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blu808 · 03-02-2010, 11:19 PM

Haha. Well played sir.

Hey. Which filler rod do you use on your stainless manifolds?

S14_Kouki · 03-03-2010, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by blu808

Haha. Well played sir.

Hey. Which filler rod do you use on your stainless manifolds?

I use 1/16th 316 for the stainless to stainless and 1/16th 309 for the stainless to mild that would be the flanges.

TheRealSy90 · 03-04-2010, 12:42 AM

A friend of mine is doing an SR'd Corolla in a week or so, how much would one of those manifolds run him?

blu808 · 03-04-2010, 02:58 PM

It is around the $600 price point.

GSXRJJordan · 03-04-2010, 03:44 PM

Holy shit that's cheap. Do you know how legit your stuff is? For gods sake man, charge more!

I'm going to be doing some suspension arms for my Fd, and possibly adjustable upper control arms for some extra camber. The more I learn about the FD suspension the more I think I'll enjoy it with some real rubber under there!

atutt · 03-04-2010, 03:56 PM

Only the truest of ballers can charge that... I couldn't make one that cheap out of SS even my unborn children lives depended on it

Chamb-O · 03-04-2010, 07:32 PM

practiced on stainless the other day
here is my progression

the top one I was pretty pleased with the consistency but I undercut it because I ran too much of a chamfer and not enough rod

304 stainless and 304 safety wire for fill rod

S14_Kouki · 03-04-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by blu808

It is around the $600 price point.

That is cheap we charge around $750 for ours.

blu808 · 03-04-2010, 09:01 PM

Yea here it is all welded. I decided to keep the segmented piece. The customer liked it the way it was.

txredxj · 03-06-2010, 08:07 PM

just spent 3 nights on here from page one and i am so ready to start tig welding again. gonna start my ls14 project back up as soon as my extension cord shows up.

question. i want to do manifolds from steel but not sure on the thickness. swap headers are like 650 ms to 900 for ss. i got the tig machine and i want to build my own

blu808 · 03-06-2010, 09:07 PM

Built some rb26dett to 260z mounts tonight.

And here's a sr510 we are fabbing a bunch of stuff on.

txredxj · 03-06-2010, 09:42 PM

must be decent castings. i usually have to high freq cast peices to death. 510 looks fun

silhou · 03-07-2010, 11:34 AM

been welding for a lil over a year and half now. just some pics from work. not the best pics or my best work. just random photos on my iphone

first day of welding alluminum

sweating some stainless together

some short arc

pain in the ass to build this just for it to get dumped in the ocean lol

our main gig. biggest of its kind in the world 72" rock reamer. welded those cutters in at about 475 amps. shit was hot.

and some behind the back weaving flux core for giggles

atutt · 03-07-2010, 03:45 PM

^ that's the kinda shit I like to see...
Is your aluminum work done with a mig?

repda916 · 03-07-2010, 05:45 PM

more info on this badass looking thing?
whats your job?

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gsracer · 03-08-2010, 05:46 AM

looks like a drill head perhaps for undersea drilling?

Acidz · 03-08-2010, 08:04 AM

RAIL LOVE

silhou · 03-08-2010, 09:25 AM

The alluminum was done with tig. Ya it's a rock reamer. That one went to china. The stem is 4140 steel so we have to preheat the stem to 450 before welding the front and rear gussets on it, and those sometimes get up to 800 degrees or more. It's a hot bitch in the summer especially with the long ass passes on those gussets. I have a picture by picture on the build of that tool, I'll post it up when I get home today

silhou · 03-08-2010, 07:26 PM

Cyprian · 03-08-2010, 08:22 PM

^Thats the kind of shite that encourages me! Most if not all of my background is mechanical. I have done some very light fab work in the past, but it never turned out for that great. Atutt and myself have a few fabrication projects over the spring and coming summer, the first of which was to make full length replacement frame rails that were as close to stock as possible. We have been bouncing these ideas around since October and just recently came into some shop time, unfortunately Atutt was out with back problems. We had some scrap sheet metal lying around, so I figured I'd test out the jigs we had been working on. So here it is, my very first fabrication project. Once Atutt is better, then the fun will really begin.

txredxj · 03-08-2010, 08:53 PM

lol guys on the back of the forklift. done that a few times pulling skid motors.

