Exhaust clamps????

[Adam95GT]

Well my Accufabs will be here this week... do i want a slip fit style connector or a V band.... Discuss... and if you know of a place with good prices please let me know


My headers are 1 3/4 to a 3'' collector i have 3'' cats then i wanna step down to a 2.5'' mid pipe section and cat back.

So im thinking 3'' v band at the headers to cats. using a 3'' to 2.5 step down and welding it to the rest of my mid section.


Its either that or some 3'' dumps

 

[BlackVert]

trust me on this one bro

slip fit = exhaust leak

nuff said

 

[revhead347]

I'd have ball and socket joints welded on them. Ball and socket hardly ever leaks.

Kurt

 

[nmcgrawj]

Why not leave it 3" for the entire system?

 

[Adam95GT]

Why not leave it 3" for the entire system?

dont feel like getting a 3'' cat back im low on cash

 

[BlackVert]

my mechanic and i couldn't find 3" catback for a 94/95

 

[nmcgrawj]

dont feel like getting a 3'' cat back im low on cash

Makes perfect sense, cant blame ya there!

 

[nmcgrawj]

my mechanic and i couldn't find 3" catback for a 94/95

MAC makes one....

 

[chaos254]

or just get a custom 3" made by any good exhaust shop.

 

[Adam95GT]

id have no problem making one my self... however there is no need for a 3'' on a little 306.

 

[nmcgrawj]

id have no problem making one my self... however there is no need for a 3'' on a little 306.

momentary brain fart. Thought you had a 351 for some reason (thus the need for headers) but now that you say 306, the headers are due to the hi-port heads.



Now we're on the same page

 

[Adam95GT]

Ordered V bands.

 

[Pokageek]

Clamps equal leaks and low hanging /bouncing exhaust. I welded.

 

[BlackVert]

MAC makes one....

part number please, thanks

 

[Adam95GT]

V bands dont have much bulk. They get welded on and have a stepped ring:

They set me back like $70 after shipping...

I bought and recently sold some parts to make about a $250 profit after gas and what not... so i just took it outta my paypal.

But slip fits were like $20 each... then you needed the stupid U clamps that are like $5 each... so id be in $50 ish that way before shipping... the v bands i think are just all around easier to mess with... i guess we will see...


My headers ended up costing way too much... lets hope all this **** works out and gets me rolling soon...

 

[revhead347]

There's always one part of the mod that costs a lot. I've used V-bands before, and they didn't leak. Not my top choice though. I spent this evening putting M3 suspension and a Z3 steering rack in an E3 BMW with H&R lowering springs, and a Bilstein shocks. I'm convinced that BMW is not a car company, they are a tool company. They only sell cars to help with the business of selling specialty tools to work on them.

Kurt

 

[Adam95GT]

There's always one part of the mod that costs a lot. I've used V-bands before, and they didn't leak. Not my top choice though. I spent this evening putting M3 suspension and a Z3 steering rack in an E3 BMW with H&R lowering springs, and a Bilstein shocks. I'm convinced that BMW is not a car company, they are a tool company. They only sell cars to help with the business of selling specialty tools to work on them.

Kurt

Well i went with them because i know chris just welded on a set on the mufflers on his dads truck and they sealed so damn solid. George said to go slip fit but i have heard more then one person complain about them. I didn't want ball and sockets im just tired of looking at them


HAHAHA agreed everything is torque bolts... reverse torques weird easy to break ****.

 

[Adam95GT]

I know mac has made a 3'' for foxes for a long time:
MAC CAT-BACK EXHAUST KIT 3 HTS w/ss tips 1979-1993 - CJ Pony Parts, Inc.

Found one for 94/95 as well:
http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/fbshopmain2.asp?pid=CB5&hid=F16AJ1561&cat=F&trk=22


but at the point where you need a 3'' everyone usually just chucks on the dumps.

 

[BlackVert]

thanks for the link

i'm not interested in dumps.