http://www.jcwhitney.com/productnoit...=14722&BQ=jcw2

What do you guys think about this stuff for exhaust piping? It will obviously be able to stand up to the heat, and it should be strong enough to hold without blowing apart. And if the right connectors and clamps are used, I wouldnt see why this wouldnt work, but I thought I should ask.


Edit: $43.98 for 10 feet of 2 1/2" diameter piping doesnt sounds too bad to be. Another $25 or so for couplers, connectors and clamps, and you should be good to go.


[Modified by VTEC-DA, 2:39 PM 2/6/2003]

 

It should work fine, but it doesn't look like its smooth on the inside. It might cause some flow restriction, but I have no idea how significant the restriction would be. Might not matter that much.

For about the same price you could get enough mandrel bent aluminized steel piping to do it. I think that would be better, even if weren't able to get it properly welded. You might be able to use some home depot sewer pipe couplings to join the pieces together, or just use some cut up radiator hose with hose clamps.

 

Yeah, but this would be so much easier to make work. I have a 92 GSR, and its much tighter than the newer ones, I have very little room to work, expecially in the front corners. Mandrel bent piping would be a bitch to do myself, and I really dont wanna pay to have a shop do it.

 

I'd just get some raw exhaust piping from Pepboyz or somethin'...

 

Couldn't you find a larger diameter. Try finding a larger diameter first before you decide. Paying a shop might be the best thing though. IMO.

 

I thought 2.5" piping would be plenty big enough for charge piping?

 

So did I. In some places, the Drag piping I have isnt even that big.

 

as air cools it expands, which explains why kits usually have 2" from turbo to ic, then from the ic they usually have 2" that steps up to 2.5" at the upper pipe

 

gas expands when it is heated, not cooled. Volume is directly proportional to Temperature.

 

maybe i'm wrong....i thought popular belief what that it expands as it cools, which is why a big exhaust is more important that a big downpipe...

if it contracts, anybody have any ideas why you would use larger diameter ic piping on the cold side rather than the hot side of the ic?

 

it may have something to do with pressure losses?

 

Heating up air makes the molecules move and bounce faster; hence, expansion (if the containter lets it)

 

on me, or, bonk on whoever told me that....now i know!

 

Yeah, heat makes things expand. Thats why is is a good idea to heat up the area around bolts that are stuck.