Fred W B
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posted on 10/5/05 at 05:37 AM |
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Exhausts for Rover V8 in CANAMSA
exhaust
Finally finished!
Manifolds are MIG welded up from sections cut from 90 deg mandrel bends in 38 mm bore x 1.6 mm mild steel (used 26 of them) and laser cut 10 mm head
flanges. Pipe welds metal finished flush. Each pipe is 850 mm long, (tolerance +/- 10 mm).
Length determined by using spreadsheet by Dave Ashurst on here
Collectors taper to 2.5", fabricated from 3" pipe.
Silencer cans are 500 mm long, made from 4" stainless thin wall tube, with 2.5" perforated tube inners.
Carbon steel parts sandblasted and painted with matt silver high heat paint.
[Edited on 10/5/05 by Fred W B]
[Edited on 11/5/05 by Fred W B]
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Fred W B
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posted on 10/5/05 at 05:42 AM |
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exhaust2
Fitted to Engine.
Silencers will fit under rear body, with about 50 mm sticking out at the rear.
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Fred W B
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posted on 10/5/05 at 05:46 AM |
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lola rear
This is the effect I am going for.
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Fred W B
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posted on 10/5/05 at 05:49 AM |
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engine front view
Front View.
You can also (just about) see that I have relocated the alternator to left lower front of the engine, and removed the water pump. I will run an
electric water pump.
So, now on to the next challenge.
Cheers
Fred WB
[Edited on 10/5/05 by Fred W B]
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swood
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posted on 10/5/05 at 11:57 AM |
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Exhausts
Wow, that is some job especialy as you have fabricated it.
Has inspired me to have another look at making the exhaust for my Pinto.
Thanks!
When you're up to your ass in alligators you tend to forget the initial objective was to drain the swamp !.
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niceperson709
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posted on 10/5/05 at 11:15 PM |
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Very spiffy but I bet at some time in the future you will wish it was stainless
Best wishes
Iain
Best wishes IAIN
life is not the rehearsal , it's the show so don't sit there thinking about it DO IT NOW
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silex
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posted on 11/5/05 at 06:57 AM |
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Is there anything going to support the back end when it in the car ?
Its just that there is a lot of overhang there and it would be a shame to see such a nice piece of engineering crack apart after a few hundred
miles.
Excellent job by the way.
Murphy's 2 laws
1. If it can go wrong it will
2. In case of emergency - refer to rule 1.
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Fred W B
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posted on 11/5/05 at 07:03 AM |
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Yes, there will be a support frame with rubber mounts for the cans
I didn't use stanless as I am not set up to weld stainless, and this is all still a bit of an experiment. If it cracks up, repairs are a lot
easier to hide under paint!
The stainless bends are also a lot more expensive.
Once I have the car running and all the bugs worked out, I plan to have the manifolds ceramic coated.
Thanks for the kind words all
Cheers
Fred WB
[Edited on 11/5/05 by Fred W B]
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Fred W B
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posted on 11/5/05 at 08:49 AM |
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Edit - added above
"Length determined by using spreadsheet by Dave Ashurst on here"
Cheers
Fred
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