What type of metal is used for exhaust systems?

[CSoliz]

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.

[Cyclone]

You can buy the 10' sticks @ any muffler shop.
The cheaper stuff is 16ga cold rolled steel, the good stuff is aluminized steel, its 14ga.

[cdowns]

most pipe benders for electrical conduit dont do exhaust pipes // buy a cheap piece of exhaust tubing and see if it will work first b4 spending alot of time and effort on your project

[70rs/ss]

Actually the cheap stuff is mild steel, aluminized is better and "good stuff" is stainless steel. As opposed to bending it yourself and getting pinch bends, just buy a universal ready to install exhaust system from Summit, like $200 and they are all prebent, and preflared to install with a slip/weld or slip/clamp.


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Crud, here is a 2.25" for $150 with mufflers!!

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Step it up to $270 and you get the whole shooting match, headers, pipes, mufflers, clamps, etc, etc, etc!! Gotta LOVE SUMMIT!! (no I don't work there, I just love helping guys save $$$ and more importantly, FRUSTRATION!!

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[CSoliz]

Thanks all for the help.