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[jay]

Hey nig nog hows the crx. Im in for pic's!!!!!!!!

replacement motor sitting in the front seat of my Taurus lol

[turbob16hatch]

so why do they sell stainless steel flanges? lol

My guess would be for very high end n/a headers. They usually don't get as hot as a turbo manifold, and the material can be welded at lower temps (amps). this would make the stainless flanges work i spose.

This better not be a CC-Fab mess, because i know i had friends buy those things and had to personally fix 2. When i could have just sold them manifolds in the first place. But the price was to good to pass up....

[jay]

so why do they sell stainless steel flanges? lol

My guess would be for very high end n/a headers. They usually don't get as hot as a turbo manifold, and the material can be welded at lower temps (amps). this would make the stainless flanges work i spose.

This better not be a CC-Fab mess, because i know i had friends buy those things and had to personally fix 2. When i could have just sold them manifolds in the first place. But the price was to good to pass up....

lol i dont think it will i wont be all secretive and pretend im an elite welder lol ill see what my work looks like and go from there.. ill also offer lifetime warranttyyyyyyy on the logs atleast :p

[jay]

just got back from hf btw and picked up this shiznit

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93762



http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=91029





http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91938



http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91214

[jay]

hoping to have my order placed with ace stainless and weir by tomorrow lol

[mandrel-bends]

You gotta love tax return time. So many new adventures born from those checks.

I wouldn't suggest stainless flanges unless you are very comfortable tig welding. That's a big expensive oops if you screw it up and warp it.

[jay]

You gotta love tax return time. So many new adventures born from those checks.

I wouldn't suggest stainless flanges unless you are very comfortable tig welding. That's a big expensive oops if you screw it up and warp it.

already way more than tax return check deep lol

[1fasthf]

dont listen to em man, just do it!

good luck, in for pics!!

[crxvtec91]

What welder are you going with?

[jay]

What welder are you going with?

miller econotig

its an OK welder... hopefully this works out and ill be able to get a better one..

i looked for the lowest priced decent welder that i can resell easilly if this welding gig fails..

econotig was easiest sub 1500 dollar welder to resell

[Passenger]

All you need now is a Chinese welding machine and you can compete with OBX.

[turbob16hatch]

All you need now is a Chinese welding machine and you can compete with OBX.

OBx has better welders, don't you talk shit about them.

[jay]

All you need now is a Chinese welding machine and you can compete with OBX.

i got a miller econotig and if it works out im upgrading to the syncrowave series :jd shrug:

[chris]

Fuck that bandsaw. Its sitting outside of my shop collecting rust not a fan of it at all.

[crxvtec91]

Fuck that bandsaw. Its sitting outside of my shop collecting rust not a fan of it at all.

I remember someone saying it was all in the blade.

[HiProfile]

how do you regrind the tungsten?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=92158

I don't have room ATM for a big mother, plus it's easy enough to change the belt to avoid any contamination when it's needed elsewhere. I can't see the pad under the work area lasting too long and it's loud as fuck, but works great for just resharping shit.

[CSaddict]

I grind my tungsten with one of these. The local welding supply had one for a while so I beat them up on the price.

http://www.techsouthinc.com/grinders/pp.html

[crxvtec91]

^^^^Now that looks good. I use to hate grinding it by hand.

[jay]

deposited 1k into my mommies bank account to use her paypal to order flanges and metal tomorrow 

[Passenger]

All you need now is a Chinese welding machine and you can compete with OBX.

OBx has better hack wanna be welders, don't you talk shit about them.

K.

[PhilStubbs]

Fuck that bandsaw. Its sitting outside of my shop collecting rust not a fan of it at all.

you should send it to me for the cost of shipping. i have one and use the hell out of it with no issues. a good blade and proper setup is all thats needed.





also, in for the results. i think its hilarious to take orders for manifolds and never welded anything ever. i made my first manifold for someone else, but i didnt charge for my time and i had been welding for years before that first one.

[turbob16hatch]

also, in for the results. i think its hilarious to take orders for manifolds and never welded anything ever. i made my first manifold for someone else, but i didnt charge for my time and i had been welding for years before that first one.

[jay]

im not "taking orders" more like gauging interest.. so when i make my manis i can sell them lol

so 1/2 inch mild steel flanges for the exhaust flange and 3/8th mild steel for the turbo inlet and wastegate flanges?

are 3/8th exhaust flanges really too thin? lol

[jay]

lol the new tittle of this thread = about to place my first order at columbia river mandrel bends

[turbob16hatch]

im not "taking orders" more like gauging interest.. so when i make my manis i can sell them lol

so 1/2 inch mild steel flanges for the exhaust flange and 3/8th mild steel for the turbo inlet and wastegate flanges?

are 3/8th exhaust flanges really too thin? lol

You really need to do some SEARCHING. I don't know about anyone else, but i'm not spoon feading you info.  All this stuff people learned by searching and practise. And frankly you lax additude about manifold building like your going to master tig welding in 2 days is annoying.

[malichite]

im not "taking orders" more like gauging interest.. so when i make my manis i can sell them lol

so 1/2 inch mild steel flanges for the exhaust flange and 3/8th mild steel for the turbo inlet and wastegate flanges?

are 3/8th exhaust flanges really too thin? lol

You really need to do some SEARCHING. I don't know about anyone else, but i'm not spoon feading you info.  All this stuff people learned by searching and practise. And frankly you lax additude about manifold building like your going to master tig welding in 2 days is annoying.

[jay]

the beautiful thing about it is when you search you get eleventy million billion answers

not to mention one thread about scd10 being overkill.. lol

i trust hmt so thats where im getting my questions answered..

i already searched and thats what i came up with im just confirming

never said id master anything..

im just double checking before i place my order :/

[malichite]

And this is where experience takes place.  I wouldn't drop 1g on steel if you haven't even done one.  Start small and work your way up.  My first manifold was made out of fucking plumbing pipe.  You figure it out and find what works. 

[jay]

And this is where experience takes place.  I wouldn't drop 1g on steel if you haven't even done one.  Start small and work your way up.  My first manifold was made out of fucking plumbing pipe.  You figure it out and find what works. 

im not gonna spend 1k on steel.. maybe 4 to 600 bucks

i loose interest in stuff easily if i don't go all out lol

[malichite]

And this is where experience takes place.  I wouldn't drop 1g on steel if you haven't even done one.  Start small and work your way up.  My first manifold was made out of fucking plumbing pipe.  You figure it out and find what works. 

im not gonna spend 1k on steel.. maybe 4 to 600 bucks

i loose interest in stuff easily if i don't go all out lol

 

A log shouldn't cost you more the 100 for flanges and stainless.  Are you fucking retarded deaf or illiterate?  This is what everyone is warning you about.  Build one, see how it goes and figure out what it is you really need.