Otto347 · 03-09-2010, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by silhou

How many passes are on that?

silhou · 03-09-2010, 06:11 AM

On stem to plate? Around 9 or ten depending on the size we cut the bevel. It might of been more I think we cut it big since the tool was so big

blu808 · 03-09-2010, 02:00 PM

Blu808 Disco stick hydro ebrakes

ZilviaKid · 03-09-2010, 02:08 PM

what kind of car is that??

blu808 · 03-09-2010, 02:25 PM

It's in the Hankook Camaro I built.

GSXRJJordan · 03-09-2010, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ZilviaKid

what kind of car is that??

That's the 2010 Hankook Camaro that Luke and Conrad built, with electronics by me

ZilviaKid · 03-09-2010, 02:31 PM

sweet jesus that thing looks amazing!

Otto347 · 03-09-2010, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by silhou

On stem to plate? Around 9 or ten depending on the size we cut the bevel. It might of been more I think we cut it big since the tool was so big

Damn, shit is serious business!

ILoveMyRHS13 · 03-11-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by blu808

Blu808 Disco stick hydro ebrakes

You going to start selling those?

03-02-2010, 11:19 PM	#2761
blu808 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Campbell, Ca Age: 41 Posts: 5,010 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Haha. Well played sir. Hey. Which filler rod do you use on your stainless manifolds? __________________

03-04-2010, 02:58 PM	#2764
blu808 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Campbell, Ca Age: 41 Posts: 5,010 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	It is around the $600 price point. __________________

03-04-2010, 03:44 PM	#2765
GSXRJJordan Post Whore! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: GSXRJJordan Feedback Score: 19 reviews	Holy shit that's cheap. Do you know how legit your stuff is? For gods sake man, charge more! I'm going to be doing some suspension arms for my Fd, and possibly adjustable upper control arms for some extra camber. The more I learn about the FD suspension the more I think I'll enjoy it with some real rubber under there! __________________ Jordan Innovations has a new web site! www.JordanInnovations.com -- All your favorite FD Pro Drifters love it, trust me -- www.JordanInnovations.com

03-04-2010, 07:32 PM	#2767
Chamb-O Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Parker CO Age: 37 Posts: 144 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	practiced on stainless the other day here is my progression the top one I was pretty pleased with the consistency but I undercut it because I ran too much of a chamfer and not enough rod 304 stainless and 304 safety wire for fill rod __________________ http://chambolikerambo.wordpress.com/

03-04-2010, 09:01 PM	#2769
blu808 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Campbell, Ca Age: 41 Posts: 5,010 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Yea here it is all welded. I decided to keep the segmented piece. The customer liked it the way it was. __________________

03-04-2010, 12:42 AM	#2763
TheRealSy90 Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Maricopa, AZ Age: 33 Posts: 7,721 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	A friend of mine is doing an SR'd Corolla in a week or so, how much would one of those manifolds run him?

