welding v-bands
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welding v-bands
Any trick to welding these on to avoid warpage and keep a good seal? Had my headers off for the hundredth time and figure I might as well get rid of the slip joints which are a PITA after the car has been sitting for a while.
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Frank
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I'm only a first grade welder, but my buddy is pretty good. What I've seen him do is opposing tacks like splitime suggested. Then he'll weld a 1-2" bead on one side, then to the same on the opposite side, repeat. If something really needed to be perfect I've seen him divide it into quarters.
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I mock it all up with the clamps clamped in place on the car and then tack weld in 2-3 places depending on access.
then I usually weld it in opposing 1-2 inch strips, flipping the pipe around in between welds.
are the vbands you have stepped for the pipes or just free sliding?
then I usually weld it in opposing 1-2 inch strips, flipping the pipe around in between welds.
are the vbands you have stepped for the pipes or just free sliding?
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I mock it all up with the clamps clamped in place on the car and then tack weld in 2-3 places depending on access.
then I usually weld it in opposing 1-2 inch strips, flipping the pipe around in between welds.
are the vbands you have stepped for the pipes or just free sliding?
then I usually weld it in opposing 1-2 inch strips, flipping the pipe around in between welds.
are the vbands you have stepped for the pipes or just free sliding?
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What size? I bought two sets of 2.5 for the header to mid-pipe connector. It then goes into a Y pipe where I'll have a 3 inch but I might use the 3 inch by the muffler and could do two more 2.5s prior to the Y. That would still make the mid pipes with Ys about 4 foot long.
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The problem with slipjoints is if the actual exhaust isn't stainless, they tend to bind and are a pita to unslip. That's why I'm going v-bands. Especially for the places you can't get a hammer to bang them off.
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If I could do it over, I'd go SS and be done with it. But alas, I'm working with what I got. My exhaust fab wasn't bad, but I don't want to replace it all with SS now, especially since the car doesn't see rain or winter.
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What size? I bought two sets of 2.5 for the header to mid-pipe connector. It then goes into a Y pipe where I'll have a 3 inch but I might use the 3 inch by the muffler and could do two more 2.5s prior to the Y. That would still make the mid pipes with Ys about 4 foot long.
edit: and I still have your come-along
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