I think a 4 into 4 would loop look the part.
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The Norda
- Thread starter Ratranger
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I may have said this earlier, but I think 4-4 with dual over/under shotgun pipes with baffles would look tits. I've never liked megaphones.
Gotta be the twin pipes.
So I ran into a problem, the stock exhaust stubs were very rusted into the stock pipes. My solution, new stubs made from 304 stainless. Here's the first one.
Stubs are finished, now I can start planning out the exhaust.
Where did you find the allen head metric set screws? What size are they? Nice touch!
They're from an exhaust stud kit supposedly for a ford engine. M8x1.25 50mm long. I bought the kit because it was cheap. Not sure how good the quality really is. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09W2L5MTS?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_titleWhere did you find the allen head metric set screws? What size are they? Nice touch!
Thanks for sharing. Those are cheap and look like they might have some other uses too.
So one problem with frame swaps ends up being the exhaust. The #3 cylinder was pointing right at a frame rail. I had to take .35" off the length of the stub, and do some pie cuts to get the tube where I can install it. Now that that is figured out I can add the 90 to get things pointing the right way.
The real start of the first header tube. I'm going to run it back to where the muffler will mount, then bring in the #2 tube a little lower and closer to the frame. Also my tig welds are improving quite a bit.
Muffler #1 basically in place.
Kind of a pain to sneak past the lower engine mount, frame and outer exhaust. But it's getting close.
What're the ID's of the exhaust stubs and what's the ID of the collector exit?
I'm asking because I would think that the cross sectional areas of the 2 collector's inlets should be the same as the 1 outlet.
But I will digress that I've never taken any sort of fluid dynamics class or anything.
I've been working on a design for a 2-1 collector for the XS that uses (2) 1⅜ ID" inlets and a 2" ID outlet.
I'm asking because I would think that the cross sectional areas of the 2 collector's inlets should be the same as the 1 outlet.
But I will digress that I've never taken any sort of fluid dynamics class or anything.
I've been working on a design for a 2-1 collector for the XS that uses (2) 1⅜ ID" inlets and a 2" ID outlet.
On this bike it's a 4-4 system so no crossovers or merges. It's 1 3/8 od at the head stepping up to 1.5" od after the first bend. It'll stay that size all the way to the mufflers.
When I had the 2-1 on my XS the headers were 1.5 od, stepped up to 1.625 od, merged into 2" to the muffler.
When I had the 2-1 on my XS the headers were 1.5 od, stepped up to 1.625 od, merged into 2" to the muffler.
