceless :P

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sweet man, i've got a 110, but i want to get at least a 135 so i can weld some decent manifolds, i'm about to take a class at the community college too to learn some skilz. i don't see much room for improvement on your welds ;) btw, i bet that .x/.x turbo spools up nice :P