Matt TDi
New Member
Recently I designed (squiggled on a bit of paper) and fabricated my own straight through exhaust system with side exit for my 110. I was quite surprised that there wasn't any off the shelf kits for this, I thought there would be.
Creating the exhaust was quite simple, I was a welder by trade, and have the welding equipment, hydraulic dye pipe bender, and pipe flaring tool, so had all I needed. All I did was bought the pipe, cannibalised an exhaust flange off the old system, bought a couple of cheap ebay exhaust rubber mounts where the route deviated from the original, and cut a hole in the bodywork where I wanted it to come out. The result was one solid straight through system downpipe back, formed entirely from stainless steel.
I've had a few people comment on the setup and a couple enquire about me making them one. I'm wondering if there would be a market for this sort of thing on the 'bay. I can turn the exhaust into a kit quite easily by breaking the section down by using flanged sections, my only concern is the exit. Although templates akin to the ones you get with snorkels could be used relatively easily.
Opinions?
Creating the exhaust was quite simple, I was a welder by trade, and have the welding equipment, hydraulic dye pipe bender, and pipe flaring tool, so had all I needed. All I did was bought the pipe, cannibalised an exhaust flange off the old system, bought a couple of cheap ebay exhaust rubber mounts where the route deviated from the original, and cut a hole in the bodywork where I wanted it to come out. The result was one solid straight through system downpipe back, formed entirely from stainless steel.
I've had a few people comment on the setup and a couple enquire about me making them one. I'm wondering if there would be a market for this sort of thing on the 'bay. I can turn the exhaust into a kit quite easily by breaking the section down by using flanged sections, my only concern is the exit. Although templates akin to the ones you get with snorkels could be used relatively easily.
Opinions?