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CSoliz · 12-30-2008, 12:23 AM

I want to make my own exhaust system. I am an electrician by trade and we have a pipe bender on our job. I am going to take my electrical bender home and bend up my exhaust using 1/2" EMT and take it too work and match the bends in 2". I plan on using good ol' cherry bombs with 2" inlets and outlets. So I have a couple of questions.... What type of tubing should I buy for the exhaust? And, anybody have any ideas on flaring the end of the tubing so it fits over the muffler ends? Or is there I double ended female fitting I could use. Please excuse my uncertainty, mis-use of terms or lack of knowledge on material used in making exhaust systems. This will be my first go at it and I can use all the answers I can get.

Thanks.

Chris S.

12-30-2008, 12:23 AM	#1
CSoliz Torn between 66 and 78 Join Date: May 2008 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 253	What type of metal is used for exhaust systems? I want to make my own exhaust system. I am an electrician by trade and we have a pipe bender on our job. I am going to take my electrical bender home and bend up my exhaust using 1/2" EMT and take it too work and match the bends in 2". I plan on using good ol' cherry bombs with 2" inlets and outlets. So I have a couple of questions.... What type of tubing should I buy for the exhaust? And, anybody have any ideas on flaring the end of the tubing so it fits over the muffler ends? Or is there I double ended female fitting I could use. Please excuse my uncertainty, mis-use of terms or lack of knowledge on material used in making exhaust systems. This will be my first go at it and I can use all the answers I can get. Thanks. Chris S.