The Turbo Glue Factory: Boosted Colt Build

[turbomonty]

Man, it goes from great to impossible in one weld to another

 

[turbomonty]

Fuck it, I'm sealing this up tomorrow

 

[turbomonty]

i can hold my own with a tig.
i wish i had another hand and camera to film the ridiculous activities the welder does.
my buddy had a welding shop for a couple decades and i would watch him use his ancient milled tig and it would have zero struggles and odd behavior.
i am leaning towards getting a everlast or prime weld

 

[4xFoorOffroad]

From all the reading of reviews and looking at product specs I did last year when considering buying new welder, the primeweld is the one I would recommend without personal experience that being said.

 

[turbomonty]

great because thats the one we slapped the credit card down for last night! it should be here wednesday

 

[turbomonty]

Oh boy she is putting up a fight again today
I am pulsing the shit out of the pedal and half the time it makes no change! Lol

 

[turbomonty]

My god this takes forever to get it to weld

so if you are wondering why i would just suck it all day instead of waiting till the new hotness arrives..... let me tell you quick story

a long time ago my buddy had his brother living in half his house. one day his brothers girlfriend goes storming out of the front door slamming it. he asked whats up. his brother said that he just dumped his girl. lol.... right after some morning sex. she was not thrilled

thats what i am doing, this is my last moments of welding aluminum with this machine

 

[turbomonty]

Fit is tight = easy welds
should take what? 60-90 seconds to weld....

 

[turbomonty]

I think the AC balance and what ever functions directly off the pedal are the problem.
sometimes it will make a puddle like peanut butter in that you can pulse it along just fine but cannot dap the rod at all

 

[turbomonty]

Yup, like I said in my pie chart. Biggest stress is running out of gas from a thousand failed HF starts

 

[turbomonty]

Doing some mig things as it still has gas
The stainless elbows weld very nice
Got about 2" clearance to the alternator connections

 

[turbomonty]

need to get a 2" bellow to dampen the motor to frame

 

[turbomonty]

I need gas!!!!!

 

[turbomonty]

Good news the

Explorer 2002-2005 hubs and rotors​

work perfect with the later 2008 calipers!
great clearance for a 15" wheel and 12.1" rotor combo
these calipers are a couple pounds lighter than the cursed 4 piston calipers too

 

[turbomonty]

man the neutral offset wheels are kind of bastards for the front geometry. i put the lower joint all the way to the rotor and up to the hub to barely get 13.5 KPI and 1" inward for the scrub on the 225x60r15 tire

 

[turbomonty]

Real time view

 

[turbomonty]

Ok I'm better with a rest for the torch than free hand

 

[turbomonty]

And of course the main flange warped huge like so I had to fixture it up on my 650$ baby horizontal mill