Formula Vee Headers

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With all the "header" threads I thought I would post up a set of headers I did for my friends Formula Vee race car.I took his old headers along with a tubing kit from Jegs to custom build this set for his new 1600cc engine.  (Formula Vee typically run a 1200cc engine)  I also used some inserts sold by Jegs that help make the joints easier to weld with a MIG gun.I used my Miller DVI welder with CO2/Argon sheild gas.The head flange:The insert and a head flange:Fitting exhaust tubing with the insert:Fitting tubing to a head flange:Routing the tubingThe finished project:"G"Last edited by ConductorX; 01-31-2013 at 08:19 AM.ConductorX - The Volkswright Shophttp://volkswright.blogspot.com/http://bugwerks.blogspot.com/Miller DVI w/Spoolgun - Miller Plasma Cutter
Reply:Nifty little car thereThat's the first i have seen the inserts are they intended to just be an alignment item? What are they made of?
Reply:The inserts are steel. They help align the tubes and close the gap between the pipes. The main intention is to stop the MIG wire from going inside the pipe.  I welded some headers before without inserts and the MIG wire nearly blocked the pipe from the misses."G"ConductorX - The Volkswright Shophttp://volkswright.blogspot.com/http://bugwerks.blogspot.com/Miller DVI w/Spoolgun - Miller Plasma Cutter
Reply:Little better fit up, Get a TIG, no more blocky!  pretty good though and what is the engine in that Rig, I was thinking VW   Nevermind, read first "Volkswright"  Sorry!"Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum"Lincoln Idealarc 250 AC/DCMillermatic 251   Syncrowave 300   30A spoolgunLincoln MP210Hypertherm 45(2) LN 25(2) Lincoln Weldanpower 225 CV(4) SA200   1 short hood    SA250    SAM 400
Reply:Originally Posted by kolotLittle better fit up, Get a TIG, no more blocky!  pretty good though and what is the engine in that Rig, I was thinking VW   Nevermind, read first "Volkswright"  Sorry!
Reply:Nice job!Does that engine have a special ground camshaft so it can run backwards?Since the whole transaxle is turned around looks like it would have 4 reverse gears and 1 forward.Rex
Reply:Those inserts are for alignment. I've used them often when building pipe railing. I don't know what Jegs charges, but they are dirt cheap from railing suppliers like Julius Bloom and Co, J.G. Braun Co, R&B Wagner, etc.
Reply:Nice... I like Formula Vees.  Remember seeing one being run locally by a father+son team.  Looked like a blast!
Reply:Originally Posted by rexcormackNice job!Does that engine have a special ground camshaft so it can run backwards?Since the whole transaxle is turned around looks like it would have 4 reverse gears and 1 forward.Rex
Reply:Originally Posted by rexcormackNice job!Does that engine have a special ground camshaft so it can run backwards?Since the whole transaxle is turned around looks like it would have 4 reverse gears and 1 forward.Rex
Reply:Formula First project, or just fun to rip around in?  I hope he let you take it for a spin!I have the now-old-fashioned FV-1200Nice work!Jim
Reply:Thanks Jim,  I had two Autodynamics cars with the square tube chassis and a D-3 car.  Unfortunately that Formula First car was too small for me to fit.  I am too tall for it.  My head hit the roll bar without a helmet."G"ConductorX - The Volkswright Shophttp://volkswright.blogspot.com/http://bugwerks.blogspot.com/Miller DVI w/Spoolgun - Miller Plasma Cutter
Reply:Funny story many years ago I did work for a guy who bought VWs.  And I would fix what was wrong with them and he sold them (extra money for me).  He bought one with out a motor and trans and then got a motor and trans for somebody else.  I assembled and made repairs on it and got it ready to drive.  It had 1 forward and 4 reverse I knew just what had happened, the guy come over as he could not believe what I said.  Sometime you get a pig in a poke.