The custom fabrication thread! (Post pics of stuff you have made)
#381
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Here are some professional photos now that I have delivered the project.
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
More updates....and an ECU! by Emilio Ciccarelli | http://www.TWOLITREmedia.com, on Flickr
#389
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the valve cover plating im told was pretty pricey. a new coating job on a vc is ~$500.
The brakes are upgraded already. those are Integra rear discs in the back and i think he has those on the front too....
The rear brakes barely do any work on a civic. most people dont bother upgrading them.
There isnt enough weight in the back of the car to overload those brakes before you start to lock them up from how I understand it.
Not my car though...
The brakes are upgraded already. those are Integra rear discs in the back and i think he has those on the front too....
The rear brakes barely do any work on a civic. most people dont bother upgrading them.
There isnt enough weight in the back of the car to overload those brakes before you start to lock them up from how I understand it.
Not my car though...
#393
Optimally I would have used a gas lens and the correct size cup for it with the really short cap.
#394
there is no design options?
or an order you weld in specifically, i always struggle for ages doing it, is this just how everyone in the trade does it?
Some collectors are so short and with such a shallow angle i struggle to see you you can get a nice weld especially on something thin walled like headers.
Dann
or an order you weld in specifically, i always struggle for ages doing it, is this just how everyone in the trade does it?
Some collectors are so short and with such a shallow angle i struggle to see you you can get a nice weld especially on something thin walled like headers.
Dann
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I use a #6 cup with the argon flow pretty high and a long stickout.
You have to be steady or you will hit the sides.
sharpen the 1/16 tungsten to a fine point.
Running a nice fat bead helps too.
You have to be steady or you will hit the sides.
sharpen the 1/16 tungsten to a fine point.
Running a nice fat bead helps too.
#396
there is no design options?
or an order you weld in specifically, i always struggle for ages doing it, is this just how everyone in the trade does it?
Some collectors are so short and with such a shallow angle i struggle to see you you can get a nice weld especially on something thin walled like headers.
Dann
or an order you weld in specifically, i always struggle for ages doing it, is this just how everyone in the trade does it?
Some collectors are so short and with such a shallow angle i struggle to see you you can get a nice weld especially on something thin walled like headers.
Dann
If i was going to do it again, I would have not bought a fully welded collector but one that was just tacked or one that was only pre-cut. I'd tack up the whole manifold, then cut the tacks somewhere in the middle of the runners that made it easy to finish weld at the flange. Then cut the tacks on the collector, finish weld around where the runners meet the collector, then weld up the collector. Make sure the runners still all line up them finish weld the runners on the flange and collector sides, then mate them back up.
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I guess...?
I couldn't figure it out, so after making my pretty collectors and welding 2 of the 3 pipes onto the collector, I had to cut the collector in half so I could fit my fat gas lens inside and weld along the inner surface of the 3rd pipe. Suck.