Nice find Yeah, I'm happy with it. 1/5th the cost of a new one. I do need to spend some time putting some indexing marks on the vise and none of the original marking are there. and the coolant pump is a mix of bits. Someone at some stage couldn't find a mechanical coolant pump, so they made a try t...

Just picked up this old saw at an auction. It was still in use in a large construction business. So far I've cleaned it down and sprayed it with CRC 5.56 and run a few cuts through some scrap. My question, what do you all use for coolant? is basic soluble oil the best choice? Will be cutting mild an...

MosquitoMoto wrote:Well done Brad.

What track are you running on? 46 second lap...that's a short circuit!




Kym

It's actually a Go Kart track that we run sprints on.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibno2c0B7Qo

Finished, on the car the have been proven on the race track.
Worth 0.5 seconds on 46 second lap.

Just uploading another photo.

Need more practice, but then again, that's partly what this is about.

one more thing. if you have 2inches of fill rod in your fingers and you want to wipe the sweat off your face, PUT THE FILL DOWN FIRST.

Accidentally sticking the hot end of a fill rod up your nose is NOT a pleasant experience.

Small amount of progress tonight. number 2 tube is a little longer after the step than the other three, but the step is in the right place, collector is in the right place and there are as few bends in each pipe as I could get. Getting those three thing right is worth more than a 15mm of length diff...

After pulling it all apart, I have made some progress.

cut all the tacks off today.

changed the primary pipe diameter and the layout.
One of my suppliers has come good with some 15 degree bends so I can make the merge collectors.
I guess that called progress.

VooDoo wrote:Otherside header tacked up

Can I ask why you put a step like that just after the port?

Starting to look nice! For the ports being too big, instead of filling them in, you could also have looked at getting some slightly bigger diameter starting pipe pieces/stubs that would have fitted into the holes and then slightly tapered them so your final diameter primaries fit in/onto these. For...

They were the only place I could get one. It's a problem in Australia, we just don't have a lot options for many things. I've had to compromise on the pipe size too, There is no one here that stocks mendrel bent tube in anything bigger than a 1.5xDia bend center-line radius. It's all "custom&qu...

Bsmith wrote:

brad_m wrote:What I tacked up today.

What engine is that? Turbo?

It's a Toyota 3SGE No turbo. I race an MR2 in a local series.

What I tacked up today.

This is combination of wanting to drop some weight from the car and try a make a few more horse power. The first header flange I bought was for the wrong engine, they sent me a flange for a 5SFE engine instead of a 3SGE. After they finally got me the right one, it was cut with over sized ports that ...

My first what I welded today.

Nothing special, just a pair intercooler pipes to replace the troublesome rubber ones.

Edit: why did you run practice beads on something that you actually planned on using? The part I welded on is machined off completely. The picture explains it. You can see at the back edge that it's not straight and there is a bit missing. For now I need to be able to weld those up and grind them b...

I thought it might also be helpful to post the functionality of my machine.

I stopped in and bought AU$50 worth of off cuts and varies sizes and spent some time at my welding table. A few notes: I cut the flat bar long enough to force me to work the rod with left hand, I need the practice of feeding the rod. I still touched a weld with the tungsten a few times. I'm finding ...

Overall, the work is not too bad. Automotive hobbyist/enthusiast? I'm a mechanic and have always had an interest in metal work. In high school I did an entry level course that covered basic MIG and stick welding, basic Lath and Mill work and basic sheet metal work. I own my own mechanical workshop ...

Jumping in at the deep end, eh? EDIT: Oh, and at those amps, how long is it taking you to get a puddle going? Kym Yeah, it was a bit of jump in the deep end and a bit of this is the only bit of alloy I have and I wanted to play with the new toy. Took 2 or 3 seconds to get a puddle going. The manifo...

I bought an AC/CD 200amp TIG machine today. I've been using a small 130amp CIG lift arc for a while on stainless steel. Having never welded alloy before, I figured the best way to learn is to just do it. So I grabbed an old cast intake manifold and layed down some beads. At the end of the last bead ...