Topic: Bunch of pics of stuff from this week. (Read 35065 times)

Passenger · « **on:** July 03, 2009, 01:28:02 AM »

Things I fabbed/machined this week. I don't care if it doesn't match the usual RHMT fab, I made it myself.

Corvette exhaust, 2" primaries, 3" header back, made the flanges, oval tubing, collectors and eccentric oval to circle transitions. *edit, header pics tomorrow*

Downpipes for vw mk4 tdi's

6.0l diesel ford EGR delete kits

turbob16hatch · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2009, 01:54:13 AM »

looks good.

passenger can you do a write up on welding thin tubing. your welds always look good on the thin shit, and i feel like i'm retarded when i weld it.

thick pipe i'm fine but this thin shit is pissing me off.

CSaddict · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2009, 06:15:23 AM »

Looks great Dave. Can you keep updating the Vette set up. The shop I work for does mainly Corvettes. Is this something you jigged and can make more of?

highroller54 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2009, 10:31:14 AM »

Scetchy Dave, please post more pics like this! I enjoy looking at pimp ass fab work. I want to rip my egr delete out and put one of yours in just so I can run a passanger sticker

Can I send people your way for deletes or are they going to BD?

dvst8r · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2009, 11:01:24 AM »

Plasma or TIG'd?

97Econobox · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2009, 12:29:49 PM »

Vette Exhaust looks so fucking good. Top notch.

Passenger · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2009, 01:53:54 PM »

Turbob16hatch, what kind of info do you want on welding the thin tube? It would be easier for me to answer a few questions than do a write up on it, because I could go on for hours with all sorts of dynamics of welding tube.

Csaddict, more pics on the way, I won;t get back on the car until monday, but I want to finish it pretty quick.

Chad, I made 60 kits, they all went to BD, so I have none in stock, they do not have exclusive rights to the product at the time however so more cna be made but I can only get them done in larger orders.

Brett, only 60 of the 3/4" tube joints were cnc plasma welded, everything else was done by hand due to the plasma torch taking a dump, fighting with thermal arc about right now.

97 econobox and complex, thanks for the compliments.

Here are pics of the flanges, and all the fittings we made prior to starting the headers:

Here are the header pics, mostly done, can't wait to have them cleaned up and out of the car with the x pipe attached, will look very cool.

dvst8r · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2009, 02:03:05 PM »

Quote from: Passenger on July 03, 2009, 01:53:54 PM

Brett, only 60 of the 3/4" tube joints were cnc plasma welded, everything else was done by hand due to the plasma torch taking a dump, fighting with thermal arc about right now.

That thing has been fighting you since day one. I sure hope you get it sorted out soon.

dvst8r · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2009, 02:16:21 PM »

Quote from: Passenger on July 03, 2009, 01:53:54 PM

Chad, I made 60 kits, they all went to BD, so I have none in stock, they do not have exclusive rights to the product at the time however so more cna be made but I can only get them done in larger orders.

Chad, what I read when it says this is: "show up at my shop on a friday night with booze, get me drunk and I will build anything you want."

Passenger · « **Reply #9 on:** July 03, 2009, 02:37:15 PM »

Quote from: dvst8r on July 03, 2009, 02:16:21 PM

Quote from: Passenger on July 03, 2009, 01:53:54 PM
Chad, I made 60 kits, they all went to BD, so I have none in stock, they do not have exclusive rights to the product at the time however so more cna be made but I can only get them done in larger orders.

Chad, what I read when it says this is: "show up at my shop on a friday night with booze, get me drunk and I will build anything you want."

SSHHHHhhhhhhh.

Yeah the plasma welder was working great, I am on hold now waiting to here what they are going to do about it, there was only about 5 hours of welding left to do, but turned into 16 hours doing manual tig and me working straight through the night into the next morning to get it done in time for delivery. Not cool, I want a new torch and a bunch of spare parts at minimum. Keep in mind plasma torches are like $2k.

highroller54 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2009, 04:19:58 PM »

Quote from: Passenger on July 03, 2009, 02:37:15 PM

Quote from: dvst8r on July 03, 2009, 02:16:21 PM
Quote from: Passenger on July 03, 2009, 01:53:54 PM
Chad, I made 60 kits, they all went to BD, so I have none in stock, they do not have exclusive rights to the product at the time however so more cna be made but I can only get them done in larger orders.

Chad, what I read when it says this is: "show up at my shop on a friday night with booze, get me drunk and I will build anything you want."

SSHHHHhhhhhhh.

twin turbo time

j.h.christ · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2009, 04:33:59 PM »

what's it going to cost me to get a mkiv 1.8t 2.5" downpipe shipped to seattle? that work is BEAUTIFUL.

