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Would I do it again? No. I need to learn how to weld, it looks like fun to be able to create useful stuff. |
meep!
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jul 1 2004, 10:42 AM
meep!
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' date='Jul 1 2004, 09:41 AM
Be careful with that welder, Beaker! You could burn your nose off!
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I never built a header before either. Of course I was using thicker pipes from Racing Beat, but just look at the (ugly) welds. My welds improved quite a bit after I got some new wire. I had already finished the header by then though. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub..._DIR#>/sad.png
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That's pretty good for being an amataur welder
I've seen much worse Did you use this header yet? Don't lay too much hydro through the wire on that flange without pre-heating, I would be afraid of warping it.. Looks flimsy thanks to the "RB" lettering and box cutouts |
Thanks. The flange is pretty thick. The RB and square cut-outs help shave a little weight. I did actually preheat it with a couple propane torches. It looks like a missed a spot on the rear pipe, but it's ok.
The flange was warped a little so I set it up on some jack stands and started beating on it with the blunt end of a splitting maul (didn't have a sledge handy). It seemed to work because the flange it a lot flatter than it was before. It didn't even leak on the engine when I test ran it. Of course it was also an open header so there was very little backpressure. I'll see how it does when the exhaust system is done. |
Originally Posted by ColinRX7' date='Jul 1 2004, 12:52 PM
That's pretty good for being an amataur welder
I've seen much worse Did you use this header yet? Don't lay too much hydro through the wire on that flange without pre-heating, I would be afraid of warping it.. Looks flimsy thanks to the "RB" lettering and box cutouts |
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