JC Whitney has flexible stainless exhaust tube in sizes up to 3 inches or
so. it is good quality stainless, but not very heavy gauge.
Greg Solow
----- Original Message -----
From: <WEmery7451@aol.com>
To: <LOddTR@aol.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: 2.5 OD Exhaust Pipe Supplier
> In a message dated 3/26/03 3:09:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,
LOddTR@aol.com
> writes:
>
> << I am in search of a supplier that can produce a 2.5 OD pipe from the
> header
> back on my TR250. One of the curses of living in a smallish town is that
the
> only guys with mandrels won't bother to try to copy the bends on my stock
> system.
> >>
> I ran for years with 2" pipe, which runs through the center of the X frame
> where the original exhaust was routed. The part from the manifold to the
> frame is made from spiral pipe, which can be formed to some extent with
your
> hands. To accommodate the engine twisting on the mounts, a slip fit is
made
> with the manifold. I finally found some 2 inch flex pipe at Surplus City
in
> Williamsport, PA. A flex joint can now be brazed in, which Kas mentions
in
> his Black Book. With a flex joint, a solid connection could then be made
to
> the manifold.
>
> I would like to upgrade to 2 1/2 inch pipe, but cannot fine any 2 1/2 inch
> flex pipe. Would anybody know where 2 1/2 inch flexible exhaust pipe can
be
> found?
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