Some pics of intercooler endtanks I fabbed from scratch.

Thanks to all the bad *** fabricators on this board who inspire me to try things. FR Geon, FR Javier, FR Geoff, Tony Palo

 

good stuff

 

Sick! I want to get a TIG welder so badly. I have the $$$ for one, but I don't have the time right now to learn.

 

very nice

 

Good looking welds, huge FMIC!

 

very nice!

 

that thing looks really good. Nice job

 

Damn Andy, looks like you don't have much growing to do! Good job!

 

Looks simply amazing. How much do you have invested in that giant FMIC?

 

looks pretty good, just try and run your bead longer without stopping. i usually hold three to four rods at a time, that way i dont have to stop even to pick up filler rod.

 

pretty stuff , but joo need a bead roller

 

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I just tack 5 or 6 filler rods together so i don't have to hold them together.

 

Looks really good andy.

 

nice job....i think i saw this on evolutionm.net too

 

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wtf .. what size rods u guys using ? i buy mine in a tube thats like 3ft long .. how do u hold a 15foot filler rod ..

 

OMG!

 

yea, that's me on evolutionm.net. while i built the intercooler to fit my civic, it also fits on my evo. they just don't know it's going on my civic first, so i can make this race in the beginning of april.

evidentally, a lot of those guys on that board think that us honda owners don't know how to work on cars.

i'm still have a lot beginner bad habits. i still use my wrists to feed the rod instead of my fingers. another reason why i stop is because my torch is only aircooled.

yea yea excuses see i got a long way to go

 

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Stick with that excuse, it's a good one

End tanks look great

 

Almost as good as me

 

a year ago my aluminum welding was horrible. i hope i can inspire other people to keep practicing

 

Looks very nice!

 

Beautiful mate,

Hopefully be able to do that sort of thing myself someday

 

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Nice job. What gauge sheet metal did you use?

 

i gotta go to the shop and see what gauge aluminum it is. one thing to note is that it isn't 6061, which isn't suitable for bending. i think its a 5000 series, exactly what i forgot.

i finished fabbing the rest of my intercooler pipes yesterday night i'll post some pics later.