Project: L-body headers

[robertisaar]

So when are you doing LQ1's?

talk about a motor that needs them but has never had them... AFAIK anyway.

[pocket-rocket]

So when are you doing LQ1's?

[bszopi]

Top notch John!

[ForcedFirebird]

Grand Am coming soon. The j-bodies were lacking and didn't take advantage of the three beta sets, so once the 2 of those are finished we will be moving on to other body styles

[onefastV6]

They look great, and I am sure they will look even better coated.

I can't wait for you to start on headers for the Grand Am.

[ForcedFirebird]

Well I guess function over form?










Have to weld a bend at the end of the 2-1 collectors, one EGR bung and two 02 sensor bungs, then they will be blasted, coated and they are OUT OF HERE!!!

Hope they will pass yall's approval

[1988GTU]

I dont understand what phases you are talking about,

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I going to assume three, since you said that was done at work/school, correct?

[pocket-rocket]

7 pages even with my posts per page cranked up, lol.

[ForcedFirebird]

omgwtfbbq?

Thread is entirely too long now haha.

[pocket-rocket]

I am at a loss for words there... Does it even play nice with atmosphere?

[robertisaar]

how much boost does it hold up to? 2psi?

[RedZMonte]

There is no way to make most of the welds with 2 passes. Often the primary will have to be flipped over even in the process and the welds are actually going away from each other.

I wish there was a way to get a single pass, but with the remote, it's not like the MIG that I could walk around with the pipe vertical.

Haa... i do it in one pass! Just need the right kind of weld! "N-RIG" welding


Some of my work! notice no seams!

[slinky]

add filler quicker to cool it while filling it at the same time

[ForcedFirebird]

yeah you got to focus the arc toward the thicker plate and let it roll onto the thinner one

MIG welding for 3 yrs and did brazing copper with 6% silver for 2, I know that part, but what about when you have to fill a gap larger than your filler from thick to thin material? I haven't found an efficient way to do so. If the heat is enough to pool the 3/8's, the radiant heat will often melt the external part of the pipe and make the gap to fill even larger

[slinky]

yeah you got to focus the arc toward the thicker plate and let it roll onto the thinner one