Glutton for Punishment
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Glutton for Punishment
Well I ordered a box full of exhaust bends and straights and now doing a lot of creeper work under my truck thinking about how I might build my exhaust system. Yeah...I know! It would be a lot easier to take the truck to a muffler shop. What would be the fun in that?
Back to ordering the exhaust........Speedway Motors.......about a 140 bucks and some shipping and UPS drops a couple of heavy boxes at my doorstep. Inside a bunch of 45, 90, and 180 degree mandrel bent exhaust pipe along with several straight sections. Now I've got pipe laying all over the place. I think they're multiplying.
Anyway over the next few days or maybe weeks, hopefully not months I'll be putting together multiple pieces of pipe to make what will hopefully be something that resembles an exhaust system. Pics to follow if interested.
Back to ordering the exhaust........Speedway Motors.......about a 140 bucks and some shipping and UPS drops a couple of heavy boxes at my doorstep. Inside a bunch of 45, 90, and 180 degree mandrel bent exhaust pipe along with several straight sections. Now I've got pipe laying all over the place. I think they're multiplying.
Anyway over the next few days or maybe weeks, hopefully not months I'll be putting together multiple pieces of pipe to make what will hopefully be something that resembles an exhaust system. Pics to follow if interested.
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I am looking forward to seeing your progress as I am going to try mine too. I picked up some bends at a swap meet and already have mufflers.
How are you coming off the manifolds (or do you have headers)? Stopped by the only exhaust shop in town today to see if they could make some pieces to come off the manifolds, but they were closed so that will wait until next week.
Take lots of pics for us.
How are you coming off the manifolds (or do you have headers)? Stopped by the only exhaust shop in town today to see if they could make some pieces to come off the manifolds, but they were closed so that will wait until next week.
Take lots of pics for us.
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If only I had built my garage with taller ceilings 30 years ago I could have a lift like some of the lucky guys here at FTE. Oh well......... you younger guys better be planning ahead.
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Since I'm exiting through the running boards this kit is waaaay more pipe than I'm gonna need.
Cost is a factor to me also. I'm using a set of flowmasters that were taken off another vehicle that were hardly used. Any money I can save on one part gives more to spend on other things that I need.
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Well, I got a bunch done over the last two days. I got a little bogged down on the X-pipe or H pipe deal. I finally decided to set my exhaust up to go either direction if I don't like what I start out with. The X-pipe setup requires a lot more space under the truck than the H-pipe.
After I got the pipes headed in the right direction coming off the headers, things went fairly well. After spending a lot of time looking at different designs, I finally started cutting pipe.
The X-pipe added to the overall length making me have to use a 180 to turn the exhaust around and come back to the exit in the running board. After going under the truck about a hundred times taking measurements, marking and cutting pipe I've got the basic layout tacked together. Probably the hardest part of this is cutting the pipe at the correct angle in the curved sections.
I used a lot of masking tape during this layout. I taped the joints together under the truck and removed the pipe and on the bench I would cut out a section of the tape and do a spot weld and move to the other side and do the same.
I used 1/4" tape to mark the cut lines in the curved sections.
I had some other photos to post but for some reason they loaded in a different size and were too big. I don't know if others are having any trouble out of the new and "improved" Photobucket but I'm ready to give up. Now I can't even get a photo to upload to the site.
After I got the pipes headed in the right direction coming off the headers, things went fairly well. After spending a lot of time looking at different designs, I finally started cutting pipe.
The X-pipe added to the overall length making me have to use a 180 to turn the exhaust around and come back to the exit in the running board. After going under the truck about a hundred times taking measurements, marking and cutting pipe I've got the basic layout tacked together. Probably the hardest part of this is cutting the pipe at the correct angle in the curved sections.
I used a lot of masking tape during this layout. I taped the joints together under the truck and removed the pipe and on the bench I would cut out a section of the tape and do a spot weld and move to the other side and do the same.
I used 1/4" tape to mark the cut lines in the curved sections.
I had some other photos to post but for some reason they loaded in a different size and were too big. I don't know if others are having any trouble out of the new and "improved" Photobucket but I'm ready to give up. Now I can't even get a photo to upload to the site.
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Pretty sure I'll be here............probably laying on my back getting some creeper time in. You know I never thought about the effort to get up off a creeper, but now that I've gotten a little older, getting up and down is not nearly as easy as it used to be.
If only I had built my garage with taller ceilings 30 years ago I could have a lift like some of the lucky guys here at FTE. Oh well......... you younger guys better be planning ahead.
If only I had built my garage with taller ceilings 30 years ago I could have a lift like some of the lucky guys here at FTE. Oh well......... you younger guys better be planning ahead.
As another ol' guy who hates creeper time but gets more than I want anyway I found an easier way to get off the dang thing.
hit up the hardware store and buy two rubber bumpers with a stud mount. Then drill the very end of your creeper and install the bumpers. Now when you sit up to get off the creeper (and it flips up under you) the bumpers will keep the creeper from wanting to slide out from under you as you stand.
It doesn't make getting older easy, just less of a b****. ,,,hehehe
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As another ol' guy who hates creeper time but gets more than I want anyway I found an easier way to get off the dang thing.
hit up the hardware store and buy two rubber bumpers with a stud mount. Then drill the very end of your creeper and install the bumpers. Now when you sit up to get off the creeper (and it flips up under you) the bumpers will keep the creeper from wanting to slide out from under you as you stand.
It doesn't make getting older easy, just less of a b****. ,,,hehehe
hit up the hardware store and buy two rubber bumpers with a stud mount. Then drill the very end of your creeper and install the bumpers. Now when you sit up to get off the creeper (and it flips up under you) the bumpers will keep the creeper from wanting to slide out from under you as you stand.
It doesn't make getting older easy, just less of a b****. ,,,hehehe
I must admit.......it's been good exercise, but I can think of better ways.
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I learned the hard way once, make sure your out from under the truck completely before you go to sit up on your creeper.. I ended up taking a "nap" once when my forehead met frame...
But I do like the looks of the exhaust, I've gone through my fair share of masking tape when it comes to cutting tube
But I do like the looks of the exhaust, I've gone through my fair share of masking tape when it comes to cutting tube
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