Bradenmccool97se
New CEG'er
thought I would share a couple pictures of my almost complete exhaust on my 97 se.
I bought nearly everything off amazon to make this system and used my schools tig welder to weld everything together. I was going for a more cost effective route so I bought a kit of 2.25 mild steel tubing that constituted of: 2 90 degree bends, 2 45’s, 2 180’s and 2 4 foot straights. Probably around 12 feet in total- $90. I started by taking the old exhaust system down and unbolted the flange from the y pipe. You can see in one of the pictures where I left the original tubing that was bent to weld on my starting point. I then custom made flanges out of some 1/4 thick scrap metal and welded my resonator to the back half of the flange. I used my 2 90’s to clear the gas tank and heat wrapped it just in case. Now here’s the part where I’m kinda worried, instead of going all the way up and around the rear suspension I just went under to cut down on time. ( I’m on a crunch I’m graduating soon) I know I probably shouldn’t have but I’m just gonna see what happens (I will supply a picture of what I’m talking about as well). After that I necked up to 2.5 stainless steel and made a couple pie cuts that were completely eyeballed (to clear the box under the trunk) and welded in my knock off Flowmaster 10 v baffle. Finally to get it out the back I made a couple more pie cuts to get it somewhat straight and welded on a random peice of 2.5 stainless that was bent to the perfect angle. I know this system is not perfect by any means but that is why I am not considering it done. I’m sure I’m gonna have to do much more modifying with time. I like how it sounds to, regardless of what all the other uneducated dweebs who don’t even know what a contour is. I also just want to say I am not a professional tig welder and I only took it up this year but I did weld this whole system myself… okay I did have some help from my friend for the stainles to mild steel part but everything else was ME. thanks to the schools recourses as well otherwise I couldn’t have done it. Anyway if you read all this sorry for any spelling errors and bad punctuation. NEVER GONNA LET CONTOURS DIE!!!!!!
I bought nearly everything off amazon to make this system and used my schools tig welder to weld everything together. I was going for a more cost effective route so I bought a kit of 2.25 mild steel tubing that constituted of: 2 90 degree bends, 2 45’s, 2 180’s and 2 4 foot straights. Probably around 12 feet in total- $90. I started by taking the old exhaust system down and unbolted the flange from the y pipe. You can see in one of the pictures where I left the original tubing that was bent to weld on my starting point. I then custom made flanges out of some 1/4 thick scrap metal and welded my resonator to the back half of the flange. I used my 2 90’s to clear the gas tank and heat wrapped it just in case. Now here’s the part where I’m kinda worried, instead of going all the way up and around the rear suspension I just went under to cut down on time. ( I’m on a crunch I’m graduating soon) I know I probably shouldn’t have but I’m just gonna see what happens (I will supply a picture of what I’m talking about as well). After that I necked up to 2.5 stainless steel and made a couple pie cuts that were completely eyeballed (to clear the box under the trunk) and welded in my knock off Flowmaster 10 v baffle. Finally to get it out the back I made a couple more pie cuts to get it somewhat straight and welded on a random peice of 2.5 stainless that was bent to the perfect angle. I know this system is not perfect by any means but that is why I am not considering it done. I’m sure I’m gonna have to do much more modifying with time. I like how it sounds to, regardless of what all the other uneducated dweebs who don’t even know what a contour is. I also just want to say I am not a professional tig welder and I only took it up this year but I did weld this whole system myself… okay I did have some help from my friend for the stainles to mild steel part but everything else was ME. thanks to the schools recourses as well otherwise I couldn’t have done it. Anyway if you read all this sorry for any spelling errors and bad punctuation. NEVER GONNA LET CONTOURS DIE!!!!!!
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