# Friend Just Finished Making Ecotec Header...

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/friend-just-finished-making-ecotec-header/248406
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [November 16, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/friend-just-finished-making-ecotec-header/248406 "2009-11-16T14:00:36Z")
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### Author: ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/friend-just-finished-making-ecotec-header/248406/14 "2009-11-17T16:00:44Z")

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> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/3533):
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> You were right. He forgot to turn on the gas when he was welding the primaries to the collector.
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> What would you use, as opposed to a stamped collector? From what I have heard, this collector is proven very reliable and efficient with the “star merge thing” (my technical description, lol).

Been there before on the closed tank valve before :lol

Nothing really wrong with stamped collectors, they are just general pieces without any parameters really taken into account. A fabricated collector with a tuned spigot length, convergence angles, and a tuned mega phone are where you’ll make the power.

again though, not bad for a budget header 🙂

KrazyKid…backpurging is just as it sounds, purging the nitrogen/o2 from the primaries and filling with shielding gas(argon, helium, xenon, etc). If you cannot back purge the part you can use a flux(I like Solar Flux type B)

Most stuff like this I just put into my welding chamber and fill with argon or helium(for titanium) as it ensures a complete purge.

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