engine or bodywork??
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now that i have a cheap way of getting discs on my car and when i sell my moped i should have some extra cash do i turbo the car now or do the bodywork ( starting to get rusty)

turbo now bodywork now buy a mig welder and learn how to use it, then do both

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voted 3 because thats what i did :) the mig is a totally invaluable tool as a mini owner, besides when u come to turbo ur guna need a bulkhead box welded in anyway.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

definately get a mig......

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

how didi you learn how to use the mig evolution?
did you just practice on scraps of metal??

basically i front ended my little brothers mini, couldnt afford to buy him a new one and couldnt afford to ge tit fixed, so bought a mig.. Just read a few tutorials on teh net and practiced :)

Good bit of advice tho, practice on good rust free un-painted sheet steel as its easy as fook to weld. then move onto rusty stuff. .. wel by rusty i meen old (cleaned up) car bodywork.

Edited by evolotion on 2nd May, 2004.

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

o.k i'll give it a try, i have a book about bodywork repair with a section on mig welding so i'll buy some sheet metal and start doing it

Also, can i just ask, if you find any tutorials will you post htem? Ive only found some rubbish from school collage projects on google, no valuble tips etc.

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

MIG MIG



Cleanleness is the key
make sure there is absolutley nothing on the the work Paint, Grease , OIL are your worst enemy
Use a angle grinder with a wire brush and make that metal shine !!!!!!
Use CO2 and Argon mix .... I find this works vWell as there are less impurities in the gas
Then its all down to output power and wire speed
Now that come with practise !!! Right guys !!!

Steve

Edited by b12 on 3rd May, 2004.

TurboLessTosser

Im just doing the same thing, going to tidy up the patchwork quilt thats called my mini's floors! lol!

Just need to order the panels now, im going to be sandblasting locally to get everything very clean.

i think i will go the diy route with the welding,
for sure, i just can't afford to have it done at a garage on my tax evading stundent wages

b12 is right, cleanleness is most important, you cannot weld rust or oil, you can only weld metal.


Good luck