16V turbo installation pics...

[nealtovsen at yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

FYI, RoadRaceEngineering.com sells non-aluminized mild
steel mandrel bends.

Neal

--- Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I was definitely not happy when I found out the
> u-bends I ordered for my
> nephew's turbo installation were aluminized. When
> you're tig welding it
> makes is very difficult to see the weld puddle so
> you can't really tell what
> you're doing. Welds came out not as good as I had
> hoped.
>
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/list/D_Bubb/JH_turbo/IC_pipe_to_TB_448.jpg
> 
> OTOH you can see what you're doing welding aluminum
> so if you can keep the
> tungsten eletrode out of the weld puddle ;^) is
> comes out pretty good.
>
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/list/D_Bubb/JH_turbo/Probe_IC_modified_459.jpg
> 
> TIG welding equipment is more expensive, but I think
> you have a lot better
> control with a tig so the welds look better.
> Dan

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