Looking good Turbo, I think you will get even better results with a few more amps and more travel speed, Yeah the .8 wire is tricky to use but good once you get a hang of it.
It's getting there, I'm quite chuffed with it considering its my first exhaust, I will definitely try turning up the amps a bit and moving a bit quicker. Thanks for the advice.
Langy, thats some awesome work there fella, very impressive.
It's been a while since my first post so thought I would update on the progress of my first homebrew exhaust system. I opted for 3" 1.6mm 304 SS as the 6" wouldn't fit . I used mandrel bends & V band flanges throughout with a couple of flexi's thrown in for good measure. Welder was set to 32-34 Amps, 1.6mm red tungsten, torch gasflow at 5lt/min, back purge at 3lt/min for 10 minutes or so then turned down to a trickle. I tried the 0.8mm MIG wire, couldn't get to grips with it as I couldn't straighten the wire out, so was a nightmare to use! I ended using the 1.6mm filler instead. Here's some random images (I know the garage is a mess )
I'm just waiting for a V band flange to arrive that mates to my downpipe to get it finished, It seems standards could have been employed to good use here!
So what do you guys think?
how much did you pay for them Vbands and silencers?
Really impressed with the welds on those pipes
I was pleased to find this thread, as I'm contemplating purchasing a RTech 160AMP Tig for a chopper build. Was wondering how the original poster and others were getting on with them. As I said the welds look great - but any reliability issues with the kit?
Thanks
Gary