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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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All I can barely say is "wow".

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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 09:30 AM
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Holy wow!!!
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he must be some sort of an engineered genetic hybrid welding machine. This man has obviously never seen a naked woman in his life.
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 10:05 AM
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that is a lot of filler at the top. jeebus. dude has great welding skills but might want to learn how to miter his parts better
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 10:05 AM
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oh god...v-band glory!!!
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omg I just want to learn how to weld aluminum.....
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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seen it... amazing
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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That is beautiful fabrication work. Wow...
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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I think these manifolds are in the $3500-ish area, not sure though. I sorta heard from a guy who talked to a guy who heard...so i could be way off here.
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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Oh-em-gee! That is gorgeous
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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That guy is GOD! If I'm ever looking for a custom intake manifold for a V8 or something and I have some $ to spend, I will for sure try to give him a call. I'd pay $3500 to be able to sport something that nice. As long as the rest of the engine and car looked as good.
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maybe he did the excess filler to reinforce the top joint i doubt someone who welds like that would be so sloppy as to not miter his **** to minimize the joint exposure to the internals of the manifold. Still that guy can flat put someshit together.
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Dude must be a Borg.
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look like machine welds...
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Originally Posted by NA6C-Guy
That guy is GOD!
well, i guess we can close your "faith" thread now.
Old Oct 22, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by budget racer
well, i guess we can close your "faith" thread now.
Its true.
Old Oct 23, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
look like machine welds...
That's exactly what I was thinking too. Some people have play money and can guy a robotic welder just to have it. This is just a guess, if this guy does this freehand then again...wow.
Old Oct 29, 2009 | 01:24 AM
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that is alot of filler at the top but the overlay is perfectly spaced had to be machine
Old Oct 29, 2009 | 05:30 AM
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I think he just did that because it looks good. And I doubt there's a machine made that can weld shapes that complicated on made-to-order parts.



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