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Old 12-21-2006, 10:32 PM
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Im trying to think of any items i could find laying around somewhere that is made from think aluminum 2 inch tubing that i can use to weld to my intercooler.. any ideas?
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aerosol cans
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bicycle frames.a nice cannondale frame.
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check any mechanical/plumbing engineering company, people who do electrical and piping for gas stations, generators

any boat shop...like work shop not retail

this one should be obvious but a welding place is almost garunteed to have some scrap you can use

on that note you should find that most of the guys that are in those fields would be happy to give you a pice of scrap if you asked, hell buy em a beer and **** and you might eventually have access to cheap welding or materials.... (all the welding shops on the island are run by miserable people so i still raid their scrap bin on sundays:gay:

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ohhh good ideas

arnt aerosol cans tin?
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come on you cheap bastard.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-0-A...spagenameZWD1V
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arnt aerosol cans tin?

that was a joke
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Brain, i just baught my wife a new car, and got her a tiffany's necklace for x-mas.. im not cheap, im ****** poor!
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Originally Posted by adbradley
Brain, i just baught my wife a new car, and got her a tiffany's necklace for x-mas.. im not cheap, im ****** poor!
It happens to the best of us.
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i will prolly get some of the e-bay pipe
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make tin foil intercooler piping lol, never hurts to pioneer lmfao
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and a tin foil downpipe....make me some grilled steak
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its going here.. aluminum foil no way


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what the happned to that thing?
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DIY port job. :gay:
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lol I probly woud have done worse
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a dremel happened hehehehe it was free.. if it doesnt work, it will make a nice paper weight
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its not done yet..... the hole on the right will look like the one on the left, then they will have nice 2 inch tube comming out of each.
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Go into some ricer neighborhood with a screwdriver, find a honda with some exposed IC pipes and take what you need.

Here's what I am talking about

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