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Feb 11, 2005 | 03:29 PM

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Thanks Kyle!

No Prob man be sure to post up yours when your done.
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Feb 11, 2005 | 04:46 PM

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Man, you guys are awesome! IC piping looks great.

Yummmm TURBOoooosss. Is Mig welding that hard to learn? I am thinking of picking one up before the summer to play.

I wish I would have used performance curve when I had my duals built. I may just pick of 4 bends now so I can finish them up.

Blaster, to learning weld isn't hard at all. I had a friend come over and show me the basics and I was off and welding in a hurry. He had me do lil welding projects with different types of angles, welding tubes together e.t.c to make sure i'd know how to approach different angles and such. I have about 20 different "learning" projects in the garage

Practice again and again and it becomes really easy in a hurry. But you have the right idea, pick up one and mess around with it and you will become pretty good in no time.
Muffler shops always have a ton of scrap in the dumpster to grab from to practice on.
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Feb 11, 2005 | 06:23 PM

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I will post pics for sure when I am done!

Feb 11, 2005 | 06:34 PM

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do you guys use the gas? I know that you can mig with a certain wire without gas but heard that the welds are nicer with it.

Feb 11, 2005 | 07:55 PM

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i would definatly use the gas for tubing.
the non gas ones wont seal them up well

Feb 11, 2005 | 10:56 PM

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What's a good Mig to pick up? I was looking at the Lincoln 175(something?). Don't remember if you could hook up the gas though.

Feb 12, 2005 | 04:41 AM

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do you guys use the gas? I know that you can mig with a certain wire without gas but heard that the welds are nicer with it.

You know this is just a thought. If you could fab up the piping and just have them tacked or very tightly taped, you could send them to us and we could tig weld them for you. You're probably better off just going some place local but we're here if you need us. And as always, at a price that's unbeatable

Feb 12, 2005 | 08:16 AM

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Thats a GOOD idea! I got a local Friend who will do it for me BUT if that falls threw I will keep you in Mind! Lata, Ark

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Feb 12, 2005 | 02:05 PM

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do you guys use the gas? I know that you can mig with a certain wire without gas but heard that the welds are nicer with it.

the IG in MIG stands for Inert Gas ... this is required to shield the arc and provide a stable weld pool ... you can buy a MIG welder for extremely cheap that used a "soft core" wire which has the flux inside the wire ... stay away from these types of welders ... you will be much better off with a gas shielded welder ...

And FYI, aluminum can be welded not only with TIG, but also MIG and oxyaceletylene gas ...

Feb 12, 2005 | 02:21 PM

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SOunds Like you Know what you are talking about there!

Feb 12, 2005 | 02:55 PM

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how about 4"? im using 4 inch down pipes and i need to get some bends so i can get my truck done. i looked at both burns and performance curve and didnt see any 4 inch?

Feb 12, 2005 | 03:04 PM

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how about 4"? im using 4 inch down pipes and i need to get some bends so i can get my truck done. i looked at both burns and performance curve and didnt see any 4 inch?

How about fabricated bends? We can do that, no problem

Feb 12, 2005 | 03:18 PM

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im going to do the same thing really, but i have 4" v bands on the turbo. and i was just going to cut up some bends like i did for 3" on my intercooler, and make my exhaust like that.

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