how hard would it be to make this.

[16v Nova Kev]

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/DSC00653.jpg
been thinking of making one for myself

[mowgli]

can you weld ally???

[MattBrown]

can you weld ally???

The hard part is welding sheet to cast:thumb:

[16v Nova Kev]

not tried it yet but would like to self learn. im not bad at welding steel.

[16v Nova Kev]

The hard part is welding sheet to cast:thumb:

good point i forgot the inlet was cast ally:thumb:

[Mike]

Not very.

[MattBrown]

Not very.

lol

[Mike]

lol

:confused:

[16v Nova Kev]

he must think you were making a funny.

[MattBrown]

:confused:

I have tried and failed to tig cast to sheet.

It worked but looked shat:thumb:

[peester]

if youve got to ask such a question on here, then im assuming you mean how much would it cost to get summat like that made for u..?

[Mike]

I have tried and failed to tig cast to sheet.

It worked but looked shat:thumb:

To much amps and/or to little pre heat. Depends wether its silicon or magnesium aswell.

[Sloth]

I have tried and failed to tig cast to sheet.

It worked but looked shat:thumb:

no offence matt but what tig training have you had? are you certified? years exp? ill bet mike has....:thumb:

[16v Nova Kev]

no im asking how hard it would be to make one myself. like i wrote on post1

[General Baxter]

when welding proper metal to monkey metal, all you need to do is remember HEAT and lots of it, but being a coded welder what do i know lol

[MattBrown]

no offence matt but what tig training have you had? are you certified? years exp? ill bet mike has....:thumb:

Not much, however, our welder in work didnt get it right either, although alot better than me:thumb:

He has 30 years behind himlol

[Mike]

when welding proper metal to monkey metal, all you need to do is remember HEAT and lots of it,

Yep, more heat = less amps. Better weld with less pool effect.


Not much, however, our welder in work didnt get it right either, although alot better than me:thumb:

He has 30 years behind himlol

30 years of what? Starting out back in the day with an Arc welder (like nearly ALL seasoned welders) then moving onto MiG, an eventually barely using TiG now & again? Not doubting him, just merely raising a point like. Ive got nearly 25 years experiencing w@nking, yet still feels like the same old hand doing the same old juggle like.

[Sloth]

does the same go for mig>?

[General Baxter]

yes but will look messy lol

[MattBrown]

Yep, more heat = less amps. Better weld with less pool effect.



30 years of what? Starting out back in the day with an Arc welder (like nearly ALL seasoned welders) then moving onto MiG, an eventually barely using TiG now & again? Not doubting him, just merely raising a point like. Ive got nearly 25 years experiencing w@nking, yet still feels like the same old hand doing the same old juggle like.

LMAO mike

He is an excellent welder, and plain ali is fine.

I am however, unsure of the materials etc, just try it?

[mowgli]

surely, making it in 2 bits would be way better, then bolting it together. you could create the plenum, machine the intake flat & then fix them together.

it also means you can get at it for maintenance, modification or repair

[General Baxter]

alloy, is just **** to weld full stop, cast or sheet, you need it hot but to hot it just melts and falls on the floor,

[Mike]

Personally Id just by a proper 888 Works type plenum for £500 & change the inlet flange.

[mowgli]

i know that one.. i had to repair the ally side rail on a wagon the other week. it had been bent by a forklift.. the killer was the bit of steel bar in behind it. i had to heat that up & bend it first, then do the extruded ally to fit. 4 hrs of struggling.. looked ok afterwards.

[16v Nova Kev]

the one in the pic went for 250.

[General Baxter]

as mike said just buy one lol

for the price of all the stuff needed, its not worth it

[Mike]

the one in the pic went for 250.

Fooking hell some ones gots mugged off :S

Proper BTCC spec carbon & alloy inlet manifold/plenum chambers for a single 60mm Jenvy T/B are only £500 +delivery

[Mike]

Ala:

2004 Astra Coupe
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/Random/888plenum1.jpg

2006 Astra Coupe (different style to above)

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/Random/888plenumstyle2.jpg

[16v Nova Kev]

yummy any good for a let?

[mowgli]

yummy any good for a let?

i doubt it

[General Baxter]

mike can make you that lol

[Mike]

yummy any good for a let?

Er dunno, Ill have one mated on an XE so dunno lol

[16v Nova Kev]

i missed this one for 200.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/B3st8OwB2kKGrHqFiMEq7DRdgmBMnM4PR4Q_12.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/B3suWBGkKGrHqVjkEybNVQU-fBMnM4t-m_12.jpg

[bmw156]

i tried "tigging" the other day, and fook me it was hard.

the foot pedal and both hands, to many things for me lol.

i might just keep trying at it at work, and see if i can get better lol.

[Paul]

Inlet manifold mated onto Vaux flanges are worth scrap value.

[Graeme]

Aren't they made by Dewis on Vs? Wnay sort of gains does it offer?

[BRoadGhost]

I feel sorry for cylinder 3 & 4 on that Sunny GTR / XE inlet hybrid - while the principle is sound the execution sucks.

Is there ANY breathing space between ram pipe opening & back of plenum? Needs to be spaced out ~ the trumpets should be flush with the backing plate not the other side.