Recent content by phivelug

TY Sir!

some of the turbo manifolds ive been building recently.

haha, just something i used when i was younger building hondas

i recommend an acetone wipe down at least. could follow that with IPA also.

I did live in Chicago for 2 years, that took a toll on it, and the Florida sun has since faded alot of clear coat on it. That photo was they day i bought it originally.

another 4cyl turbo manifold I built recently, still getting used to the positioner with this sch10 pipe and getting a weld profile i like with single pass and full pen welds. Also got a new to me truck finally after driving the same truck for 13 years. and here is my old truck when i bought...

Do not do this. This is going to make your panel shrink more. As mentioned above by some, you will need to stretch your tacks and weld out after each process. Back-stepping is also problematic as it creates many small shrink spots as apposed to running longer weld beads when tig welding for a...

No idea, the car has yet to be completed. I figured it wouldn't be as effective that far back, but I also figured what the hell.

Here is a quick look at a few engine bay details on a LSA powered 55 chevy truck. Stainless coolant tubes for radiator and supercharger, tight fitting intake passed through inner fender and sheet metal debris cover for the filter (was gonna build the same setup for the Nomad above)

Last post I really have about the Nomad. Here you can see the exhaust and also some close out extension panels I made from the rear wheel tubs to the frame rails for a clean look. The chassis had no provisions for a crossover in the exhaust, so I improvised and did something a little out of the...

yes sir, Gibbs is my go to for preventing surface rust when the builds are in bare metal.

Typically I just use a da with 80 grit, then I use the da with scotch brite saturated with Gibbs oil for the final finish to prevent rusting if its mild steel.

Here is the aluminum intake; welded, hand filed and then metal finished. It passes through the inner fender, I never got around to making the tube underneath the inner fender with the filter unfortunately rough fit up of the flange that will mount to the inner fender the tube will be cut...

easy to get low spots with a roloc. damn straight I did