Inquisition

Stainless is preferred for a few reasons.

1) Rust resistance
2) Bling bling
3) Durability
4) Low Thermalconductivity
5) SS EL's are cheaper than Mild Steel.

4thgenssuck

i mean 1/8" thickness mild steel... the materials are no problem,like i said i work and a steel factory so my metal is free...by the way, eville140 the manifold looks really good man

Toysrme

you mean schedule-10 for the majority of the diameter pipe/tubing we're using.
i like stainless, but make the flanges out of mild +E(R)309 unless you really know how to build something. That means fabbing it without bubeing warped, orunder stress and using retaining hardware that can tolerate the extra expansion of the stainless flange.
all of them oxidize faster at elivated temperatures in the presence of oils, salts, moisture and already present oxidation. and they're all present to the manifold in spades anyway. so it's really irrelevant to worry about it.


and acestainless weld-elds are pimp for strong, compact manifolds, while racing solutions 16-gauge is pipe for larger manifolds / pieces that don't require the tighter radious bends. (and slightly cheaper)

Smith-02

fencepost.



and, if you doubt it..

klyph

Where's the ripper vid?