My Welding Pics Thread

ISL33P · November 19, 2010

now you have to weld like I do and you are nearly there

Craved · November 19, 2010

haha - be a long time until that happens

ISL33P · November 19, 2010

haha stop coating and start welding

salival · November 19, 2010

hey Ariel - what do you do to the cast alloy bits before welding in terms of prep? - I always find alot of impurities coming out of casts when welding.

We have an acid at work, it's basically mag wheel cleaner (I work for a radiator shop) I sand the runners about 5-10mm down from where i'll be welding and dip the who9le runner into the solution and clean it off.

I have 0 issues welding cast. I only use 5356 for cast welds, 4043 for everything else. My cast to runner welds are 5356.

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ISL33P · November 19, 2010

nice work there

Craved · November 19, 2010

like alumi-brite?

basically a sulfuric acid solution ?

salival · November 19, 2010

like alumi-brite?
basically a sulfuric acid solution ?

Yeah, Kind of.. Think of it as an "exfoliator" for aluminum. It heats the metal and pushes all the crap out. We use it every day, worth its weight in gold.

It does dull the finish, though.

We use glass beads at work for sandblasting, Not good for welding aluminum unless you grind the area after sandblasting.

ISL33P · November 21, 2010

today's work....1jz in mk3 supra

next week I will start a street and a race version rb30

dori34 · November 21, 2010

Hey Ariel,

just letting you know that when you did the mount for the throttle cable, you did it at the wrong angle so when the throttle cable is mounted to the TB, its at a weird angle and needs to modded. the cable is rubbing against the throttle body mount and in time will cause it to fail.

not happy about this as i did give you the TB to trial fit before welding and now i have to take the plenum off and pay someone to fix it.

ISL33P · November 22, 2010

Hey Elvis,

All you have to do is take it off and I will come and get it and fix it FOR FREE...not to hard really.

Ariel

ISL33P · November 22, 2010

from Elvis "dori34":

"not slandering ur stuff, it is good quality "

Edited November 22, 2010 by ISL33P

ISL33P · November 27, 2010

This is all for the weekend's updates....3 on the right are the race version rb30 and 3 on the left are street version rb30. Both will have billet fuel rails and 80mm billet throttle bodies

Final round of the go karting season tomorrow so I have to get the kart ready tonight and up early tomorrow morning. Lucky the track is only 5 minutes away....

ISL33P · January 30, 2011

I just realised it has been 2 months since I last updated.

Here is something I done this weekend. RB25RV (Race Version) with R33 RB25. I just have to finish off mounting the fuel rail next weekend. Also attached is a pic of another one I done a while ago R32 RB25.

There is plenty more coming over the next couple of months......it's the business I have ever been. The best is a complete custom FE3 (Mazda) 2.0L looking to make 1200hp and aiming for the 6 second region.

Cheers,

Ariel

ISL33P · February 5, 2011

This morning's update....finished the Race Version RB25.

This afternoon I might start on the RB30 Race Version and the Mazda FE3 tomorrow....that's if this 40+C heat stays away.

Then there is the bellmouths for the next 6 weeks or so......

Chicayne_Customs · February 7, 2011

looks great

ISL33P · February 7, 2011

Thanks for that....there will be more next weekend

ISL33P · February 13, 2011

Here is the update on the FE3.

Pics of the injectors bosses I machined along with progress pics. I should have the plenum part finished next weekend.

Cheers,

Ariel

ISL33P · February 27, 2011

This weekend's update

Firstly the Mazda FE3….now with 8 injector bosses and plenumfinished. I am dropping it off for polishing tomorrow and hopefully finished for next weekend. Rails are already drilled, I just have to mounts the rails and weld the fittings on.

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RB30 Race Version is finished and also being dropped off atthe polishers tomorrow. Ready for delivery the following weekend.

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