C1 Exhaust System ('60)

[Bob Malone #35242]

Re: Stainless Steel

I'm thinking that my whole problem with fit is in the final section that runs through the tunnel. I believe there is slightly too much bend inboard which is throwing it off. I can feel it rubbing the tunnel wall. Would you think there a way a muffler shop could safely "unbend" one of the bends by about 1/2"?

[Bob Malone #35242]

Re: Stainless Steel

I'm thinking that my whole problem with fit is in the final section that runs through the tunnel. I believe there is slightly too much bend inboard which is throwing it off. I can feel it rubbing the tunnel wall. Would you think there a way a muffler shop could safely "unbend" one of the bends by about 1/2"?

[John H.]

Re: Stainless Steel

Bob -

Any decent muffler shop has a hydraulic bender with lots of dies, and can do just about anything to a pipe; on other project cars/street rods I've built, I've used templates made from super-duty coathanger wire and taken straight pipe sections with the wire template to a local shop and had them bend the pipe to match the wire with excellent results. Cutting you can do at home - bending is another issue.

[John H.]

Re: Stainless Steel

Bob -

Any decent muffler shop has a hydraulic bender with lots of dies, and can do just about anything to a pipe; on other project cars/street rods I've built, I've used templates made from super-duty coathanger wire and taken straight pipe sections with the wire template to a local shop and had them bend the pipe to match the wire with excellent results. Cutting you can do at home - bending is another issue.

[Dave Suesz]

Works both ways...

If it's hotter inside the pipe than outside, the heat will radiate out of a black pipe better than a silver pipe. That's why Corvette heat insulation has the silver wrap on it, instead of black. Ever use a "space blanket"? paper thin, but very effective because of the foil layer.

[Dave Suesz]

Works both ways...

If it's hotter inside the pipe than outside, the heat will radiate out of a black pipe better than a silver pipe. That's why Corvette heat insulation has the silver wrap on it, instead of black. Ever use a "space blanket"? paper thin, but very effective because of the foil layer.

[Dale Pearman]

That's What I Said.

Works both ways. Black bodies absorb and emit heat more efficiently than silver bodies.

Dale.

[Dale Pearman]

That's What I Said.

Works both ways. Black bodies absorb and emit heat more efficiently than silver bodies.

Dale.

[Charn Rai]

Re: Works both ways...

Check out Tech Line Coatings,they have ceramic coating to retain or disperse heat,interesting product.

[Charn Rai]

Re: Works both ways...

Check out Tech Line Coatings,they have ceramic coating to retain or disperse heat,interesting product.