Is this a good H-pipe??
07-14-2010, 09:51 AM
#1
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07-14-2010, 10:14 AM
#2
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I am a huge fan of just taking the car into a muffler shop and letting them put something in, you couldn't pay me enough to fool with something like that at home or even in a shop where you don't have all the welding equipment or the experience of working that close to your floor boards with heat.
07-14-2010, 10:17 AM
#3
The Paranoid One
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Location: Texas
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I would get an H pipe that was already to put together and ready to be put on the car.
You don't have to buy the most expensive one.
But I would get one that has a nice reputation.
Try these websites:
http://www.brenspeed.com
http://www.americanmuscle.com
They have some good brands.
You don't have to buy the most expensive one.
But I would get one that has a nice reputation.
Try these websites:
http://www.brenspeed.com
http://www.americanmuscle.com
They have some good brands.
07-14-2010, 11:12 AM
#5
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I'd be more wary of a one-piece H than something you have to put together.
If you're adding an "H" where there was no connection between the two pipes before, it's apt to be best if you can tweak the H to make it fit the actual locations of the pipes. Exhaust pipes seem to have a way of moving around some.
Before I got some welding equipment, I never had much luck with the kind of clamps shown in the picture doing much besides giving universal-fit strap hangers something to grab on to.
There isn't a whole lot of risk involved when welding exhaust. You wouldn't be using much heat, else you'd be blowing holes in the pipes. Some joints you'd only have to tackweld while up near the floor just to hold their relative positioning, and finish up over on the table.
Maybe OP can weld . . .
Norm
If you're adding an "H" where there was no connection between the two pipes before, it's apt to be best if you can tweak the H to make it fit the actual locations of the pipes. Exhaust pipes seem to have a way of moving around some.
Before I got some welding equipment, I never had much luck with the kind of clamps shown in the picture doing much besides giving universal-fit strap hangers something to grab on to.
There isn't a whole lot of risk involved when welding exhaust. You wouldn't be using much heat, else you'd be blowing holes in the pipes. Some joints you'd only have to tackweld while up near the floor just to hold their relative positioning, and finish up over on the table.
Maybe OP can weld . . .
Norm
07-14-2010, 11:13 AM
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I am a huge fan of just taking the car into a muffler shop and letting them put something in, you couldn't pay me enough to fool with something like that at home or even in a shop where you don't have all the welding equipment or the experience of working that close to your floor boards with heat.
07-14-2010, 11:25 AM
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