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Aladinsaneuk
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any one else trying to work out the plumbing of a fut fut exhaust????
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Samray
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Funny you should mention that Alad ....................
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Kwackerz
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Great results with your zorsts,
Now a flow diagram, if you please.
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Kwackerz
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MartDude
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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My pipe - called, for a reason I've never discovered, the H-pipe, replaces the heavy collector box/catalytic converter, aka the breadbox.
The pipe, No. 10, is he front header; the 1st. of the three pipes at the rear connects to the rear header.
It's much lighter, with after-market cans it improves the gas flow, and adds 5 bhp. Allegedly. And sounds much, much nicer.
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Nooj
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Very shiny! How long did it take? And how come you didn't do the stand bracket/stop as well?
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Kwackerz
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I've been going t'other way with regards steel.
Currently cold bluing an aging GT mountainbike frame and quite pleased with the results. Not finished yet though, have to apply a few coats to get the required depth of blue/black.
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MartDude
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Nooj wrote: | | Very shiny! How long did it take? And how come you didn't do the stand bracket/stop as well? |
I'm hoping it'll last this year. I'll replace it with a stainless bracket over the winter. I've had enough of it for now.
The Optiglanz treatment only takes a few minutes. The hand buffing took, I think, around 2 hours (would have been quicker with mops & a satin paste, but I didn't have a mop at that stage), and about 1 1/2 hours with the rouge.
I'm probably giving the misleading impression I know what I'm talking about with this. Far from it - never done it before. My welder/fabricator friend Mark is a real anorak with metal-bashing, welding & finishing, & is a brilliant teacher. I could get quite into this stainless polishing thing - it's quite gratifying, in the same way that sanding a rough piece of hardwood to a silky, glass-smooth finish is.
I like shiny. I'd quite like to get the whole bike like this
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BikerGran
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| MartDude wrote: | | My pipe - called, for a reason I've never discovered, the H-pipe |
Reminds me of those ballon animals made by childrens' entertainers. Not far out I guess - boys' toys...............
....coat, hat, gone!
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mangocrazy
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Top work on the finish, Mart. A1+ job you've done there, matey. Very impressed.
But the Fut exhaust routing is about as simple and comprehensible as the workings of a woman's mind... |
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randomsquid
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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That's impressively shiny.
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MartDude
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| mangocrazy wrote: |
But the Fut exhaust routing is about as simple and comprehensible as the workings of a woman's mind... |
Simples.
1 connects to the front cylinder header, 2 to the rear header, 3 to the pipe to the LH can, and 4 to the pipe to the RH can
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