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Old 08-25-10, 06:10 PM
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I designed some flanges and had a shop waterjet them from 3/8" stainless. I'll start building as soon as I get my tubing in.

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Looks nice. Whats your ETA on a final product.
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Couple weeks. Should be able to get 'em done by labor day.
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headers??? umm why not a turbo manifold?
good luck man!
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Originally Posted by TLDriver
headers??? umm why not a turbo manifold?
good luck man!

$$, but that's a possibility sometime in the future. I'd love to slap on a pair of ceramic CT-26's, but for now I'll settle for a better flowing NA exhaust.
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Nice, Have you worked out the design yet ? Primary lengths , collector length ? 4 into one or Tri - Y etc.

I looked into making my own , and realised I have no time or talent for such a Job, good luck with it.
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Well I've got a basic idea in mind. Going to be short. My goal is to do an equal length (about 15" primarys), 4-1 collector, keeping the stock O2 sensor location and keep the cats on the car so I can get CARB exempt certification. Then I'll also make test pipes to delete the cats.
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What was the "design" process like?
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