I went to JC whitney for my IC piping and followed the link here. I only found out it wasn't pure aluminum when i realized how heavy it was . Do you guys run this kind of material for your IC piping or real aluminum. There should be no differnece ecept for weight and very minimal heat dissipation properties right? Jsut wanted to know if this was right or not.

 

you can use aluminized steel pipe for CAC pipes, it is used commonly due to the cost, availability, and ease of welding. You want to make sure you get the aluminized coating completly off the weld areas before welding. The coating helps prevent rust but really contaminates a well like a mother....if your TIG welding them.

I run aluminum CAC pipes but if I had to get some made quickly or I only had a MIG welder I would use the Aluminized Steel without any reservations.


Modified by BROOD at 1:29 PM 10/4/2004

 

You forgot the most important thing about aluminum piping- it makes your wallet ultra light weight also. Aluminized steel is great.

 

Thanks for the quick answers guys...i just always heard aluminum and never realized everyone was talking about aluminized steel. Thanks a bunch !

BTW BROOD thanks for the 2.5" to 3" flange..it's great and very cheap option.
BROOD

 

Yup.

Thats what I'm using (JC whitney Aluminzed piping). Works great.

And about removing the coating before welding. Meh. I didn't, and mine came out fine.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bryson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yup.

Thats what I'm using (JC whitney Aluminzed piping). Works great.

And about removing the coating before welding. Meh. I didn't, and mine came out fine. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Mine came out like **** when i got it Tig.. So i had to grind off that excess alum coating to get a nice weld, or else it will create bubbles when welding... (which doesnt look good at all, which can cause boost leaks... )

but for Mig welds, it came out nicely, with or without the aluminum coating ...

 

I have a chunk of jc whitney aluminized piping on my car as well.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by adseguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I went to JC whitney for my IC piping and followed the link here. I only found out it wasn't pure aluminum when i realized how heavy it was . Do you guys run this kind of material for your IC piping or real aluminum. There should be no differnece ecept for weight and very minimal heat dissipation properties right? Jsut wanted to know if this was right or not.</TD></TR></TABLE>
man, thanks for posting this!
because funny thing is, i just posted about this topic yesterday and got 0 responses...
that link is what i was looking for...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by synik &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Mine came out like **** when i got it Tig.. So i had to grind off that excess alum coating to get a nice weld, or else it will create bubbles when welding... (which doesnt look good at all, which can cause boost leaks... )

but for Mig welds, it came out nicely, with or without the aluminum coating ... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Ahh IC.

Yeah, I MIGed mine, and It came out all purty... 2nd time welding too!...

 

great info! thats what I will be using soon... right after I get more practice with welding