Got the up pipe mostly welded together. Still need to finish it up and clean up the piece of sheetmetal I used up top. But I wasn't able to finish before calling it a day, so I attached the turbo to get some pics taken for inspiration to get back.
Note: It's not level because the up-pipe isn't bolted all the way to the exhaust manifold.
I still need to do some grinding, then wrap it in heat wrap before it's done. Do you guys recommend painting it with anything? I don't want the welds to rust under the heat wrap.
It was my first time welding since replacing the floorboards in my old 64 Nova when I was 16. It was tough mostly because I was using 3 different types of metal, 16 gauge mild, 16 gauge stainless, and 16 gauge mild that was from my old Eclipse Exhaust. It was tough not burning the weld through beyond repair.
Other than that, it's all really starting to come together.
