Stainless Steel Exhaust

[Danny]

Hi all,

I want to replace my exhaust system with a stainless system... anybody know where I can get a stainless manifold from?

Danny

 

[Phaeton]

You'll have to ask these guys exactly what it is they are selling.

On a slightly different note, exhaust, note get it

Mine sounded almost as bad as yours when I got home

Alan...

 

[Danny]

Hi alan....

lol you see colin was right that exhaust was blowing a little

I had a look at that ebay and I assume it is this

http://www.minimania.com/part/C-AHT11/L ... ORE-185-OD

would that work on the buggy?

I think it is something like this I currently have on the buggy wbut with a modded end

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCB-CLASSIC-M ... 013wt_1013

Danny

 

[herman]

Danny,

Here's what your looking for nut then you need local shop to modify for buggy.

http://www.twinkam.co.uk/shop/artic...st-Manifold.html?shop_param=cid=16&aid=SC001&

Colin.

 

[Danny]

that may be an option......

Would prefer a 3 2 1 LCB though

 

[Danny]

Unless I do what max has done.....

I could buy a back box mount it to the buggy with the manifold fitted and then find a company to sort the bit in teh middle

Danny

 

[herman]

Danny,

The picture is of a 321 LCB its just very difficult to see the bottom bends of the 2 down pipes.
Its the same as Max's setup as you show in the pic above.

Colin

 

[Danny]

I have been recommended these

http://www.profusioncustoms.com/custom- ... -exhausts/

gonna see what they say

 

[Phaeton]

That is sheer porn, well done guys

Alan...

 

[Mini Mad Max]

Hi Danny,
My set up is a mini LCB completely untouched not chopped or changed in anyway. It then goes into a modified Y piece to bring it round at the right angle. That small exhaust flexi-pipe allows quite a lot of movement from the engine, thus isolating any harmful movement at the silencer avoiding what happened to poor Mr Bumble. The silencer is mounted on a couple of rubber bobbins too, but we went with a flexi-pipe too just to be on the safe side!

Thanks Alan!! Everything Steve and Rich touch seems to turn into fabricator's porn
Max

 

[Danny]

ok

I think I will buy the LCB and a back box and find someone to weld the middle up

Now I like the idea of the flexi and the lacquer

Danny

 

[Mini Mad Max]

Sounds like a plan! Only took steve a couple hours. He arrived around 9-10 and we were done by lunch, so labour shouldn't cost too much! I would definitely advise having a flexi after seeing bumble's exhaust. Particularly because when you weld stainless, the heat affected zone loses a load of chromium i think, which significantly weakens it, so movement and vibration leads to fatigue very quickly and then consequently it fractures. I think that was the science behind it anyways As for the lacquer, It smoked like a chimney when we ran it for the first time with the new exhaust in place, and as you can see it goes that bronze colour Not sure how long the lacquer will last though...
Max

 

[Danny]

Yep... what does concern me though is how far down the LCB hangs down.....

 

[Mini Mad Max]

I have a sump guard on so the bottom of the LCB is not that vulnerable. You could always chop and reweld the bends up a bit further up.
Sorry if any of that is splet wrong, I can't see as i have just had some wierd eye frops from the opticians
MAx

 

[Danny]

When you can see again can you take some more photos of the exhaust wanna get mine sorted this week

 

[Mini Mad Max]

I can see again, been wearing sun glasses in doors though Going to do a build update in a moment, so just uploading the pictures onto photobucket now. I'll post you a couple exhaust related snaps here
Max

 

[Mini Mad Max]

Here you are:

Hope that gives you a better view of the whole system.
Max

 

[Danny]

That is perfect cheers max

Danny

 

[Steves2580]

Everything Steve and Rich touch seems to turn into fabricator's porn
Max

I always wanted to be in that industry (not fabricating), I'd be the bloody lighting engineer ha ha

Steve.

 

[Steves2580]

Great pictures Max!
You've made it look like a proper fabricator has built that exhaust system!!

Steve