Guido

Not much to say, so I will let the pictures do the talking. Only thing to mention is Im getting some wiring and a breaker for the garage this evening so I can get my new TIG welder operational. I got a lease on the tank this weekend.

Onto the pics!

ATOMonkey

:hail:

Looks good. Show those silly import boys how it's done.:rockon:

BOTLFED

Nice work man, keep the pics coming...

Cheers,

fly89gta

iTrader: (1)

looks like you guys are getting some work done on the beast :rockon: :rockon:

Kingtal0n

darn guido, you are getting good at that sort of thing, how long until you can start selling kits to us third-geners?

heh. how long did that take you?

83 Crossfire TA

iTrader: (2)

Guido, those pics bring up a question that i've had about other similar buildups... after you tack it all together how do you plan on assembling/welding the primary's to the collector and get them to seal up well?

BOTLFED

Heh heh, I was thinking the EXACT same thing this morning.. Good question....

What is your secret Guido?

Cheers,

Guido

I only tack weld the colector to the primary tubes. When its time to start welding the primary tubes, I mark where the colector was on the primaries and then I grind those welds lose. Take each primary tube and weld it individually. Then, bolt them back to the head. Weld up the space in between all the tubes. Fill it with filler rod. Weld a seam around the outside of each tube. Then, add more rod to fill in the distance between the primary and the collector. Sorta hard to explain but it worked on my headers.

I started welding up these headers this weekend. I got all three primary tubs welded up of the passenger side. I think I got jipped out of a full tank of gas as it was down to nothign by the time I had the third tube finished up. DOH!

Anyway, once I get the tank refilled, I will psot some pictures of the first finished up headers.

83 Crossfire TA

iTrader: (2)

Let me paraphrase to make sure that I'm understanding... you take them back apart, weld the inside space between the tubes, slide the collector back on and weld the outsides to the collectors?

On that bottle, that's AFU, the 80 that I used for my mig has lasted me 3 years of fairly regular use (probably once a week or more, at times it could be quite a bit of welding)...

Guido

Yea your paraphrase is correct.

Monty

Burn's Stainless and SPD offer prefabbed, computer TIG welded collectors that make it alot easier to fab headers. They incorporate an internal diffuser cone and save alot of time, that's what I used. Just FYI, but you probably already know.

rooster433

awesome!

Where do you plan to run the exhaust pipe from the turbos back?

I wish someone would build a kit that used cheap turbos for the LT1's. Looks like it will never happen

Guido

I would love to have used those on mine monty and Im sure my buddy would have on his too. Unfortunately the price they want for those things is outrageous and niether of us wanted to spend what they want on them.