Making custom turbo crosspipe

[grandprixgtp_91]

Hi,
I am making a custom crosspipe for my turbo setup on my 3.4 TDC ,

what i did was take my spare crosspipe and cut the ends off of it to use for the flanges,

i also measured it up and found that the pipe is 2.25" inches wide OD and that the pipe is .060" thick .

now i know i cant use bends from the local auto parts store to make this up because the pipe is to thin, so i need thickwall pipe.

Question is, where do i buy it from?

ive been to every possible place that sells exhaust and whatnot, and nobody knows where to get it.

does anyone know of a place online that sells it?

also what is .060" in gauge, so if i need a gauge size i know what to order.

Thanks!

Jake

[ForcedFirebird]

IIRC .060" is 14ga. You can get it from Stan's Headers online, that's what I used on Loner's turbo kit in Dec '07 and haven't had any problems so far.

[grandprixgtp_91]

alright thanks!

you dont happen to know if 16 gauge will work ? i can easily get my hands on that i just found out.

thanks

Jake

[ForcedFirebird]

16ga is really thin, you can try it, but don't expect it to last near as long. 16 and 18 are thinner and made for N/A apps.

[loner666]

Yea. Mine was made with all 14g and so far so issues, even WITHOUT a crossover brace. But then again I do have a leak in the back somewhere but I havent checked to see where its coming from exactly

[ForcedFirebird]

Yea. Mine was made with all 14g and so far so issues, even WITHOUT a crossover brace. But then again I do have a leak in the back somewhere but I havent checked to see where its coming from exactly

That's new !?!? did you look at the header/xover flange again? I know last time either Bo forgot to tighten one of the bolts or it worked loose.

[loner666]

I have yet to check the head flanges since I installed the first replacement trans. lol so that could be it, or the fact that I made cheap gaskets for the crossoever flanges and the rear one torn/blew out. Its not a bad leak but I hear something back there.

[RedZMonte]

you can have a exhaust shop bend it up. they have piping in stock. Or buy premade mandrel bends. i would also do aluminized or stainless. mild steel will rust pretty fast.

Search for "Mandrel J" or "Mandrel U"

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchCmd?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&N=0&Ntt=mandrel+J&Ntk=all&Nty=1&D=mandrel+J&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallany&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallany&searchTerm=mandrel+J

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2009635/c-10101/Nty-1/p-2009635/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10101/tf-Browse/s-10101/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup?Ntt=mandrel+J

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