Learn the ideal pipe diameter to expel exhaust quickly in high-performance exhaust systems in this free auto-repair videos from our custom car restoration expert and professional mechanic.
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Tom Horvath and Jeff Shade demonstrate the art of resistance spot welding patch panels on a '56 Chevy Sedan Delivery. This is from the Classic Car Garage TV show episode 7 of the Chevy series. For more info, see the website www.ccgtvonline.com.
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ill tell you exactly how to decide what size pipe is right because ive been building exhaust systems for 15 years go as big as you can that to big kills power myth is just that a myth no engine needs or wants backpressure im lucky that my shop has a chassis dyno also and i did a experiment with my own car that has a stock olds 307 i baselined it and built 3 diffrent systems out of 3 diffrent size pipes guess wich one made tha most power on a stock motor the biggest i made wich is 3 inch duals
Hey doug, nice video, however your mandrel bender is destroying that pipe. You need to upgrade.
hi i'm doug!
So the mig welder is used as a spot welder?
RE: extremepartiesllc - OEM "recommends" - that's the key word. It does not mean it's the ONLY welder that will work. It's not the tool, but the skill of the user. The spot welder is made by ARC, an American company. I'll pass aolong your comments to them and post their reply to be fair. BTW - Tom has been at this for 25 years and restored Concours competition cars, but never been in the collision business.
that spot welder is junk!!!! i worked in a body shop for over 20 years.the glue is good as long as the panel is prepped right,the only welders OEM recommends are pro spot,hirane,elektron,car o liner,any time you have to keep hitting the same spot more than once it is a junk weld period.if i did this repair in the field and that customer gets hit and the weld fails,i am at fault.these are cheap hobbist welders,the others are expensive but do the welds right.
don't quote me on it but i think thats just a special head on a mig welder
I have a Danmig 220 volt its old as hell but works like a million bucks
That glue is the way to go.
Not only is that an adhesive; it is also a seam sealer which is very important on rocker panels. It keeps the water out and causing premature failure of those parts. I just did some rockers on a 1991 5.0 and that's the way it was done also. The particular one shown in the video also helps improve the tensile strength of the weld.
I always thought you were NOT allowed to glue structural components on vehicles????