DIY Si
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 posted on 24/4/12 at 08:27 AM |
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How many bends for a V6 exhaust?
I'm getting towards the point where I need to start thinking about the exhaust manifolds for my V6 Sprite build. There's a chance I can
use the stock cast iron manifolds, but I'd rather make my own. And this probably means making them from mild steel as I don't have a TIG
set and don't want to buy a reel of SS wire and gas just for this. The main problem at the moment is that I have no real idea how many bends I
will need as one bank may need to be a bit fiddly to clear the steering column, and I don't want to buy loads only to not use them. Equally I
want to have enough to make them in one go.
So who cares to have a guess then?  And if anyone knows of a cheap place to get hold of 38mm mandrel bent pipe, that would be great too!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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flibble
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| posted on 24/4/12 at 08:33 AM |
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Last awkward pipe I made I used the flexi pipe off the hoover to simulate where the exhaust would run to get a rough idea of how many bends I'd
need, made it easier to visualize 
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DIY Si
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| posted on 24/4/12 at 08:45 AM |
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Mmmm, good idea that is. Now where can I get a third hoover pipe from....
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/4/12 at 09:15 AM |
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get some plastic waste pipe from B&Q and use that for a mockup
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clairetoo
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| posted on 24/4/12 at 09:23 AM |
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Simple answer is ............... loads of bends , but not as many as you would think !
check out my Mx5 V6 build thread for pictures of the ones I built .
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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