Intercooler piping pics (not for 56k)

[TopStreet240]

Im running 2.5 custom intercooler pipes and a 3inch air flow meter

[TopStreet240]

the lower IC pipe at the FMIC

[TopStreet240]

the pipes getting made all pretty looking. (powder coated mirror black)I will post more pics as soon as i can.

[TurboKA37]

looks nice, great job. gonna look really good once they are powder coated

[andrave]

dude that looks great, who welded them?

[Nathan]

I think he did

[fiznat]

howd ya do that man? did you have the bends pre-made someplace and then you welded them together or what? looks nice!

[TopStreet240]

We started off with 90 degree bends and straight sections of 2.5inch pipe. I did all the work myself at the shop and have been tig welding for sometime. All the powedercoating was done in house. I will post more pics ASAP.

[andrave]

I have been thinking about doing my own piping but I only have an electric stick welder and I've never used it before. If I practice enough do you think that would be enough to do the trick?I wish I had a TIG and training... :-(

[Turb0wned]

like it if i ever get the money to turbo my car i want to do my own piping to

[WDRacing]

Mig and Tig are easier then ARC(stick), but ARC weolding will work just fine for building IC piping or even ur own manifolds. It just depends on the sticks and current settings. But the guys at the local supply shop can help with those choices.

I'm using Mig on all my stuff, mostly cause I have a Mig welder already...heh.

TS240, lookin good bro. Should be an animal...

WD

[Nathan]

Stupid welding question: would an oxy-acetylene rig be capable of welding piping together like that albeit not as prettily?

[WDRacing]

Do you mean the mthod where you hold a stick and melt it with the torch, I believe its called soldering, different from electical I know. I suppose that method would work for IC piping, but not for a manifold. The thing with ARC, Tig and Mig is that they add a type of metal as well as melt and bond the surface actually being welded, if that makes sense. The soldering method will just bond things together. But I've used JB weld before on things, so I'm pretty sure your method would work. Its easy enough to find out if you have all the stuff already. Just grab some old piping and give it a shot.

WD

[Nathan]

I'm pretty sure oxy-acetylene can melt metal...it sure can cut it!

[WDRacing]

Well yes Oxy will melt the metal, what I mean is that with the other types they become fused together.

WD

[fiznat]

Im actually pretty decent at ARC (stick) welding... mmm I love that sound it makes like frying bacon hahaha

[Trppen37]

can you build me the same pipes as yours?? ill pay you...... intake..hot side....cold side and ill handle the rest =D and do you pake downpipes?

[Nathan]

It'd be just frieking awesome if we had someone that could make custom length downpipes for a good price (100ish) on the forum

[TopStreet240]

I will see what I can do!!

[HolyShiznit]

TopStreet, very nice set-up and wield job. Looks just like mine will in a few months. But the thing that I Noticed the most was your second picture.....your front bumper support has NASTY rust on it. JUST LIKE MINE! Sorry I just found that funny that both of ours are rust nasty.

[TopStreet240]

what can I say. I hope to get the rust taken care of when the car getsa sprayed this winter. I got the car for 700 bucks so what can you do.

[WDRacing]

Boost it till she explodes...heh.

[TopStreet240]

well it was not spose to work like that. I only got one run with it. Another guy who works at the shop hooked up my wastegate wrong. Hes paying for jmy parts but i have down time on the car. I will never let anyone ever work on my car again.

[huguetpj]

I will never let anyone ever work on my car again.

Amen to that. That's why I stuck like glue to both my mechanic during the rebuild and the muffler guy during the turbo install. And I'm pretty happy with the results... although I did program the SBC wrong and boosted 13PSI on stock fuel system, luckily for me nothing happened.

Boost on.