el diablo guapo
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made a simple exhaust header pipe from a scrap of emt conduit - Lowes despot kind of store
1/2" emt is a nice fit inside the cut off pipe that came with my engine kit - which incidentally i bought from http://www.enginesonlineshop.com/ - it was by far the least expensive i found at $139.00 (11-??-2013) and there was a black friday sale at $129 and as far as i can tell all the kits are identical-
i cut off the stock pipe with a sawzall - in my case i left about an inch- next time i will probablly leave more
i cut off the muffler leaving as much straight pipe as possible - not much it turns out
i bent my emt using a conduit bender - after my first bend i simply scooted the bender along the conduit without removing it from the bender and bent it again - next time i will also twist the conduit a little so it will clear the handle of the bender and give the pipe the clearance it needs when istalled
then i cut the straight end off the curved pipe i just made and inserted it into the loosely mounted pipe end, held the pipe in place along the frame, and marked the pipe and flange with a marker so i could line it up to weld it later
i welded around the pipe at a low setting - (i use a fan to blow away fumes when i weld glavanized- we can argue about that some where else- i certainly don't blame anyone for not wanting to breathe that noxious smoke) my flux core system is not affected as much by coatings as far as the weld goes
then i strapped the long pipe to the frame - i tuned up the bend by stepping in the pipe in various ways and even standing on the bend a pulling up on the pie for a more spiral effect to get the correct angle
welded on the muffler - will likely cut the pipe down after i burn myself a few times...
1/2" emt is a nice fit inside the cut off pipe that came with my engine kit - which incidentally i bought from http://www.enginesonlineshop.com/ - it was by far the least expensive i found at $139.00 (11-??-2013) and there was a black friday sale at $129 and as far as i can tell all the kits are identical-
i cut off the stock pipe with a sawzall - in my case i left about an inch- next time i will probablly leave more
i cut off the muffler leaving as much straight pipe as possible - not much it turns out
i bent my emt using a conduit bender - after my first bend i simply scooted the bender along the conduit without removing it from the bender and bent it again - next time i will also twist the conduit a little so it will clear the handle of the bender and give the pipe the clearance it needs when istalled
then i cut the straight end off the curved pipe i just made and inserted it into the loosely mounted pipe end, held the pipe in place along the frame, and marked the pipe and flange with a marker so i could line it up to weld it later
i welded around the pipe at a low setting - (i use a fan to blow away fumes when i weld glavanized- we can argue about that some where else- i certainly don't blame anyone for not wanting to breathe that noxious smoke) my flux core system is not affected as much by coatings as far as the weld goes
then i strapped the long pipe to the frame - i tuned up the bend by stepping in the pipe in various ways and even standing on the bend a pulling up on the pie for a more spiral effect to get the correct angle
welded on the muffler - will likely cut the pipe down after i burn myself a few times...