William wrote:

There is an old saying that my boss told me ---
"If you don't think you'll like the answer, don't ask the question"

I was merrily working along on jigging up my manifold to the injector

holders, and was going to

take it to the welder tomorrow. But earlier today I asked Chrissi for

some photos of her metal

removal on the manifold, and she did an excellent job, removing almost

1-1/2 pounds of aluminum.

After seeing her results, I realize that I need to go back and grind

some more.

The jigging should still work, just will be easier to grind if I don't

have the welding done yet.

kevin lane wrote:

my welder clamped the cast portion of the manifold (I am using part of the
original) to a very heavy piece of steel beam and heated it with a torch
before welding, all to reduce warping.  your jig would definitely catch
fire, but perhaps you were going to simply reface it afterwards.  my 3 rotor
was welded with no noticeable warping.  your pipes do look beautiful.
kevin

 
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