I gotta hand it to the guys building intricate tubular manifolds and ****. This is just a shitty log manifold and it wasnt as easy as i thought it was going to be. anyway here are a couple shots.
Its not finished yet, i still have to weld the inside of the turbo flange and clean it up. Any tips would be appreciated.

 

looks good
welds look nice and clean and even

what head flange is that?

 

BMC

 

looks good what welder you using?

 

miller 180sd 3/32'' tungsten, 18 on the gas gauge thing, 1/16'' 309 on the flange to manifold weld

 

Nice work man. Manifold looks good.

 

Pretty nice....only thing I'd like better is taking the t's and els to the wire wheel. It makes the welds look better and doesn't look so burnt. What did you use to cut the hole for the turbo flange?

 

I would also turn the heat down a tad, maybe that's just me.

 

I used a plasma. Then spent 15 minutes with a die grinder cleaning all the crap out of the runners . is there a better way?

 

plasma is fast but its hard to get all the slag out from inside the pipes

if i'm doing a log i always use a cut off wheel to cut the hole. takes a bit longer but i don't have to do any cleaning or grinding

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by legendboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">plasma is fast but its hard to get all the slag out from inside the pipes

if i'm doing a log i always use a cut off wheel to cut the hole. takes a bit longer but i don't have to do any cleaning or grinding</TD></TR></TABLE>

i think it would be best to cut the hole before the pipes are together , that is, if you have your **** on point, and you know what needs to happen.

 

plasma is definitely a pain in the *** because of the slag....I ditched that after the first one I did that way. I use cutoff wheel as well at this point, and it isn't too bad. Now if I could just cut wastegate holes easier.....takes too long.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RC000E &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">plasma is definitely a pain in the *** because of the slag....I ditched that after the first one I did that way. I use cutoff wheel as well at this point, and it isn't too bad. Now if I could just cut wastegate holes easier.....takes too long.</TD></TR></TABLE>


hahaha, i used a cut off wheel on the 1st log i made, i went through ****** 5 wheels before i was done making the hole...

 

"I would also turn the heat down a tad, maybe that's just me."

I second that. The welds are very nice, but just a bit too much heat into the work.
It could also be your choice of filler size. 3/32 would have cooled the area a little more, and had less of a concave appearance to the weld bead.
Still impressive. Very consistant bead. Steady hands.

 

not bad for your first time.welds looks nice and clean,and they dont look all knoted up.

 

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hahaha, i used a cut off wheel on the 1st log i made, i went through ****** 5 wheels before i was done making the hole...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Must've been one trashy bunch of cutoff wheels. I just go slow...only eats up about half of a new wheel. It really isn't too bad at all. It's better than the plasma in my opinion.

 

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sorry to kinda jack the thread, but are you talking about 18 psi of argon gas? just wondering, because i have my dialarc hf old school machine set at about 25 psi. thank you.

 

my 180sd is at 28-30psi

 

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sorry to kinda jack the thread, but are you talking about 18 psi of argon gas? just wondering, because i have my dialarc hf old school machine set at about 25 psi. thank you.</TD></TR></TABLE>

no....its more like 16000psi

He's talking about 18CFM

 

quit being an ******* eric, haha.

 

Looks great!

 

the weld on the turbo flange kicks ***

 

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no....its more like 16000psi

He's talking about 18CFM</TD></TR></TABLE>

he's not talking about cfm, he has a regulator after the bottle that brings it down to 18psi into the miller.. not a flowmeter saying 18cfm

 

it's CFH...

 

Yep, it's cfh, and it is regulating the flow of the gas, not the pressure.