Does anyone do this? Or know of a place that wont charge me an arm and a leg to have it done??

I'm in need of having my tubular header welded. I have a number of cracks around the primary tubes as they connect to the head to header mounting flange. I know its due to piss poor design (too long so it eats the occasional speed bump and crappy welds to begin with). I also know i got what i paid for....

Oh, and I dont mind paying more for a job that doesnt look like a$$. I could bubble gum the damn thing myself...lol.

Thanks,

Royce

 

Ok...I at least expected the usual TR, just buy a new header since the one you got sucks so bad. Oh well.

 

Me

Ranlet

Clanton welding on benjamin.

 

^ What he said.

 

Just JB weld it.

that'll by you some time til you buy a new one.

 

LOL...it would melt silly. Z28ricer i'll PM you and thank you.

 

really?

I didn't think a stock N/A engine would get anywhere near hot enough to melt JB weld... I know my manifold is stock and all, but I have JBweld on mine... I was a cheap ass and used it to plug up my emissions lines.

They do make exhaust patch stuff that is stupid high heat, that should work for ya...
forget what it is actually called, but it is at the part's store right next to the jbweld and gasket maker... that might be a cheap fix...

 

99% of exhaust shops will charge you 10-15 per ring weld. So rather than going and spending 10.00 on jb weld....Go spend 10.00 at the exhaust shop and have it done right the first time...
JB weld on exhaust is a perfect example of why sooooo many cars are hacked

 

Maybe since the JB wasnt right in the exit path of the exhaust thats why it survived?? I dont know...I guess if you need to get somewhere and cant stop to fix it right it could be a temporary fix. I figure it would just make it a mess for the guy to weld up. I'll just let it ride as is till that time.

95GTSProject: you hit it right on the head with what i need. The ring welds are letting go. There is no way i'm letting the shop that welded exhaust touch it again. They jacked it all up the 1st time and then charged me to undo the crap job. If I had the proper equipment I would have done it myself. I just know my limitations.

The header did hang low, below the fame rails low, and rather than correcting that issue the first time through they welded in the flex piece i asked for and dropped(!!!) the tubing down to meet the headers end. Only after i came back the follow day and said it was almost undrivable did they shorten the length of the header to pass even with the frame rails. I'm almost certain that the ring welds are letting go due to the frequent run ins with speed-bumps by the lower portion of the header pipe.

Funny though, I was beginning to feel neglected because my thread did say "turbo" on it, and noone wanted to give feed back about my issue. I do have to agree though...welding a turbo to a header is "sexier" than NA welding...lol

Thanks for the replies!!

 

LOL, Its a shame your not local to me. I have a buddy that would fix it up for ya!

Good luck with your fix! Your right tho, I wouldn't take it back to that shop! lol