AWD E36 BMW

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Here ya go Cav!

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/80mm-Exhaust-spring-Pipe-Muffler-Springs-Swivel-80mm-Motorcycle-AU-STOCK/162809536264?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Xoxo

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

First pipe is always the hardest on each side..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Well done mate .not much room around there!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Gary, big pipes aren’t helping but they’re needed as a few of the bends are tight, this way they should still flow ok.

I need to keep them as narrow as possible so if needs be I can drop the drivetrain complete.

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Nice work mate. Fun begins.

Are those traditional slip joins on the roll cage allowed in your type of racing? I know andra tech don’t accept that any more.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Yep they’re CAMS approved, thanks it’s one of my least favourite jobs but it needs to get done..

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Hating life and Headers atm..

Never again, I strung my Mig with .6mm wire as I don’t want 100% penetration, all well and good if you ignore the semi regular birds nests of wire and having to rethread…

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Anonymous wrote:

I strung my Mig with .6mm wire as I don’t want 100% penetration, all well and good if you ignore the semi-regular birds nests of wire and having to rethread… 

Had the exact same issue when I was working on the Kombi.  When I get back into it going to go up in wire size, I am over rethreading the bloody thing!!

Looking good though mate, just remember every weld is one more closer to the end!!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Gary, the .6 really needs a puller gun..

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Spent the morning getting over my Tig/Steel phobia..

New plan of attack is to use the Mig strung with .9mm wire for tacking any big welds and use the Tig for the thin stuff, went over all the welds on the 2 pipes I’d already done as practice.

Can’t understand why I couldn’t find a set of headers off the shelf to fit, these are so basic.. <sarc>

Got through the hard side under budget, will finish weld them tomorrow.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Hard/difficult pipe done, all downhill from here!

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

8 pipes, just need to pull the front 4 and finish weld them, make the spring eyes and they’re done, then I can get stuck into the exhaust, I may have bought too many bends….

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

nice job there Ian

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Frazer, one of my least favourite jobs but it’s almost done!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Super neat job mate, great work.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Gary!

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And they’re done..

Of course a couple of the pipes moved while I was welding so spent an hour is so cold setting them, glad that shit is finished and out of the way!

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Those have come up good.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Thanks Dude,

won’t win any beauty contests but given the amount of obstacles I’ve had to get around I’m pretty happy, being 1-7/8th they should flow fine!

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

Function beats form in my book

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