fabricating an uppipe

[James velez]

Does anyone have a good plan or idea on how to fabricate my own stainless uppipe for a hotair GN? i would also probably purchase one as well if anyone knows of a good retailer that has one. G-body, Kirban, Jays, TR, none of these places carry them anymore or lost their suppliers or dont retail anymore in the case of Jay, and they seem to be very hard to find. I have an idea how to fabricate one as it doesnt seem too complicated, my buddy is a master welder, was just seeing if anyone had already done one, maybe made it more efficient than stock, or just had good ideas in general that i may not think of. appreciate anyones input on the subject or advice. ThanxD

 

[charlief1]

I've got a 2.25" pipe that I won't be using but it's set up for an external waste gate. Gets rid of the flange and if you want to use the stock gate you'd just have to block it off.

 

[Mike E]

A while back I was going to make some hot air up pipes for a vendor. I still have some of the material left if you want it. It's 2", just like the factory stuff. The flanges are custom made with the same bolt pattern as hot air headers. You would just have to cut the U-bend in half, trim the ends to fit and weld it all up.

 

[novaderrik]

i was quoted $75 to have a steel one made at a local exhaust shop.

 

[Shamusvelez]

A while back I was going to make some hot air up pipes for a vendor. I still have some of the material left if you want it. It's 2", just like the factory stuff. The flanges are custom made with the same bolt pattern as hot air headers. You would just have to cut the U-bend in half, trim the ends to fit and weld it all up.

How much?

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[Shamusvelez]

I've got a 2.25" pipe that I won't be using but it's set up for an external waste gate. Gets rid of the flange and if you want to use the stock gate you'd just have to block it off.

Can you send a picture? Shamusvelez at yahoo.com

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[Shamusvelez]

Thanks for the input guys, I really appreciate it.

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[charlief1]

Can you send a picture? Shamusvelez at yahoo.com

I'll see about taking a pic and posting it on here for you. I have to make a new one for my C/T car and I'll be using 2.5" so it won't work for me since it's not big enough.

 

[dr_frankenstein]

A while back I was going to make some hot air up pipes for a vendor. I still have some of the material left if you want it. It's 2", just like the factory stuff. The flanges are custom made with the same bolt pattern as hot air headers. You would just have to cut the U-bend in half, trim the ends to fit and weld it all up.

how much for the pieces of leftover?

 

[charlief1]

Here's the pics of the pipe for you. The area where the wastegate was attached is threaded so all you'd meed to do is put a plate over it to block it or go external.