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Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:16 am
by ROB III
BE THE BOLT! and the music in the end of the video is PERFECT and appropriate!
Thank you
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:31 am
by blueline
ROB III wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:16 am
BE THE BOLT! and the music in the end of the video is PERFECT and appropriate!
Thank you
Indeed! I'd lobby for widespread recognition for the entire understated, slightly cryptic soundtrack. Hah!
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:29 am
by Tom
Thanks gents. I often wonder if anyone 'gets' my humor in those clips.
I would be embarrassed to admit how long I poked around looking for just the right soundtrack bits. My knee was having a bad day, so it kept me plenty entertained while I stayed off it.
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:41 am
by blueline
Tom wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:29 am
Thanks gents. I often wonder if anyone 'gets' my humor in those clips.
I would be embarrassed to admit how long I poked around looking for just the right soundtrack bits. My knee was having a bad day, so it kept me plenty entertained while I stayed off it.
Regarding the time spent soundtrack searching, I was wondering the same thing when composing my reply to Rob. Then I started trying to imagine what sound sources you might be using, where you were going to find them, etc. The soundtrack is important!
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:23 pm
by Tom
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:36 pm
by ROB III
Oh the creativity of the genius mind at work!
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:03 pm
by Tom
ROB III wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:36 pm
Oh the creativity of the genius mind at work!
Ha! I felt like anything but the genius when I opened the oven door and had a D'oh moment. I finally figured out it would fit kitty-corner like that and came up with the stand in desperation. It actually worked out great though, since there are no little bare spots you sometimes get with the wire it normally hangs from.
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:46 pm
by Crazy Eddie
Tom wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:23 pm
Finally finished these pipes for a very (very) patient Carpokean. I'll never be an Instagram-worthy TIG welder, but the welds are functional and the overall look is pretty cool. That Eastwood Satin Black may be my new under-hood favorite. Just when I thought I was on the home stretch, I discovered the longer pipe didn't fit in my oven without some creative positioning. I came up with this powder-coating stand on the fly, which worked surprisingly well.
pipeinoven.jpg
pipesdone.jpg
Stand is the best part
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:50 pm
by blueline
ROB III wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:36 pm
Oh the creativity of the genius mind at work!
Indeed!
Re: Custom Intercooler Pipe
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:53 pm
by Tom
Crazy Eddie wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 6:46 pm
Stand is the best part
Collective wisdom is that TIG welding aluminum is much harder than steel. Since day one, however, I really only used that welder on aluminum, so that's all I know. When I needed to make a stand on the fly, the TIG welder was already all set up from doing the pipes, so I found that scrap steel and used the TIG to put it together. It was so foreign to me, I ended up welding the stand to the table and had to chisel it off.
