That is a cool design I never even thought of using a tig as a spot welder before great idea definitely going to have to give it a shot!!! Me personally I would do it a bit differently I would run a stainless zip tie on each side of the turbo weld the foil to it then add insulation then another layer of foil and those stainless zip ties can be removed fairly easy then would have a removable cover might even be able to make a gap between the turbo and the insulation for air to pass thrue and channel it out under off the side of the car!!! Thank you very much for this video it's giving me a lot of ideas need to make a manifold sheald for my son's Corolla and thinking of doing it like this don't need this much but would be really fun to do!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I give up. Where can you find that spot-welding electrode for 'a couple of bucks' because I'm coming up empty. That thing look like SUCH a useful addition to the TIG toolbox
@@throttlebuddies0 is that what that is? The video was super out of focus when you were showing how you rigged that up. I'd love to see a better shot of that sometime, that's really interesting.
@@aMaff yeah was kinda out of focus but you can see it in a couple of clips when im welding it. basically as i explained in a video took an angle grinder to it and put an edge on it, done.
That is a cool design I never even thought of using a tig as a spot welder before great idea definitely going to have to give it a shot!!! Me personally I would do it a bit differently I would run a stainless zip tie on each side of the turbo weld the foil to it then add insulation then another layer of foil and those stainless zip ties can be removed fairly easy then would have a removable cover might even be able to make a gap between the turbo and the insulation for air to pass thrue and channel it out under off the side of the car!!! Thank you very much for this video it's giving me a lot of ideas need to make a manifold sheald for my son's Corolla and thinking of doing it like this don't need this much but would be really fun to do!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool video, very interesting stuff.
Turbo details always appreciated
In this case its a pulsar gtx 2860 Gen 2 with a .64 ar exhaust housing if you wanted to know lol
FYI you can buy cheap chinese spot welder for less than 50$ that's used for battery spot welding with nickel and it will work too
I have wrapped a catalytic converter and seems good but I don’t know how long it will hold.
Damn dude, just touching that fiber glass blanket with your hands like it ain't going to itch for a week.
nope not at all. its not fiberglass too
I wonder if MIG welder anti-spatter spray would help prevent the torch from sticking. Maybe worth a try if you already have some!
@@crispychicken7933 no because you are not actually welding like the welder is supposed to
You can also do this with a mig welder
true. in theory you would also be able to do it with a stick welder and a copper tip or rod i think
Ok, I give up. Where can you find that spot-welding electrode for 'a couple of bucks' because I'm coming up empty. That thing look like SUCH a useful addition to the TIG toolbox
i dont know i just used a standard tig electrode or what that copper part is called and shaped to an edge lol
@@throttlebuddies0 is that what that is? The video was super out of focus when you were showing how you rigged that up. I'd love to see a better shot of that sometime, that's really interesting.
@@aMaff yeah was kinda out of focus but you can see it in a couple of clips when im welding it. basically as i explained in a video took an angle grinder to it and put an edge on it, done.
@@throttlebuddies0 yup, it makes sense now. Thanks. So, are you running it without tungsten then?
@@aMaff yeah also no gas needed
Is that a tig or mig torch?
@@alexgutierrez1346 as said in the video its tig but should also work with a mig torch i guess
Was ist eigentlich mit dem a3 passiert?😅
der existiert nicht mehr konnte ich nicht nach griechenland mitnehmen, da zu alt
Be careful breathing the fibers from the ceramic blanket. It will cause silicosis in your lungs which really sucks.
…naja, nen Kupferrad hast du doch bestimmt im Portmonee…;-)
nimmste einfach nen 5 cent Stück. Das funktioniert.
Das bringt dir zwar bei ner downpipe was hier kommst du damit aber nirgends richtig hin
My car has aluminium heat shields on the manifold turbo and catalyst case they do a good job. No need to play with the design.
well yeah on a stock car or if done properly they can, but often arent optimal unfortunately
And if you can eliminate a lot of the heat less getting burnt working on it sometimes u have to when the engine is hot to figure things out!!!!!!!