So, not beautiful by any means, but it'll look fine with wrinkle black on it anyway.
1.6 mm intercooler piping. The hardest part for me is getting the tack welds right. Most of these are awkward and I still struggle with keeping the torch close to 90* to the piece and moving around the pipe, but when I get going in areas I can actually lay down some pretty decent looking welds. Trying to concentrate on flowing everything into the metal nicely. I did a practice weld and 4 on my actual intercooler pipes and they all looked about like this, with some of the later ones getting a bit more consistent. I did have a couple tiny (think 1/8" hole) gaps that I had to fill and I'm starting to get the hang of doing the dabs to fill them nicely. Getting that fitment PERFECT helps me a lot with it. Oh and I was able to do the last 3 welds without dipping my tungsten in the weld which for me is a hell of an accomplishment, LOL. That takes some practice and I was spending a lot of time grinding tungstens, haha.
Anyway, I'm pretty happy with it for having about 45 minutes in total experience welding aluminum. Maybe in 20 years I can make some Speedfab level stuff.
I'm about 80% done with the passenger charge pipe, but then I have to "T" the driver side pipe into (it will run under the oil pan and merge in). That's going to suck to get fit up perfectly. And I mean really, really suck. Haha. I need to order 2-3 90* pipes to build the cold side of the charge pipes, since I murdered 2 of them trying to learn to TIG the tubing the other night (whoops). Next up after the charge pipes will be exhaust, then brake/fuel lines and finishing the bumper fitments/brackets.
Ah, yes, I think I need to tweak the front bumper location a bit, it sits a bit high vs. the valance now, but I've only looked with the car in the air, so it may be fine.
