Hey guys. Ive always had airleak problems on my 80metra (smallport)'d e50. Even the smallports are fucking huge and i also heard that Chris Paz adds material on the smallports he builds. So im thinking about adding some material to get a better seal. So what can i use to add material other than a TIG welder or JB weld? what about that aluminum putty shit? or is that pretty much just like jb weld?
thanks doods.
yeah on the case. you need an aluminum welder. althrough ive honestly heard peeopl using jbweld with successful longterm results. but i dunno. aluminum welder for sure though. just add material to the transfer sides and then flatten it out.
you can use a mig welder with the right feed wire to weld AL. they also make wire for a mig to weld Stainless Steel
forgot to add you need the right gas too
Jon, you shouldn't be having that many air leak problems with the metra small port. try using a different, slightly thicker base gasket. I know that the gasket that came with my metra was ridiculously thin, that doesn't allow for any imperfections on the sealing surfaces and wont seal as well.
ok. maybe ill make some new gaskets then.
my mig is only 125 volt flux core, so i cant weld aluminum anyway.
E50 small port Metra builds do not need metal added to the cases. Only za's do on the one side.
oh really? there doesnt seem to be very much meat on the case though. i guess ill just make some more gaskets
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