cut off a wg flange to replace it with a different kind. manifold is ceramic coated in and out. I been die grinding like a moother fukka on it and NO prevail. I cant get a puddle to start. It just gets all smokey, brown and black and crater looking i am re evaluating my life all over now.


Ok its finished. Turned out... well.... eh' decent... def isn't my prime. Hard as HELL to get a good puddle and keep it clean Had to use more heat than needed to keep the weld from getting out of hand and inconsistent. O well, got the job done. I don't plan ever to mess with a ceramic coated manifold again, LoL.

Thanks for the help!









Modified by wade at 1:23 PM 10/26/2007

 

Dude, that sucks... that **** is embedded in the steel on an almost molecular level. How far away from the weld joint are you cleaning?

 

i got it solved guys. almost done welding it. what a PITA. I am letting it cool so i can get a bead going on the inner part where it isnt so easily accessible to weld on the outside area due to a runner literally running next to the flange

 

Oxy-acetylene ftw

 

I was a little surprised you called me , hopefully it turned out all well.

 

Pics in a moment...

 

Man, lookin at that pic of the inside of that runner it's no wonder you couldn't weld it good. Glad it turned out....dude should be happy.

 

dude is a MK4 supra owner. Those people are NEVER happy enough.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wade &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude is a MK4 supra owner. Those people are NEVER happy enough.</TD></TR></TABLE>Just remind him to look at the previous welds on the manifold, is that a virtual works manifold?

 

not sure what it is. I hate that manifold for what they ask for a price!!! the collector is super shallow.

 

Supra people are a weird bunch. If the manifold builders other than full-race would use some "honda" knowledge their cars would be so much more efficient. Ive seen a couple vw manifolds and they are horrible, look like single pass welded manifolds.

 

I dont even see how that manifold I welded holds up a GT45R and heavier manifold for longer than a day.

 

or how they get a single 44mm wg to hold low boost on a 45r with that manifold.

 

lol....i have a supra here with a 55r on it. it originally had 1 44m gate and the least amount of boost it would make on the dyno was 40lbs with a spring combo that equaled 20lbs.

i just put a 2nd gate on it and slightly lower springs. hopefully its a little better!

 

lol..who needs less than 40lbs with a 55r

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .CUBISH. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol..who needs less than 40lbs with a 55r</TD></TR></TABLE>do they even spool with anything less.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wade &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dude is a MK4 supra owner. Those people are NEVER happy enough.</TD></TR></TABLE>

werd

 

its a supra owner, whose worried about low boost? this guy seriously never sees less than like 35psi at all time