Just finished it. 1 3\4" mild steel tubeing 2.6mm thick wall. 1.8mm filler rod.

the collector was welded with 2.4mm red tungsten and the cup and lense shown in the picture. w pure argon.

used 70A to weld the collector it self 80A in the tigth spots. and 110A when welding collector to the flange.


this is my second collector ever made. let me know what you think.



http://img311.imageshack.us/im...f.jpg

 

Not bad from what I can see.

 

Looks cool. Did you cut it using a band saw or chop saw?

 

no bandsaw. just an angel grinder and a whole lot of cutting and grinding. a lot of work....

made a jig if you can call it that out of 2" exhaust pipe wich slides over the 1 3\4" tube so I could mark of and get the same shape on all 4 tubes.

 

looks like one hell of a flange, is that 3/4" thick?

 

nice weld on the flange, but the outside of the merge needs some work. cleaning?

and btw, what welder is that. nice torch cup.

EDIT: nevermind i found how what welder it is. CEA matrix 200 ac/dc. how do you like it?

 

for cleaning i just grind of the paint that's on the pipes when i buy them and wash with aceton. is there something else i should do?

I can't compare my cea to anything since i've never used any other machine, but my experience so far is just positive. has some nice features, i've only just started welding so I can't realy use all it's functions yet, but i'm getting there..... i hope


the flange is not 3\4". it's a t25 flange so the picture migth fool you a little.

 

damn angle grinder lol and i thought i was the only one with that much patients haha good work looks great to me from what i can see

 

where did you get that sweet torch cup? I want one that long!

 

does anybody know if full-race and burns weld the merge part of the collector from the inside?

 

Ask Casey

 

yes they do , i also do

 

maybe too much filler on the pipe to pipe collector part. Other than that, nice work.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bradford &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">does anybody know if full-race and burns weld the merge part of the collector from the inside? </TD></TR></TABLE>

We do

PRetty good job on the collector btw

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2kjettaguy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">where did you get that sweet torch cup? I want one that long! </TD></TR></TABLE>

I got mine localy in norway, I dont know what torch you have but you should find what you need here http://www.welding-direct.com/aluminacups.html

Mine is a aluminacup. <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Casey@Burns &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

We do

PRetty good job on the collector btw </TD></TR></TABLE>

do you just weld the innside? do you have to have a purge chamber then if it's goning to look any good on the outside?

I've got a fullrace manifold and it's welded on the inside but it looks to be welded on the outside as well.

thanks for all the comments btw.