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Old 12-30-2012, 01:18 PM
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a few thoughts for you one of the trucks that I built was done completely in stainless and I will not do that again for the same reason as Greg has stated I tig welded the whole thing and stainless warps badly from the heat way way worse . I tacked the whole system and then starting welding 1 inch random welds at a time it pulled so bad in every direction I had to cut many of the welds apart ad do the over again to make things line up where they were to go though hangers and such. the crossover pipe cracked in no time and that bright shiny look lasted about a week the it turns gold colored. if you bring it to some one to redo it in tig it will pull all over the place and the guy you bring it to will hate you for have to try to make it look good if he has to grind down all the welds. the more it is welded the more brittle it will become. don't weld it solid just tack it with the wire then tig it with a purge to prevent sugaring.tri mix gas is what you should be using for the mig. don't mean to disappoint just trying to help.
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