Re: Stainless Exhaust System

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2011/1/11 17:55:39

Incidentally I used to work in a muffler shop. I did not directly copy old pipes but they are handy to tell you where the original pipe went. It is not always easy to figure out, from under the car, which side of the shock absorber the pipe went around, etc.

There are different grades of pipe. Basically a thin cheap pipe and a thicker more durable pipe. Our shop always used the good stuff. The difference was only pennies and it was easier to bend without kinking, made a quieter exhaust, and lasted 2 or 3 times as long.

It is easy enough to tell the difference if you pick up a piece or look in the end. In the good stuff the metal is nearly 1/16" thick. The cheap stuff is paper thin and has hardly any weight to it.

Packard V8 I hope you painted those old pipes or dipped them in oil or there may not be much left when you go to get them.