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Posted: May 24th, 2006, 10:59 pm
by Bochek
ok so what would be the best material to make it outta, and not SS. something i can mig weld without a spool gun. ie. STEEL
Bochek
Posted: May 24th, 2006, 11:35 pm
by WingleBeast
somthing with high heat resistence, dont want your header cracking under heavy boost or nitrous shot.
Posted: May 25th, 2006, 1:03 am
by Boris
I believe mild steel would be good for headers...
But I was also wondering about chrome-moly... I know that 4130 chrome-moly steel is really good for welding. I was interested in using 4130 a few months ago when I was thinking of making a header... I am pretty sure it works well with heat too, but don't quote me on that.
You can always just go to a metal store and ask what kind of metal they'd recomend. Metal supermarket (i think that's the name) on speers road in oakville is pretty good. The guys there know a lot about metal. I also hear B&D steel in Burlington is good but I haven't been there yet.
Sucks that you can't use stainless...
Posted: May 25th, 2006, 12:00 pm
by WingleBeast
my buddy cracked a mild steel header on a 75hp shot of nitro