A friend and I heated up my collector pipe that goes up to the t3 flange because it was so far off from the headers... I just noticed where he heated it up its like burnt it looks like a crap weld like it boiled the stainless. .. . . am I going to have to grind it and get it rewelded I really trust the guy and im just surprised by this.. Do you think it will be fine? Or is the tensile ruined and when the exhaust heats up its going to blow out?
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Turbo collector pipes..... Scarred?
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Re: Turbo collector pipes..... Scarred?
how hot did it get? EGTs alone are no joke.
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It was hot enough to bend. It obviously bubbled my dad says it will be fine I'm going to ask the guy- Man that blows. My instinct says it will be fine but not in the long run 
It was heated with propane
It was heated with propane
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Re: Turbo collector pipes..... Scarred?
take a pic and post it. It may be brittle now. Being the collector, it may be a bad thing. Make sure to buy the "hump hose" couplers to take stress off the mani.
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That's the reason why SS headers are NEVER used for endurance races. They just crack after a few hours of continuous hard driving. SS can be used for the cat back, but for the header, my personal choice is carbon steel.
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Re: Turbo collector pipes..... Scarred?
Lame thing is my crossmember is already cut- I should just get custom pipes made bleh now im screwed ill get a pic
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There has got to be a better set of pipes these fit like trash
Does anyone know of any or should I just cut this one up and get one made f--- it
Does anyone know of any or should I just cut this one up and get one made f--- it
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Re: Turbo collector pipes..... Scarred?
Don't worry it will be fine!
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Well whats the worst that can happen it cracks halfway down the track oh wellPure-Powder wrote:Don't worry it will be fine!
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Anything is possible with a decent welder and some know-how... As I'm sure you have realized, every KL turbo is custom. Almost everything you buy to install the kit has to be re-shaped, re-bent, or even re-cut to get proper fitment. No system is alike, unless you intentionally follow/mimic someone else's build.
Keep at it though, and who knows, you may do something that no one else has done yet!
Keep at it though, and who knows, you may do something that no one else has done yet!
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Beh, I've got ideas- Now for energy and the money to do itmazdags94 wrote:Anything is possible with a decent welder and some know-how... As I'm sure you have realized, every KL turbo is custom. Almost everything you buy to install the kit has to be re-shaped, re-bent, or even re-cut to get proper fitment. No system is alike, unless you intentionally follow/mimic someone else's build.
Keep at it though, and who knows, you may do something that no one else has done yet!