just wondering what are the major advantages over mig vs tig ? when building manifolds ? is it something to do with strength in the welds , apperance or what ? whats your opinions/thoughts on this subject ? might be a stupid question but why havent i seen any one mig a manifold yet ?

 

IT's tough to be accurate with heat control on a machine that has such a high deposition rate. You can't really apply enough heat for penetration when the weld pool gets too big.

 

^what?^

This topic never ever goes well. That's why it was pretty much banned from this forum. Search.


tig for manifolds. downpipes and exhuast it doesnt really matter all that much.

 

I Mig'd mine coz i couldn't afford a tig welder for the nice pretty welds.

I've put a lot of miles on this manifold now & it's held up great.

 

thanks for the input guys , thats all i wanted to know.

 

either process is good as long as the base metal is being penetrated. Heck, I'd rock an oxycetylene as well, that's what I learned on.

 

GMAW for speed, GTAW for precision. For example, you wouldn't want to GTAW a trailer together, and you wouldn't want to GMAW a .004 stainless sheet.

 

both are great as long as the welder knows what shes doing.

 

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pics or ban

 

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I've put a lot of miles on this manifold now & it's held up great.





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Any pics of the finished product out of the car? What kinda mig welder did you used?

 

^^^ I would like to see that as well.