Take it to an exhaust shop. have them bend and fit the piece out of
regular exhaust steel tube, then send it to HPC coatings and have them
thermal coat it (header coating). It will last for ever, look nice, be
heat resistant and should not cost too much.

Kevin

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 21:17:06 +0000, Kevin wrote:

Take it to an exhaust shop. have them bend and fit the piece out of regular
exhaust steel tube, then send it to HPC coatings and have them thermal coat it
(header coating). It will last for ever, look nice, be heat resistant and should
not cost too much.

Kevin

That's basically what I did last time, and it cost me about $1000 (SS pipe, of
course!) The exhaust is still fine 10 yrs later, but the new engine has a
different attachment (hose-clamp vs screw threads) and may need larger diameter.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36

Exhaust work should be much cheaper than that for a small part even in
stainless. If you can trailer it you may want to take it down to the
local muffler shop and see what kind of rates they quote you. I have a
lot of custom exhaust work done on various hot rod and 4x4 projects
and have never spent anywhere near that much.... As one of the other
posters said, you may be able to re-use your existing piece by just
having the proper ends welded on it if the dimensions are correct.
Even welding the correct ends onto the existing piece of tube
(assuming its dimensions are correct) shouldn't run more than about
$60.00 (an hour of shop time), and a good shop can expand or shrink
the tube down the correct diameter.


Kevin

On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 16:20:36 +0000, Kevin wrote:

Exhaust work should be much cheaper than that for a small part even in
stainless. If you can trailer it you may want to take it down to the local
muffler shop and see what kind of rates they quote you. I have a lot of custom
exhaust work done on various hot rod and 4x4 projects and have never spent
anywhere near that much.... As one of the other posters said, you may be able to
re-use your existing piece by just having the proper ends welded on it if the
dimensions are correct. Even welding the correct ends onto the existing piece of
tube (assuming its dimensions are correct) shouldn't run more than about $60.00
(an hour of shop time), and a good shop can expand or shrink the tube down the
correct diameter.


Yeah...the more I find out about the guys I used to do this (and many other
projects, usually costing about a Boat Buck each...) the less I like them. Just
had a Real Look at it - the pipe is about 2 ft long altogther, with 3 bends in
it and a "injection site" on the last bend to inject the cooling water. As you
say, any competent steel fabricator should be able to make this up for a few
hundred dollars, tops.

Lloyd Sumpter
"Far Cove" Catalina 36