First post - intercooler mount

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Hi all - I've been reading here for quite a while and learning quite a bit.  I guess it's about time I posted something.I'm not a professional welder like some of you guys, but I do get to do a fair bit at the shop sometimes.  Here's a pic of an intercooler mount that I fabricated the other day.  The Z-shaped strut mount is my bit.   This is on a supercharged Porsche 993 our shop built for a customer. I turned some spools on my lathe, some of them threaded and the others clearance drilled.  Welded the threaded ones to the intercooler, milled flats and drilled for mount bolts and drilled/threaded the end of the piece mounted to the a/c compressor, then connected the spools with 1/2" alum rod.All done in a hurry of course - "it's gotta leave tonight..."Michael Attached Images
Reply:Nice job Michael. Welcome to Welding Web.Doesn't everything in the custom car world have to be done in a hurry?? - Paulhttp://all-a-cart.comWelding Cart Kits and accessories
Reply:Good stuff my man.. And yes they always want everything yesterday..Enjoy the site!...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Originally Posted by zapsterAnd yes they always want everything yesterday..
Reply:Not new to fabrication!  Nice work! City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:Yup - everything's always gotta be done yesterday.  Thanks for the kudos on the work guys.We do both cars and motorcycles, everything from maintenance through engine building and fabrication, focusing on high end stuff as much as possible.  On this intercooler we only had time for me to do one side before it had to leave for a "Porsches on the Pier" event.  Alex the owner of the shop did the left side bracket in steel while I was doing this side in aluminum.  The car will be back soon for me to duplicate my work on the other side since it turned out so nice.     Of course now every one's going to want one of my custom brackets... This car's a longstanding project.  We're on about the fourth iteration since putting the supercharger on to begin with three or four years ago.  This new intercooler is huge and barely fits under the wing.  I propped it up in place with cardboard and tape, and fabb'ed the mount in place.  Cut, file, tack, bend, retack, bend etc.  I mostly finished welding it still attached to the intercooler but out of the car.I've had bike racers pick up race bikes with freshly built engines right off the dyno, still baking hot from break-in runs, head to the track, crash them in practice (Saturday), bring it back with the cylinders full of rocks saturday afternoon because I can't convince them to run air filters, and expect a running bike to race on Sunday.Sheesh - all that careful work gone in two minutes of happy throttle hand.Several times I've stayed late, gotten it apart and back together through some form of miracle that I didn't need anything I didn't have, rewelded broken subframes etc, and had them crash it again on Sunday, filling it back up with rocks.Some people's kids....Michael
Reply:Finally!!!!You get all the fun jobs... ...zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Welcome to the forum! I love a nice Porsche...used to own several. John -  fabricator extraordinaire, car nut!-  bleeding Miller blue! http://www.weldfabzone.com
Reply:Nice job! Even when a customer wants it yesterday, I guess you can't hack a PorcheFire!, Fire! Oh wait, that's my torch...Lincoln PT-225 TIGLincoln 175 MIG
Reply:Nice job man!looks great, too bad you posted til now..My Babies: HF Drill pressHF Pipe Bender3   4.5" Black and Decker angle grindersLincoln Electric PROMIG 175that´s it!