Maybe I should have bought one at Black Friday ahaha

 

Bless the poor soul who has to weld all those pie cuts together

 

They are life changing

Practice will make me better

 

What thickness and material? It might take you a couple weeks to weld it all together but you'll be able to pin point your first and last weld :p

 

.070 6063. I'm pumped to start! I have a few spare pieces cut to practice on and if it looks terrible I will just powder it lol. I'm gonna time myself on how much actual welding time it takes just for fun. When I move to stainless I will do one in stainless as well, stuff like this is more fun than doing 2"x6" coupons over and over and over.

 

I agree.... I took 2 welding classes at a local Votech. It was worth every penny but I spent virtually every minute welding those coupons.

I really got the most experience from doing a SS turbo hotside on my buddy's LT1 camaro. Heavy wall stainless is pretty forgiving.

You'll have a lot of fun with the intake, IDK how much time you have with alum but it is not nearly as forgiving IMO

 

I have about 20 hours on aluminum coupons and that is the entirety of my Tig experience so far so this might be a tad overreaching for a beginner project but IDC it's all for fun.

 

Cannot wait to see the bird **** on a stick welds on that intake.

 

Ouch! I'm by no means a good welder but I did this on day two and I was proud enough to take a pic. I don't think I will have any bird **** on a stick welds, the good thing about Tig is you can usually fix your mistakes pretty easily and even a bad weld looks better than a stick weld.

 

Looks great, you're going to do just fine. Burn it in an inch at a time. Moving with the bend of the tube is tricky but fun