Twin turbo piping

[TORQUE THIS]

If I wanted to fab up my own set of twins, where can I get the 90's , 45's, straight pieces of pipe???

 

[gitchesum]

Most industrial pipe supply companies carry the bends you'll need.

 

[98rammer]

going to twin your truck?Oo.



www.berubes.com they don't have straight pipe in stock, but definately have everything else. (supposedly they can get straight pipe)



www.airflo.com



Tom

 

[F8LDOSE]

www.donaldson.com They will have ANYTHING you need.

 

[Jim Fulmer]

If you can, get pipe that is not aluminum coated... . it welds better.



Jim

 

[HoleshotHolset]

I bought a few weld ells from an INDUSTRIAL plumbing supply store. If you ask for weld ells at a normal, smaller plumbing supply stores... they'll look at you like you have a lobster on your head. Home Depot is useless... . they didn't even have any 3" black iron pipe... .



A bench grinder/wire brush goes a LONG way to grind off the aluminized coating. If you try to TIG weld it without grinding it off - it will fly off and stick to your tungsten.



Matt

 

[TORQUE THIS]

Thanks guys, got my work cut out for me during the winter... or sooner :-laf



Got another question, in keeping w/ TDR thread tradition, I am going to change the subject



Will getting the ATS manifold chromed hold up to the heat or will it turn blue?

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Originally posted by HoleshotHolset

it will fly off and stick to your tungsten.



Matt

So don't Lick it sten

 

[Jim Fulmer]

A bench grinder/wire brush goes a LONG way to grind off the aluminized coating. If you try to TIG weld it without grinding it off - it will fly off and stick to your tungsten.



Matt your right there but even if you sand, grind or buff it off like I do it still gets impregnated in the metal and will never be a perfect surface to weld to, if you have seen my piping then you know I tig'd all of mine together.



Jim

 

[98rammer]

Originally posted by TORQUE THIS

Will getting the ATS manifold chromed hold up to the heat or will it turn blue?

it pobably would turn blue. i'd get the manifold high temp coated (like they do on snowmobiles).



Tom

 

[F8LDOSE]

for the hot pipe, have you guys been using standard exhaust tubing, or thick schedule piping?

 

[BreaksEverything]

Originally posted by TORQUE THIS

If I wanted to fab up my own set of twins, where can I get the 90's , 45's, straight pieces of pipe???

Conn. driveshaft in devon will have that stuff & in ss too



ask for chris

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Good info, Brian!!

Stainless would be sweet..... it TIGs up REAL nice.



Mark: I got some 304 stainless filler rod at home and a 1/4 full tank of Argon..... when do you want to do it up?



Some people have used regular exhaust pipe for the exhaust side of the twins setup. I feel that the only thing regular exhaust pipe should be used on is the secondary (larger turbo) turbine discharge.



I bought some schedule ?? weld ells - they work SWEET and weld up so nicely..... then again - that's what they're made for.



Matt

 

[TORQUE THIS]

MTY,

This is going to be a winter project for me... Do you have a link w/ a pic of these weld ells that you speak of?



I wanted to find light weight steel tubing to weld up, then get it chromed, or custom painted.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Mark:



The manufacturer of the weld ells I bought is "Weldbend".



For the clean air side of things - exhaust tubing is perfect... ... but I wouldn't use it on the exhaust side between the turbos... ... others have tried it with varying degrees of success/failure... .



On edit: Here's the link to Weldbend's website. Click here!



Matt

 

[turbo lcc]

would U-Bends work for twin piping. . well make the quest any easier - ( I think these are a little small but. . wondering if it might be a place to start)



http://www.burnsstainless.com/304tubing/Ubends304/ubends304.html

 

[DragsterRob]

Chassis Shop (www.chassisshop.com) sells Donut's in both mild steel and Stainless, can be cut up to form very tight bends, wall thickness is 16 ga. Hope this helps.