cleoncleon
XS650 Addict
Ello, fellas...
Decided to try and tackle this one.
About 52 Cuts / Deburrs later, we have a finished exhaust.
Up high, 2 - 2...
Just finished it tonight.
Generally it took about 8 - 12 hours to complete at my level.
Just recently I purchased a little MIG-gy, so..
I've been hastily doing all the shit that a beginner shouldn't be doing.. hah
Check the full history on the Blogspot: WRONGCITIZEN.BLOGSPOT.COM
Materials cost me $3.76 total.
Needed (2) Two Foot lengths of straight Cold Rolled - 0.068 Tubing form the local metal supply..
Went there initially looking for bends.. Theyre just too damn hard to find in the right price. The best prices were online from Jegs, Columbia Steel, etc.. And even at that, too much. . As well as time costly, needeing to wait. Im very impacitence when it comes to waiting for parts.. So, I try to do as much as possible on my own.
$3.76 vs $82.00 ish.. I'll do it.
The Cuts acutally seemed easier to assemble, in my head, than mandrel bends.. Its very very easy to change the direction/ curvature of a given bend. Just rotate / flip the cuts as needed.
Each cut was about 11.25 - 15 degrees. Much of which... well, most. Was just mocked up and cut, by eye. You really dont need to be THAT accurate with em.. Alot less stressful.
Fun thing with em is you can really just try anything.. fiddle here and there, the cuts will grant you more skilled builders out there with a huge canvas for creative exhaust routing..
The High pipes I documented on my blog, but Im headway in a 2 into 1 system as of now, so, I'll put my process on here for that set. All built, including the collector.. Collector will be the easy part i think.. fitment will be a slight more challenge on this one.. Biggest challenge on the first set was keeping the end straight peices straight, but as you can see, a jack and leather glove solved all that mess...
Hopefully this all makes sense.. lol Im rushing out the door..
Brew is calling my name.. the Bar needs me, NOW.
Stay tuned..
Peep out the blog from time to time.
Ive been accutally keeping up with it, of late..
WRONGCITIZEN.BLOGSPOT.COM
Decided to try and tackle this one.
About 52 Cuts / Deburrs later, we have a finished exhaust.
Up high, 2 - 2...
Just finished it tonight.
Generally it took about 8 - 12 hours to complete at my level.
Just recently I purchased a little MIG-gy, so..
I've been hastily doing all the shit that a beginner shouldn't be doing.. hah
Check the full history on the Blogspot: WRONGCITIZEN.BLOGSPOT.COM
Materials cost me $3.76 total.
Needed (2) Two Foot lengths of straight Cold Rolled - 0.068 Tubing form the local metal supply..
Went there initially looking for bends.. Theyre just too damn hard to find in the right price. The best prices were online from Jegs, Columbia Steel, etc.. And even at that, too much. . As well as time costly, needeing to wait. Im very impacitence when it comes to waiting for parts.. So, I try to do as much as possible on my own.
$3.76 vs $82.00 ish.. I'll do it.
The Cuts acutally seemed easier to assemble, in my head, than mandrel bends.. Its very very easy to change the direction/ curvature of a given bend. Just rotate / flip the cuts as needed.
Each cut was about 11.25 - 15 degrees. Much of which... well, most. Was just mocked up and cut, by eye. You really dont need to be THAT accurate with em.. Alot less stressful.
Fun thing with em is you can really just try anything.. fiddle here and there, the cuts will grant you more skilled builders out there with a huge canvas for creative exhaust routing..
The High pipes I documented on my blog, but Im headway in a 2 into 1 system as of now, so, I'll put my process on here for that set. All built, including the collector.. Collector will be the easy part i think.. fitment will be a slight more challenge on this one.. Biggest challenge on the first set was keeping the end straight peices straight, but as you can see, a jack and leather glove solved all that mess...
Hopefully this all makes sense.. lol Im rushing out the door..
Brew is calling my name.. the Bar needs me, NOW.
Stay tuned..
Peep out the blog from time to time.
Ive been accutally keeping up with it, of late..
WRONGCITIZEN.BLOGSPOT.COM
