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I had the opportunity to work on the CAC tube on my CSD T4 install. I did not like the angle at which the CAC tube entered the turbo outlet....and I have had trouble keeping the boot on. This was one of those "Why did I cut that?" But, I prevailed.
Before Initial install of the CSD pipe.
After After a little time with a cut-off wheel and a MIG.
Well then I would say you did pretty good. Hard to mig that thin stuff and make it pretty. Is that just mild steel?
It appears to be aluminized tubing...like exhaust tubing. I had to fill some 1/4" gaps on one side....worked fine. The little Hobart does a nice job at low amperage...better than my 250amp L-Tec...with .035 wire.
.....sez he who is about to weld an entire bumper together. I think your welding skills are just fine.
I have to get on that. I hung the fenders last night, so I can now get to the header panel, headlights, grille. The windshield gets installed tomorrow...might have to adjust the doors a bit...and put the interior in.
The list is long my friend.....shorter than it was, but still plenty to do.
It appears to be aluminized tubing...like exhaust tubing.
The stock CAC tubes are HEAVILY aluminized and there is really no way to make them look good when welding. Some trucks came with actual aluminum piping - I have a set of those things in the shed and another set on the '73 7.3 but obviously the aluminized steel is cheaper to manufacture so there are more of those floating around. The CAC pipes I made for the '95 were really fun. I joined that aluminized tubing to stainless steel sections of stock downpipe! That was a real treat.
Yours, being "like exhaust tubing" shouldn't have been too bad to cut and splice.