03-04-2010, 03:56 PM	#2766
atutt Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: barrie, ontario, canada Age: 37 Posts: 997 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Only the truest of ballers can charge that... I couldn't make one that cheap out of SS even my unborn children lives depended on it

03-06-2010, 08:07 PM	#2770
txredxj Join Date: May 2008 Location: Perryton,TX Age: 38 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	just spent 3 nights on here from page one and i am so ready to start tig welding again. gonna start my ls14 project back up as soon as my extension cord shows up. question. i want to do manifolds from steel but not sure on the thickness. swap headers are like 650 ms to 900 for ss. i got the tig machine and i want to build my own

03-06-2010, 09:07 PM	#2771
blu808 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Campbell, Ca Age: 41 Posts: 5,010 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Built some rb26dett to 260z mounts tonight. And here's a sr510 we are fabbing a bunch of stuff on. __________________

03-06-2010, 09:42 PM	#2772
txredxj Join Date: May 2008 Location: Perryton,TX Age: 38 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	must be decent castings. i usually have to high freq cast peices to death. 510 looks fun

03-07-2010, 11:34 AM	#2773
silhou Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: houston Age: 36 Posts: 62 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	been welding for a lil over a year and half now. just some pics from work. not the best pics or my best work. just random photos on my iphone first day of welding alluminum sweating some stainless together some short arc pain in the ass to build this just for it to get dumped in the ocean lol our main gig. biggest of its kind in the world 72" rock reamer. welded those cutters in at about 475 amps. shit was hot. and some behind the back weaving flux core for giggles

03-07-2010, 03:45 PM	#2774
atutt Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: barrie, ontario, canada Age: 37 Posts: 997 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^ that's the kinda shit I like to see... Is your aluminum work done with a mig?

03-08-2010, 05:46 AM	#2776
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03-08-2010, 08:04 AM	#2777
Acidz Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Canada Age: 38 Posts: 225 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	RAIL LOVE __________________ Centerline Motorsports - Website CenterLine Motorsports - Facebook Us!!!

03-08-2010, 09:25 AM	#2778
silhou Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: houston Age: 36 Posts: 62 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	The alluminum was done with tig. Ya it's a rock reamer. That one went to china. The stem is 4140 steel so we have to preheat the stem to 450 before welding the front and rear gussets on it, and those sometimes get up to 800 degrees or more. It's a hot bitch in the summer especially with the long ass passes on those gussets. I have a picture by picture on the build of that tool, I'll post it up when I get home today

03-08-2010, 07:26 PM	#2779
silhou Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: houston Age: 36 Posts: 62 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews

03-08-2010, 08:22 PM	#2780
Cyprian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Barrie Age: 41 Posts: 4 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^Thats the kind of shite that encourages me! Most if not all of my background is mechanical. I have done some very light fab work in the past, but it never turned out for that great. Atutt and myself have a few fabrication projects over the spring and coming summer, the first of which was to make full length replacement frame rails that were as close to stock as possible. We have been bouncing these ideas around since October and just recently came into some shop time, unfortunately Atutt was out with back problems. We had some scrap sheet metal lying around, so I figured I'd test out the jigs we had been working on. So here it is, my very first fabrication project. Once Atutt is better, then the fun will really begin.

03-08-2010, 08:53 PM	#2781
txredxj Join Date: May 2008 Location: Perryton,TX Age: 38 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	lol guys on the back of the forklift. done that a few times pulling skid motors.

03-09-2010, 06:11 AM	#2783
silhou Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: houston Age: 36 Posts: 62 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	On stem to plate? Around 9 or ten depending on the size we cut the bevel. It might of been more I think we cut it big since the tool was so big

03-09-2010, 02:00 PM	#2784
blu808 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Campbell, Ca Age: 41 Posts: 5,010 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Blu808 Disco stick hydro ebrakes __________________

03-09-2010, 02:08 PM	#2785
ZilviaKid Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto Age: 34 Posts: 1,441 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what kind of car is that?? __________________ 2004 Nissan 350z 2002 Nissan Silvia

03-09-2010, 02:25 PM	#2786
blu808 Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Campbell, Ca Age: 41 Posts: 5,010 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	It's in the Hankook Camaro I built. __________________

03-09-2010, 02:31 PM	#2788
ZilviaKid Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto Age: 34 Posts: 1,441 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sweet jesus that thing looks amazing! __________________ 2004 Nissan 350z 2002 Nissan Silvia