Productive day in header fabrication land
05-31-2004, 09:19 PM
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Productive day in header fabrication land
Hey guys,
Spent my last of the memorial day weekend cutting a bunch of tubing
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Here are some pics of the runners tac welded for fitment testing into the merge collector. Now I just need to get the flanges machined, weld/polish the tubing up completely and get the bolt tabs on
. The runners are equal length (26") to within a quarter inch after my initial measurements.
Using 321 stainless mandrel u-bends along with a 321 stainless dual slip merge collector. Will be connected to the rest of my little project via v-band clamps.
Spent my last of the memorial day weekend cutting a bunch of tubing
.Here are some pics of the runners tac welded for fitment testing into the merge collector. Now I just need to get the flanges machined, weld/polish the tubing up completely and get the bolt tabs on
. The runners are equal length (26") to within a quarter inch after my initial measurements.Using 321 stainless mandrel u-bends along with a 321 stainless dual slip merge collector. Will be connected to the rest of my little project via v-band clamps.
05-31-2004, 10:07 PM
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Re: Productive day in header fabrication land
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Will be connected to the rest of my little project via v-band clamps.
Will be connected to the rest of my little project via v-band clamps.
This one time....at band camp....
06-01-2004, 12:04 AM
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Awesome work. Did you bend the tubing yourself? I can't imagine how much a mandrel bender like that would cost. I presume that is tig? I'd like to learn how to tig someday, but for now I'll keep perfecting my mig skills.
06-01-2004, 01:07 AM
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Kary - Hehe yep. This is why I was kinda window shopping for race cats.
Chris - LOL. So when are the carbon products for our cars being released? I don't think I 'll have time to mess with composites fabrication this summer.
Coleman - Thanks
Mark - Thanks. I could only dream of having a mandrel bender to use at whim. I believe they are a few million for the machine itself. Then you have to buy the individual tooling.
Yes the tacs are done with a Tig and the final welds will all be purge welded with a Tig. Using one just takes practice to learn the different temperature applications necessary for each material.
Chris - LOL. So when are the carbon products for our cars being released?
I don't think I 'll have time to mess with composites fabrication this summer.Coleman - Thanks
Mark - Thanks. I could only dream of having a mandrel bender to use at whim. I believe they are a few million for the machine itself. Then you have to buy the individual tooling.
Yes the tacs are done with a Tig and the final welds will all be purge welded with a Tig. Using one just takes practice to learn the different temperature applications necessary for each material.
