ASHY-ELBOW

can it be used for that? or is it to weak? thx

91CivicSi

As of yesterday I'm using it on mine. I had a buddy of mine (Jeff C. on H-T) weld part of my AEM onto the rest of my aluminized steel piping. The weld didn't turn out perfect because it got too hot but it gets the job done.

FRESH

Can you say duck tape..lol. : )

ASHY-ELBOW

so it can be welded huh ? its just looks so thin ...i am gonna prolly get the xs blow off vavle and it comes with teh steel and aluminum mounting flange so that should be cool....but the wem just looks so thick almost like 3 inches will that matter?

tony1

What type of welder was used to weld aluminum to steel??

Jeff C

I am just that good...j/k
Mig with straight Argon gas.
It was just an experiment, but it held.
Weld looks like ****, but it works so far.
*shrugs*


[Modified by Jeff C, 5:49 PM 11/10/2002]

InfamousRS

Im thinking of doing this only because my girlfriend bought me the intake when I first of my car and I kinda want to keep on there in some form or another.... and also I like the bends on it. Does anyone know what kind of metal the AEM CAI is made out of and how think it is?

Jeff C

I used all of 91's Aem except about 6" where the bov is.
I guess its aluminun.

tony1

Why not just use a silicone connector and t-bolt clamp or just make it all aluminum. You can put a nice little tig weld on it that way. I've never heard of anyone successfully welding steel to aluminum. I weld both very well, but have never tried to weld the two together.

Jeff C

We did not have enough silicone connectors and when I cut the steel section with the bov flange welded to it, I did not leave enough room on the intake side for a connector. We did however use a connector on the other side of the bov piece.
Trust me, I would have liked to do it differently, but he was a little impatient. I might do another one in the future when the newness wears off.

BTW, these are the pipe bends we used.

tony1

I used to use those bends but i recently started using the ones that Applied Racing Technologies sells. They are better quality steel, weld much better, and they have tighter radius bends available. They are pretty reasonably priced too. Only go up to 2.5" though so no crazy 3" exhaust systems with these. You should check them out, much better to work with than the jc whitney stuff.

Jeff C

I will check into them for my setup.
Is there a website?

tony1

There is but i don't remember it. I'll check tomorrow at work and get back with you on it.

Jeff C

Thanks!

GOLDBERG

where can you get straight sections of the pipe??or does it come in bends only???

Jeff C

JCWhitney, search for "exhaust pipe"

Smashback

Damn I tried to weld aluminum the other day with my mig, what a freakin disaster. I've gotten pretty good with the mig..I think the problem was the gas mix I have instead of all argon.

98Psi ITR

I use aluminum piping for my IC, the same as the AEM cai. I used a tig with ar gas. np holding 20psi.

Jeff C

To weld aluminum you ar supposed to use straight argon.
I did it on the first time.