Miatav8,MstrASE,A&P,F wrote:
Beautiful header!
GonzoRacer wrote:
Both pieces are very nice work. No wonder they call you "Welder Lee"... You're obviously good at it!
JDK
Thanks for the compliments. I was really happy with how it turned out. I was ok with how the welds came out considering I'm a desk Jockey now. I used to weld almost every day, but not so much anymore.
ChanoquinII wrote:
What type of material you used for your exhaust?
Mild Steel?
Why not stainless?
Or is it stainless and doesn´t show well on the pictures?
And last, if mild steel what are you planning to use for finish?
Thanks.
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The header is mild steel 16 gauge thick, and the rest of the exhaust is stainless steel. I used mild steel for two reasons but they are both related to cost. I am on a tight budget, and when I bought the mandrel bends I paid around $36 for all the bends and I still have a few left over. In stainless the same bends would have cost me $250. The second reason was that I have never made a header before and I didn't want to risk wasting expensive bends on rookie mistakes. I will probably just end up painting it with header paint and doing exhaust wrap, or I might have it ceramic coated if i can find someone local who does it. For how little these cars will actually be driven and never in the winter, it will be many years before the header rusts out on me. Maybe someday I will remake it in Stainless Steel but for now that extra money is better spend on the rest of the parts I need to finish the car.