DIY exhaust and water injection setup
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DIY exhaust and water injection setup
Hey, just thought id post up some pictures of the exhaust I just made and the WI system. I used a harbor freight 90 amp welder on the exhaust, worked great! The pipe is aluminized steel. Overall I spent about $200 including the welder. Also, V band clamps rock! The sound is low and smooth, sounds really good to me.
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If you need to fill a gap, switch to low to avoid making the hole larger, and wire feed around 6. then quickly circle around the hole, making it smaller and smaller every pass till its filled.
eaither way, your wire feed will always be above 5. Oh, for the hangers, high power and 8-9 wire feed, it can get a solid weld on 3/8 round stock with only one pass.
Micheal, yep thats the one. Sounds really good, especially under full throttle.
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No problem. I don't know if you've welded before, but be sure to do some practice first. Did you get any extended warintee for it? The 3 year one was like $20, so I got it, figured id "trade it in" in a couple years and get the newer model lol.
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lol, whatever it holds good. I could take the time to grind it and stuff, but it doesent matter to me. The turbo flange I did with a mig, but I only had it for a day lol.
Maybe if I convince Pitt's FSAE team to let me borrow the TIG...
Here is the best weld I got with the flux core...
And the downpipe (yes I used a miter saw with a metal disk to cut the pipe lol)....
Maybe if I convince Pitt's FSAE team to let me borrow the TIG...
Here is the best weld I got with the flux core...
And the downpipe (yes I used a miter saw with a metal disk to cut the pipe lol)....
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The pump is a Shurflo 8009-543-236.
I got the bends off of mandrel bending solutions Mandrel Bending Solutions Home Page.
They were cheap, and because im in PA shipping was fast.
The V band clamps are these 3" MILD STEEL V-BAND CLAMP FLANGE KIT TURBO TO DOWNPIPE:eBay Motors (item 110410743083 end time Jul-11-09 19:12:24 PDT)
Worked well enough, make sure to used some copper RTV when you clamp them together.
I got the bends off of mandrel bending solutions Mandrel Bending Solutions Home Page.
They were cheap, and because im in PA shipping was fast.
The V band clamps are these 3" MILD STEEL V-BAND CLAMP FLANGE KIT TURBO TO DOWNPIPE:eBay Motors (item 110410743083 end time Jul-11-09 19:12:24 PDT)
Worked well enough, make sure to used some copper RTV when you clamp them together.
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