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I was bored today at the shop, so I decided to make a new down pipe with a "v" band flange.

its a 3" vband flange with a 3.5" pipe

not the best welding, but it will work. lol ;)

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one more from the other side

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Looks great to me.

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gangsta.. you should grind the outside like you did on inside ;) I hate the whitey bends, but sometimes it the only option for a super tight radius.

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thats why I did it. I only have 3.5" between my clutch slave and my turbo flange. but im gona cut it and weld a v band on to the turbo housing so ill have an extra .5" to play with. ;)

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Your just mad you don't have a bend named after you. :-*

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clean bends should be called abaz bends

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I think those are called mandrel bends :-\

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haha I think you're right :P

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im with you guys on that one too. I guess Jeff has to come up with something else to be named after him. ;) lol

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ive seen this method that you guys call "whitey" bends, lol. it makes sense for super tight bends. but i was thinking what if you did a whitey bend with an already mandrel bent pipe. so each section is a curved peice rather then a straight one. how would that work out? anyone ever tried it? id think you could get even tighter bends that way and they'd be more smooth.

that piece you made looks good

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can i have it?jp

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Looks good man. i love 'whitey' bends

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you sure can, for $30 lol................> NOT...............ha ha ha..........

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whitey bends are the ----. i love em.

i was hoping to see pics of it installed because your car is sex :-[

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you would be doing the same thing 98ctr just did but with a manderl bend.

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thats the shortest downpipe i ever saw :P

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well shiet Fook im not done yet. but thats so I can clear the clutch slave cyl. :6

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looks good man, and you cant beat getting it done while at work.

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bringing this thread back from the dead, but I got updates. lol. :)

I cut the exhaust housing and welded a "v" band flange to it. Im so proud of this one, since is my first time welding cast, didn't know how was going to turn out.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...2_298_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...2_299_full.jpg

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Looks damm good.What all are you changing up for next season?

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welds look awsome :y

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that's for sure

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not much, just making it easyer to take off and put on. right now im still having problems with my fuel sys.

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=51637.0

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Looks good !

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Wow, great job on the welds! What fuel injector size are you upgrading to?

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im not changing the injectors. I allready have 1000cc injectors.