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Old Dec 11, 2007, 08:22 AM
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AMS header hotness...back purging 101

We recently built a header for one of our customers here and in the process we thought we would highlight one of our welding process' here called back purging. In addition to the Argon being introduced during tig welding The process creates an almost oxygen free environment by flowing argon through the backside of the weld.

Why do this you ask? simple. By eliminating the oxygen you can control the heat in the weld itself and create an environment for producing the strongest possible welds.

our friend and your's Sharkbite (Steve) purchased a polished header from us and we couldn't think of a better candidate to highlight.

All the welding in the photos following was done by one of our veteran fabricators Chris Nielsen

pictures: Arthur Sojdehee

in the first pic you can see the barb fitting that will flow argon through the runner


All four lines are Tee'd to one silicone line flowing argon




Argon is also introduced into the collector



The process at work!





Chris laying a bead



It doesn't just look Great, its strong as hell


ART!


Still Glowing!




Two runners almost complete



I have always said AMS has some of the best fabricators I have ever seen. Chris proves me right once again



So there you have it. A little insight to how things are done here at AMS. I will toss up some pictures later of the finished product.

FYI we are going to be offering this Polishing option to our turbo kits here in the future. stay tuned

Eric

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Old Dec 11, 2007, 08:28 AM
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Awesome work, keep it up AMS!
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Looks almost like it was welded by a machine. Stack of nickels perfection
Old Dec 11, 2007, 08:31 AM
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very nice looking
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gourgous mani, and sick craftmenship!
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I love the way AMS parts come out, to bad Im broke and people keep damaging my cars body.
Old Dec 11, 2007, 08:33 AM
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very cool, I see the NOS power drink is the secret!
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you guys make things look easy,sure isnt,we made are custom headers for many application here in Puerto Rico but in the EVO we opt to buy one of your gt35r kit.very,very high quality.
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AMS this is a great way to show people the quality of your product. So many of us are shelling out big $$ for parts we deserve all the details. How it was built. Peformance tests. Etc.

IMHO the vendors that put out lots of data are the vendors which will do well at least amongst the visitors to this forum.
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Originally Posted by AutoMotoSports

our friend and your's Sharkbite (Steve) purchased a polished header from us and we couldn't think of a better candidate to highlight.

Eric
hahahahah dont make me laugh.
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Eric,

Absolutely beautiful looking manifold and love how you guys are so open with us! Now I really wish I thought about the polished manifold BEFORE I heat cycled it so many times. That thing is bad ***! I may have to get one one day anyway...
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WOW that looks really nice guys! I am liking the fixture to make the manifold aswell.
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so chris only works on nos?
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