Zel's Motoring Adventures...Volvo, Renault, Rover, Trabant, Invacar & A Sinclair C5 - Updated 10/03

[SiC]

Surely there isn't anything that special about that exhaust pipe? No idea of the diameter but I'd imagine any exhaust place could cut and bend something similar to shape and then couple onto the existing.

[Zelandeth]

59 minutes ago, SiC said:

Surely there isn't anything that special about that exhaust pipe? No idea of the diameter but I'd imagine any exhaust place could cut and bend something similar to shape and then couple onto the existing.

It's a very simple system as far as I can tell.  Only special bits are the heat exchanger/expansion chamber assembly and maaaaaaaaybe the silencer - no idea if it's constructed any differently to the one on a "normal" system.

The front to rear pipe is split here - I'm assuming for ease of shipping.

I've struggled a bit before to find anywhere here locally that would touch exhaust stuff if they couldn't just buy new stuff themselves off the shelf unless we were talking building a whole new system in stainless for £££. That's exactly why both the Lada and Merc S123 left me with slightly blowing exhausts.

Biggest challenge I'd likely run into if getting a system made would be finding anywhere that stocks small enough tubing.  Standard system is 38mm, the normal upgrade is 45mm apparently.

[cort1977]

Jetex Exhausts Ltd – Products

Jetex sell exhaust parts and seem to have some 38mm.

[TrabbieRonnie]

Shame Trabantwelt aren't still doing their stainless systems...

Good work on it as usual Zel... funny you changing the bumpers over, I went the other way!  You'll definitely be able to sell your wavy ones on the forum I suspect!  Although I'd keep them in the garage myself, you never know!

Must get mine out for a run, could do with a two-stroke pick-me-up!

[Zelandeth]

6 hours ago, TrabbieRonnie said:

Shame Trabantwelt aren't still doing their stainless systems...

Good work on it as usual Zel... funny you changing the bumpers over, I went the other way!  You'll definitely be able to sell your wavy ones on the forum I suspect!  Although I'd keep them in the garage myself, you never know!

Must get mine out for a run, could do with a two-stroke pick-me-up!

There were many occasions in my life where I would have happily just stowed them away so that they could stay with the car if it were to move on in the future so any future owner could do as they choose.  However given how far beyond critical mass my garage already is, stowing more "stuff" in there just isn't practical.  I really need to get rid of things rather than hoard more.

8 hours ago, cort1977 said:

Jetex Exhausts Ltd – Products

Jetex sell exhaust parts and seem to have some 38mm.

Noted, I'll keep that in mind.  Hopefully it will just be the "mid" section running between the heat exchanger and the silencer that needs changing as that's pretty simple and hopefully wouldn't be a major headache to have made up.  There are several slight bends in it (the pipe dips down slightly under the front subframe, and angles up to meet the silencer where it's tucked up in front of the rear suspension) which would need to be reasonably precise for it to fit right so I'd probably look to get it made up rather than trying to cobble something together myself, inevitably making a hash of it and ending up having to pay someone to afterwards anyway!