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I'm just having more fun than should be legal and it probably isn't if I
look far enough into the County, State and Federal statues, but I am never-the-less. I have pretty much followed the Cafe numbers for header length and the 4-into-one collector. Keeping in mind friendship to my neighbors, I also included a muffler. I purchased the collector and muffler from Barnes Stainless and will be purchasing the header tubing, 321SS from the same source in all likelyhood. A/C Spruce has the tubing listed at $8.75/ft. I've made up some PVC headers complete with flanges glued on and am heating the PVC with a heat gun and bending them until I get the pipes where I want them. The plan then is to take the bent up PVC to a muffler shop that has a mandrel tube bender and have them bend up the expensive 321 SS tubing. I plan on welding in some of the 3-bolt ball fittings to both ease the stresses and make installation and removal easier. My plan is to install the stock exhaust, do a hover and check the MP and then quickly change exhaust systems and repeat. I'm hoping to see a MP improvement. I've had this plan in my "Round Toit" list every since I read the Cafe study. Dang I sure do like the experimental category. No bureacrats in the way. Stu |
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