crazyman03 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 kinda messed with the exhaust last night. Tucked it up under the car a LOT more this time as well as i added a couple inches to keep it clear of the lower control arms.. as well as took 3 or so inches off it so the tip wasnt sticking so far out the tail. LOL, my initial weld for my "extension" was perfect.. the others.. well, i should've cut a bit straighter.. would've had less filling lol! -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.C.D. Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Wire feed ARC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyman03 Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 more or less - yea. a gas-less MIG. I never said I was any good at welding . Anyway, my first couple welds came out pretty great, mainly because the edges were flush and i had it out from under the car. The others... eeh.. I either didnt cut it straight enough and had to weld a patch in there or pooled the weld to close the hole. eventually, I'm going to do a solid 3" piece all the way out the back but until then.. thats what i have. I particularly like, now, that I cant see the muffler from under the bumper. It sits tucked about 5 inches higher or so and the tip sits about 4 inches back too. One of the biggest things i didnt like about the first time was that i could see it hanging there - never a fan. now i did notice that the tip sits crooked a hair.. but i can live with that.. -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyman03 Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Well, blast. I knew I should've welded the nifteh exhaust tip on there. I hit a pothole on I-25 (well, practically a small lake) and it flew off! hope I didn't hit anyone behind me....That was short-lived :-/ On a side note, I still had my old tip in the car so I put it back on there so it wasn't so loud in the car.. -Justin Edited June 22, 2013 by crazyman03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyman03 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 trying out a make-shift Cold-air box. got my City average MPG from about low 23's to 24-25's MPG :-) eventually, i plan on getting some tubing to bring cold air from the bumper.. but for now.. this works ;-) -Justin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyman03 Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 did a bit more tweaking.. maybe this'll work better? -Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.C.D. Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) more or less - yea. a gas-less MIG. I never said I was any good at welding . Anyway, my first couple welds came out pretty great, mainly because the edges were flush and i had it out from under the car. The others... eeh.. I either didnt cut it straight enough and had to weld a patch in there or pooled the weld to close the hole. eventually, I'm going to do a solid 3" piece all the way out the back but until then.. thats what i have. I particularly like, now, that I cant see the muffler from under the bumper. It sits tucked about 5 inches higher or so and the tip sits about 4 inches back too. One of the biggest things i didnt like about the first time was that i could see it hanging there - never a fan. now i did notice that the tip sits crooked a hair.. but i can live with that.. -Justin NO judgement here as I have the same thing. I never bought the gas for the MIG either so I only do arc. But, in the end if you get the penetration you have a weld, lol. The beauty of it is if you can't get a great weld you can add more and then grind. I'd say I am about 60% on good welds with the arc. Every now and then I get an almost perfect weld and just think how much better it could be with MIG. Edited July 29, 2013 by O.C.D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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