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Old 08-10-2005, 06:59 PM
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Question Pipe Bending

You know, It seems to me the hardest part of any turbo kit is the pipe bending aspect.
Namely, the downpipes and the intake plumbing.

I know nothing about pipe bending. I went to try to find books on it and it was interesting, a lot of plumbing stuff.

This dude, the cutlass kid seems to have done some really cool bending...his install looks very clean.

Slow4dr says they farmed out the down pipes for Banks black truck to this company http://www.burnsstainless.com/.

I need to make these things myself...I think.

Anybody got any advice for me on pipe bending or mandrel bending or anything?

My brother said, "you can rent anything these days, just rent a pipe bender?" I don't know about it.

What say you?

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Old 08-10-2005, 07:15 PM
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You can buy the mandrel bends and straight sections from Burns stainless as you noted, or Stainless Works as well as many others.

I doubt you'll find anyone that'll rent you a mandrel bender as they are really pricey.

Good luck!
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Old 08-10-2005, 08:46 PM
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you have the option of purchasing burns product's or you can do as i did, figure out how many bends you are going to need, 45's, 90's, 25's, etc...go to your local muffler shop and have them bend itl. Be sure to tell them you don't want any kink's in the bends....i did this with our local midas and they did a great job.......oh, my total cost was 80 bucks.....

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Old 08-10-2005, 08:57 PM
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I used assorted bends to make it happen. But I think I remember Al at Stainless Works saying that you can build it like that (from several cuts and pieces) and sent it to them. Then they can scan it in their cool machine and recreate pretty much anything out of one solid mandrel bent piece. Seems like quite an expense, but that would be cool.

You may want to call them and confirm, as it seems like a vague memory.
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Old 08-11-2005, 05:57 PM
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Your best bet is going to be purchasing misc bends from "burns" or "works".

99.99% of the local muffler shops DO NOT use mandrel benders. You probably won't be able to rent a mandrel bender either because they are very expensive and typically very large.

If you angle cut and reweld the pipe it will take an eternity to finish it.
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99.99% of the local muffler shops DO NOT use mandrel benders.
yup, sad but true.......the guy that bent my pipes was the owner of the local midas, he really did do a great job........at the time of the install, i just couldn't afford burn's prices......i see your guy's car's and i truly know that midas, might not be for you.....hehehee
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I just used some stainless straight sections and elbows....


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that looks awesome, great job
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