looks like you got the hang of the aluminum. when you get your speed and dipping in a good rhythm the welds are gonna look cherry. it looks like your heat is good and your getting good fusion. thats where im struggling right now is speed and dipping rhythm.

 

That's the pretty side lol. I started on it Wednesday night and I was tired. Really goofed a couple times and contaminated the puddle. I was able to go back over it with the torch to smooth it out but no stack of dimes look. I had the hardest time just tacking the damn thing together lol.

I got back to it last night and cleaned up my work area good and really took my time to get good ergonomics and boom, started to really get it down.

The pedal on the AHP is poop but I'm getting used to it. That' the first upgrade I do for this machine. Once the car is road worthy again I'm building myself a nice beefy steel work table.

 

What pedal are you going to get?

I dont like the pedal either but dont really have experience with others

I learned on a scratch start tig so any pedal was good when i tried the ahp

 

The pedal on the ol' Miller Snychrowave 250 at work is nice. Good spring rate, very smooth, and you can rest your heel on the back.





https://www.zoro.com/miller-electric...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

thats what i heard, the foot pedal isnt the greatest and takes time getting use to. I also realized real quick getting comfortable and making a trial pass before actually welding will give a good idea of what your gonna do when you have the helmet on. I will move my hand, arm, wrist etc back and forth over again until i find the best way to perform the weld. one of the things i didnt realize at first is pulling the filler rod out of the shielding gas and bringing it back in for a dip will introduce oxygen/contamination and it also cools the puddle down alot cause the filler isnt close enough to the arc to stay preheated and causes the filler to stick a little when dipping and causing a rhythm issue.

 

im learning on a lift tig with no foot pedal but i made a cutoff switch that goes to the ground clamp. I used a industrial disconnect and it works like a charm, I will post a video of how it works. I mainly did this so my last bead has gas coverage and doesnt look crappy. It seems that the tungsten looks better and is lasting a little longer between sharpens.

 

Ahhh good idea

They dont really give a **** here at work.

Ill make a dope pass and be like check this out and they literally give 2 ***** lol

 

Started on the oil pan last night. Got it cleaned up real good and started fixing the spot welds.

Something to look for on those moroso pans...

Also the outside is galvanized. Make sure you grind that **** off before welding. Make for nasty fumes

 

Your machine doesnt have a HF arc?

 

Cold side piping

 

Looking good mate!

 

Theres no way to get some fresh air?

Under hood temps get pretty high

I was logging around 160f

 

Seems like the best place to me. Definitely better then any previous location I've had a filter.

I've got no A/C dryer or windshield washer fluid bottle anymore so that port is open directly below where the filter is. In the future I will gut the high beam out and run a velocity stack to it. Id also like to put a barrier to seal it of from the rest of the engine bay.

 

Looks good

 

Thanks!

 

Drain is done and intake arm

 

**** looks good dude. prolly the best drain on a mini ram ive seen in awhile.

 

Thanks it was a bitch welding that galvanized.

Got some cars I've got to detail to help put towards new injectors.

 

Looking good sir!!! Downpipe turned out cherry!!!

 

Love it.. Looks top mate

 

Thanks dudes. I am basically just waiting on the new TiAl which have been on backorder for a couple weeks now =/

 

Spec aside, aesthetically, this is what i'm aiming for in my bay .. But with a black intake ..

Really impressive ..

Hopefully your WG wont take too much longer mate

 

Looks great, it nice to see all the work you have done yourself!

 

I wish i was this far along already. Looking good.

 

Man those wrapped pipes look spiffy

Random question: Did you ever consider twin scroll and if so why didn't you go that route? Too expensive?