Plenums/Plenii

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Re: Plenums/Plenii

Postby DJ. » Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:07 pm

That is quite a project! Looking good so far :D

Make sure you don't run out of argon like I did, I was doing a small aluminium welding job and thought I'd finally got it as one side looked great, then the other side was an utter disaster! I assumed it was me, but it turned out my regulator had sprung a leak and had wasted the rest of my argon supply :roll:

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Re: Plenums/Plenii

Postby ChrisL » Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:33 am

Turns out it’s not gas but the sexy CK torch and hose, after months of trying to work out what was wrong I put my old, heavy, torch and hose back in and I’m welding like a pro (well pro-ish). Next is mounts for the fuel rail and an extension for the throttle as there just isn’t enough room where I’d like it:

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Re: Plenums/Plenii

Postby ChrisL » Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:18 pm

Fuel rail and vacuum take offs done
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Re: Plenums/Plenii

Postby ChrisL » Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:44 pm

About 3 welds away from being done:
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Re: Plenums/Plenii

Postby DJ. » Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:27 pm

Wow, that's a lot of work, well done.

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Re: Plenums/Plenii

Postby ChrisL » Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:35 pm

Right then so that’s a plenum built. Car starts but I might have an air leak as it revs straight away, could be fuelling, will have to check the logs. Also below is the socket I had to make as there isn’t quite enough room to get a normal socket or spanner on, but it all fits so much better than then old one and the inlet route is spot on, I think I achieved almost all of my goals. On the whole pleased but I won’t be taking orders (not that I think there’s a market for my unique style of welding).

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