So, the problem I've always had with my car is that I always bottom out on the exhaust system. Reason being that it's a 3.5" diameter pipe. I got tired of scraping all the time so I decided enough is enough. I've been practicing on my new welder for a few days now and my new oval exhaust piping just came in as well. Don't be dissin' on mah welds, I just got the machine 3 days ago

I'll get it mounted on the car and I'll be welding on the v-bands tomorrow.

Some progress pix



This is what you gotta do when you're too cheap to buy mandrel bent pipe
This oval piping is expensive as is already, the mandrel bends alone are priced way insane!






Side by side shot of how much difference in thickness there is between these two.


My new baby. She's a Miller Dynasty 200DX AC/DC TIG

 

my coworker did an oval exhaust on his camry powered by a 3sgte. Good stuff when you need the clearance. Nice job

 

Nice man, cant wait to see it when its done..

 

Awesome. I can't wait to see the progress.

 

Jeff, how's the flow going to be with the sharp bends? Do you feel that it's going to flow better or not? I guess that's what the cutout is for right..

 

very nice!!

 

Yeah, the cutout will be in a fun place

As for the flow, I honestly don't think it's going to be much of a restriction. The pipe is huge lol, and even if it did affect the flow a little bit, I can live with myself since I saved $175 by not buying the mandrel bends. It really is that expensive!

If I was better at welding, I would cut them pipe section into 4-5 pie cuts instead of just the 2 that I have. Doing that would basically angle the bend just like a mandrel bent pipe.

 

haha at first I thought it was gutter pipe

 

dude..u should patent something like this and sell the kits..people like me need exhaust clearance! i jus dont kno how u would explain the diameter of the pipe for people who want certain sizes and etc(like what is it equivalent to in terms of a normal round exhaust?)..interested to see how this goes..gl bro

 

when i was 17 i bought a welder from the auto body supply store to weld the exhaust leaks in my mustang. face shield...what face shield! needless to say 2 hours later i couldnt see a thing and was in the hospital lol

 

Thanks for blinding me without warning. Man you didnt get a pic of the tiki man on the old dp!

 

The oval pipe thing has been done for decades on domestics cars. Some of those low riders are low as crap. It's real beneficial to have oval pipes when your car is 1" off the ground

As far as oval vs round goes, it's all in the cross sectional area. if the cross sectional areas are the same, then theoretically, they should flow the same. Heck I'm waiting for someone to make a star-shaped pipe

 

Show me some penny-stack welds Jeff!

Glad to see you got a TIG welder... should be much stronger than the MIG welds. I had a chance to do a little welding with a MIG and TIG when my friend and I were fabricating some custom pipes for my turbo for my Mustang. Needless to say, my welds came out very blobby and ugly.

 

How are you planning on transitioning from the oval to round pipe?

 

Hey Jeff I'm on my way down to get a custom exhaust