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Thread: EPIC - welding turbo manifold fail

  1. 08-17-2010 10:23 PM #106
    Last edited by scrapper; 08-19-2010 at 03:25 PM.

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    12-02-2011 05:14 AM #107
    Blast from the past thread ressurection !!!!!!

    I just found this old thread in my profile.

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    12-03-2011 04:25 PM #108
    Feel bad for that Garrett Turbo it deserved so much better like the loving arms of a 1.8t owne....... Nevermind

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    12-03-2011 07:18 PM #109
    Quote Originally Posted by Holden McNeil View Post
    here is another "gem"

    atleast this one was 2 separate pieces.. a hideous manifold, and an ebay turbo! atleast this guy used $3 worth of flanges and bolts to build this one, rather than just weld the manifold STR8 to the turbo!

    looks like someone used the long-arc, or SPRAY ARC method to weld it tho..

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    04-24-2012 02:01 AM #110
    Quote Originally Posted by G60syncro View Post
    Reminds me of the retard that did the exhaust on my old CQ:

    At least I managed to do better!!



    Modified by G60syncro at 5:40 PM 4-25-2009



    simply installing the muffler box correctly would not have been retarded

    flames need to be rotated 180 degrees in the y direction....

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    05-23-2012 11:08 AM #111
    Got two for yall




    It was coated AFTER being welded like that....

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