Passenger · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:03:33 PM »

Quote from: j.h.christ on July 03, 2009, 04:33:59 PM

what's it going to cost me to get a mkiv 1.8t 2.5" downpipe shipped to seattle? that work is BEAUTIFUL.

I don't make one of those, it would have to be custom.

CSaddict · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:12:12 PM »

Is that a C4 chassis?

j.h.christ · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:45:34 PM »

who do you make the tdi pipes for?

highroller54 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2009, 06:34:10 PM »

people with vw's (retards)

j.h.christ · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2009, 06:36:55 PM »

Quote from: highroller54 on July 03, 2009, 06:34:10 PM

people with vw's (retards)

guess i kinda left myself wide open for that.

Passenger · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2009, 06:55:32 PM »

Quote from: CSaddict on July 03, 2009, 05:12:12 PM

Is that a C4 chassis?

I don't know the full details on the chasis, I don't know anything about corvettes, but from what I understand its a mix of years customized to fit the '62 body. I will take some pics of the chassis, it has some sweet Aluminum shafts wrapped in cf for the driveline.

The downpipes I make for kermatdi, emt-tuning and dieselinside.

1991civicsi · « **Reply #18 on:** July 06, 2009, 09:36:10 PM »

brine04 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 06, 2009, 11:16:26 PM »

Looks awesome Dave. Any closeups of your plasma welds?

Passenger · « **Reply #20 on:** July 07, 2009, 01:31:46 AM »

Quote from: brine04 on July 06, 2009, 11:16:26 PM

Looks awesome Dave. Any closeups of your plasma welds?

I am going to ask around and see if anyone took any pics, I don't have any. On the EGR delete kits, only 90 of the welds were automated, out of 300 welds. Plasma torch crapped out mid production which left me working through the night welding manually to get the job done on schedule. It seems I may have worked something out with Thermal Arc this afternoon and they may be covering a new torch now, so hopefully be back making automated plasma welds in the next week, which I need as I have a job that requires the plasma precision coming in this week, its some Titanium and hastelloy work with small screens.

Here are some pics from the final welding on the vette headers, gonna try and finish the exhaust this week, will grab some pics of the chassis too.

brine04 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 07, 2009, 01:38:04 AM »

Wow full race better look out once you have your plasma all sorted out. Are the vette pieces getting your usual ceramic coating?

Passenger · « **Reply #22 on:** July 07, 2009, 02:07:09 AM »

Quote from: brine04 on July 07, 2009, 01:38:04 AM

Wow full race better look out once you have your plasma all sorted out. Are the vette pieces getting your usual ceramic coating?

The welding will be better than full race, the plasma welding process is much more advanced than tig welding, especially for doing thicker materials like sch40 manifolds, you can do what is called "keyhole" welding. Which is when the arc shoots straight through the workpiece like a plasma cutting torch except the material closes up after the arc (you get a better weld if you add a bit of filler too). So you can make very narrow, very strong welds, much better than tig possibly can. It doesn't completely replace tig however, because the tungsten sits recessed in a copper orifice in plasma welding it doesn't work well for tight areas, and the torches are bulkier as well.

We are hoping to make over 550whp with the vette, will dyno next year when the car is done. As for ceramic coating, we are planning on coating the inside of the headers only, as the owner wants the natural brushed stainless look on the outside.

Urban Indian · « **Reply #23 on:** July 07, 2009, 03:25:37 AM »

BALLER

BigGameHit · « **Reply #24 on:** July 07, 2009, 06:27:46 AM »

very sick work..

what style v-band clamps are those?

hatrack48 · « **Reply #25 on:** July 07, 2009, 10:30:09 AM »

now thats some beautiful art work....

Passenger · « **Reply #26 on:** July 07, 2009, 12:17:26 PM »

Quote from: BigGameHit on July 07, 2009, 06:27:46 AM

very sick work..

what style v-band clamps are those?

Special super baller clamps

trevor72 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 07, 2009, 01:00:17 PM »

Gorgeous work as always... but what's the design consideration behind why the X is shaped like that?

Passenger · « **Reply #28 on:** July 07, 2009, 01:51:36 PM »

Quote from: trevor72 on July 07, 2009, 01:00:17 PM

Gorgeous work as always... but what's the design consideration behind why the X is shaped like that?

Ground clearance, placing 3" tube under the transmission was not so great, so now it is only 2" tall.

trevor72 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 07, 2009, 01:59:46 PM »

i meant why its a direct cross that is square 90* separation between each pipe. how big (or long) is the equalizing hole in the middle? just looks like the pulses will run head on into each other rather than flow past each other teasing the other side along the way...

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