So yeah. When I started this stuff(boosting) I figured I could save some money buy making my own i/c. Because we all know i/c's cost wayyy too much money.
I had 2 cores and I jb welded them together! w00t! I local buddy said he could get endtanks made for me . So I said sure. they were beautiful and were TIG welded.


At first I noticed a mounting tab had cracked. I then decided eventually I would take the i/c to have it fixed.... cars been away for the winter and today I finally got off my *** to take it off the car.
well looks like I might be having to buy one (but I guess thats good)
the endtanks didnt last that long . The i/c was on the car maybe 6 months and well look at the pics(i think the way I had it mounted probably added some stress but I didnt expect this)
Custom ownz j00

cracked tab


light on outside(cracked)

last 2 pics are with a flashlight inside the outlet.

I shouldnt be able to see the inside of the core from there.



Moral of the story.
MAKE sure you mount your intercooler properly !
Also make sure you get the work done somewhere good!

still dont know if Im gonna fix it or just buy a backdoor pwr from fullrace.


JB weld pwns TIG welding...ahhahhaaa
yeah the cores aint going anywhere.
wierdness


so im guessing thats some major boost leakage.
and im 95% sure I ran at the track this way!
so 14.2@98 on a crud basemap with some major boost leakage

 

would you fix it or just buy a PWR?

 

I'll take it off your hands for 50 bucks :-),.... **** I'd jbwed those cracks. I got the jb weld on my bov and my oil pan, that **** is good.

Nick

 

Get one from Earl. I would just to save future headaches.

-Ryan

 

I tried JB welding my intercooler brackets (steel brackets to an aluminum IC, and they cracked off completly within 3 weeks! Then I got some brackets welded for $15, should have done that in the first place!!

 

everything is TIG welded except for the 2 cores..right down the center it is JB welded

 

why not just reweld? what kind of cores are they?

 

your number 1 problem is how the end tanks are made... you are losing potential hp when you make your endtanks like this. ***somthing to remember*** every 90 degree turn you make in your I/C your losing 1 percent hp.. don't use jb for this bring it to a welder to do a good job..

 

they are ford i/c's (deisel i/c's)
they were small though.

as for how its made... ?
theres nothing wrong with how its made.(the design)
other then the welding didnt hold.

the ONLY part that is jb welded is right down the center and its held up.

only this ONE side has the TIG weld let go.
howmany times do I have to type that?

 

Just buy one stop being cheap, haven't you learned your lesson.

 

damn bro'... learn from your mistakes, save some $$ and get an IC that you don't have to worry about.

my .02

 

Just get it fixed. Spend th emoney on something else. Like a bigger turbo.

 

I dont need a bigger turbo.
lol

still dont know what to do.
I may fix it since I really dont need an i/c thats good for 500 hp at the moment.
hrmmm

 

Tig welding just does break. It looks like he doesn't know how to weld. And also where it looks like morse code, that looks like a incomplete weld, ( i cant really tell - pics suck )

 

sorry. camera phone.
where it broke it looks like an incomplete weld to me.
(didnt penetrate at all really)

 

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haha, apparently you don't know SirKid!

I wonder if you're cooler's always been like this - if so how the hell were you ever making any boost?
Did you pressure test or water test the cooler after you finished putting the tanks on it???

 

When it was done it was working fine.
where I got the endtanks done. they pressure tested and everything.

the car did move well for a while then it seemed to die. i thought maybe it was cause of a map change but maybe it was this!(it got slow before the spun bearing )
who the heck knows.
all i know is, I either need to fix it or just buy a new one.
anyone wanna buy it? lol.
it doesnt need that much fixing.

 

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thanks for the post corky bell.

 

*DEAD*