AHaidet's '93 1.8 swap with FM kit and MS3x
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I had just purchased a TIG welder (another garage toy) for a good deal over the winter. I have had only minimal experience TIG welding on the FSAE car in college. But have been practicing on scrap metal with a friend who is an excellent welder watching over my shoulder.
I wasn't confident I could tack weld the flanges to the pipe with the TIG while laying under the car so I used my MIG welder to run a few tacks to hold the pieces together.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140262-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150414_221712.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
I set the test pipe up on the work bench and began TIG welding the flanges to the pipe:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140263-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150414_230720.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
I feel pretty good about my first attempt to make a useful part with the TIG welder...
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140264-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150414_235242.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140265-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150415_001432.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140266-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150415_001020.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
Still could use a little practice to make it pretty but I think it will hold.
I wasn't confident I could tack weld the flanges to the pipe with the TIG while laying under the car so I used my MIG welder to run a few tacks to hold the pieces together.
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140262-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150414_221712.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
I set the test pipe up on the work bench and began TIG welding the flanges to the pipe:
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140263-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150414_230720.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
I feel pretty good about my first attempt to make a useful part with the TIG welder...
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140264-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150414_235242.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140265-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150415_001432.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/build-threads-57/140266-ahaidets-93-1-8-swap-fm-kit-ms3x-20150415_001020.jpg?dateline=1432326212)
Still could use a little practice to make it pretty but I think it will hold.
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