I am a little bit peeved at waiting so long for people to get back to me about fabricating an exhaust system for my VortX R1... So I thought I'd use the skills of some of the guys at work with a TIG.

I found this build diary from KiMini fascinating! http://www.kimini.com/Diaries/2003Late/

Where is the best place to buy pre-bent stainless tubes? What sort of bends do you need?

Most importantly, what grade of stainless is best/easiest to weld?

Is this possible for a guy with some welding experience and a MIG? I am thinking of tacking the bends into place with a MIG then getting a friend to TIG it up for me...

Any input would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Chris.

Hi,

have a look

HERE

Ray

I bought 'Food grade' stainless from Gibbon Bros in Whitby. I used vaious sizes but I can only remember the price of the 2" tube for some reason. The 90 bends were £6each and the tube was £6/meter. The tube was fromstock but the bends needed to be ordered so there was a few quid extra for delivery to them and I picked it up from there and paid cash. I tacked it all with the MIG and finished it with TIG.

Gibbon Bros Engineering Ltd
5a, Enterprise Way, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4NH
Tel: 01947 602250

[Edited on 4/7/06 by owelly]

7 x 90 degree 1.5" bends
1 x 90 degree 2" bend
2m 1.5" tube
1m 2" tube

Tube total cost (ebay £105)
GSX1000r can (ebay £20)

hacksaw, used old manifold for header attachment brackets.

Took a couple of days, easy enough to do, made collectors by splitting the tube and flattening a bit of the 2" pipe for the infills.

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