Pictures of my rod for Hustler
02-18-2013, 10:27 PM
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Pictures of my rod for Hustler
Cause he inspired me to do this.
As usual my welder/welding skills let me down the most, however I believe them to be strong enough. I might finish them up a bit more later. I stopped here cause I need to look at turnbuckles at Home Depot and find out how I wanna cut/weld the two ends together to meet up with the turnbuckle hardware. Hopefully I'll have it finished up tomorrow.
As usual my welder/welding skills let me down the most, however I believe them to be strong enough. I might finish them up a bit more later. I stopped here cause I need to look at turnbuckles at Home Depot and find out how I wanna cut/weld the two ends together to meet up with the turnbuckle hardware. Hopefully I'll have it finished up tomorrow.
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02-19-2013, 11:07 AM
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"Finished" version. Still need to do the final welding. Unfortunately that means welding in the engine bay and I'm a little scared of that. I have a drop cloth that should work. It's heavy duty canvas, hopefully it won't catch fire. I'm just going to tack it, then finish weld off the car.
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02-19-2013, 12:31 PM
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Finished up the welding. I got lucky, **** almost burned down.
Rarely am I proud of my welding, but I was of this one. Of course this is on the bottom and no one will see it :(
Finished product, for real this time. I'm off to the hardware store to get the turn buckle.
Rarely am I proud of my welding, but I was of this one. Of course this is on the bottom and no one will see it :(
Finished product, for real this time. I'm off to the hardware store to get the turn buckle.
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02-19-2013, 02:32 PM
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It appears not to be attached to anything to support the turbo. Is there another part still required to be installed or something I am not understanding?
Your welds look pretty good! Thanks for your time.
Your welds look pretty good! Thanks for your time.
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02-19-2013, 02:55 PM
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I see all sorts of fail here.
Like was hinted already. You need more to that brace to make it anywhere near stiff enough to do anything. If you can push down on that corner where you plan to bolt your turnbuckle with your body weight and you can feel it move (it will as-is unless you're a fairy), then it won't work.
Orrrr if you twang it with a hammer and it goes TWWAANNNGGGBHHHMMMMMMMMM it wont' work. It needs to be THUD.
Orrrr if would you stand under your engine if you use the turn buckle hole as a engine lift point?
3 points make me happy. Make it like Lars'.
SOrry if I sound harsh. Welds look good, I'm all for DIY. Do log manifolds crack?
Huster's didn't crack cause of weight hanging off the cylinder head. I was supposed to ship it back to him today but it's his birthday so he'll have to wait til tomorrow.
Like was hinted already. You need more to that brace to make it anywhere near stiff enough to do anything. If you can push down on that corner where you plan to bolt your turnbuckle with your body weight and you can feel it move (it will as-is unless you're a fairy), then it won't work.
Orrrr if you twang it with a hammer and it goes TWWAANNNGGGBHHHMMMMMMMMM it wont' work. It needs to be THUD.
Orrrr if would you stand under your engine if you use the turn buckle hole as a engine lift point?
3 points make me happy. Make it like Lars'.
SOrry if I sound harsh. Welds look good, I'm all for DIY. Do log manifolds crack?
Huster's didn't crack cause of weight hanging off the cylinder head. I was supposed to ship it back to him today but it's his birthday so he'll have to wait til tomorrow.
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