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I'm hoping to make an air intake to bolt onto the weber carb on my audi from stainless steel to house the LPG mixer. The pancake airflilter jobbie thats on now works great but id like something a bit prettier.
Ive sorted a few household utensils that are made of stainless steel that look to have the right shape and profile and with a bit of cutting, drilling and grinding they will hopefully be transformed into an air intake/plenum chamber. All these bits will require welding together though...
The various containers are made from pretty thin stainless steel. I know ill need to use stainless wire in my MIG but its a gassless one, is gassless stainless steel wire available? Does stainless steel need to be thick to be welded?
Any advice is really appreciated!
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purplevanman
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my guess is not with gasless, ideal is neat argon, I have used argo shield but it's not perfect.
better to find someone with a TIG
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Might be worth a try with the wire you have, pots and pans are pretty low grade stainless (magnets stick to them, its mostly iron) so have a go on a spare bit and see if it works. Thats what I'd do, anyway. I've never used gasless, but have welded ferric stainless with ordinary mig wire. Proper, amphotetic stainless steel, tig welder time  |
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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normal wire will weld stainless, but welds will rust  |
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Though you had a TIG?
Stainless wire and Argon gas if you're using a MIG.
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Nope, I don't have a TIG! Never even used one I'm afraid....
I guess I could use normal wire to weld it but id rather it didnt go rusty as id like to polish it up and brighten up the engine bay. Rusty welds would look naff!
Perhaps I should cut all the bits to shape and find someone locally who can weld it for me.
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most enginering companys would do it if you tacked it togeather for them, i would do it for ya mate but you live abit far away
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I doubt it would cost much to post!
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Hi,
If your really stuck send it to me and Ill have a go with me tig for ya!
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If I had two brains I,d still be a halfwit
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Where abouts are you? I may take you up on it.
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1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES. |
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Jun 10, 2008 10:13:12 GMT
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And I'm in Fareham,Hants
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If I had two brains I,d still be a halfwit
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