Talon Motorsport
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 01:34 PM |
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exhaust manifold fabricators?
Is there any body on here that fabricates their own tubular manifolds or does it as a job? I've made a few very basic manifolds for my own use
to get around tight engine installs mostly from 'lobster back' cuts but they look a little rough. Having spent hours of faffing with
100's of sections I'm looking at buying in pre bent U's and cutting with a bandsaw, are the Tricktools plastic manifold kits any
good at reducing time or is the process just as long making it in tube from the start?
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scutter
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 01:53 PM |
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I used trial and error, bent sections of tube with extras ordered  I think I spent 200 pounds.
Kind of therapeutic. I think the Tricktools manifold is a good idea if your fabbing up a lot of different types
 
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And yes I did fill the little gap in the last pic.
The less I worked, the more i liked it.
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dave_424
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 02:03 PM |
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Made this for a hayabusa, stainless bends from eBay, TIG welded with a back purge and sanded all smooth. All of equal length to within an inch if I
recall correctly. Trial and error
[Edited on 21/12/15 by dave_424]
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benchmark51
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 03:17 PM |
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Most I know use Infinity near Tormarton(M4) They have someone to laser cut the manifold plates and they fab the pipework to your spec. All in
stainless and very nice work.
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Ugg10
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 04:03 PM |
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Have a look at pepper Performance, they do 4-1 and 4-2-1 wild yourself kits for most of the common engines for seven type vehicles. IIRC this is
owned/run by one of the Ashley clan.
http://www.pepperperformance.com/ - website is down at the moment
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/pepperperformanceecosse?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 - ebay shop for contact details
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mark chandler
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| posted on 21/12/15 at 04:56 PM |
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Made mine from eBay bends, back gas and tig welded, could have smoothed off and polished but could not be bothered. Plenty of people selling bends, I
would not gear up in hope they come across you.
I was able to get a 20% discount when I purchased 9 X 90 degree mandal bends.
If you need to make repeatable systems then make a jig from 25mm box and optimise your stock
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[Edited on 21/12/15 by mark chandler]
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ianhurley20
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| posted on 22/12/15 at 10:56 AM |
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Probably not what you want to hear, but this is Locost so.... I went to a local exhaust fitting place and raided their bin for all sorts of lengths
and bends of pipe. Cost nothing. Cut it up to fit when I got home using the original flange then welded up my own system. Didn't look too bad
but I wrapped it and cost = nothing except the wrap, ties and weld. I did get a weld in CAT from ebay and a stainless box via ebay (well known place
in walsall, name forgotten at the mo ) so real total cost was about £120
[Edited on 22/12/15 by ianhurley20]
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