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EXHAUST QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY AN EXHAUST TECH

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Re: EXHAUST QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY AN EXHAUST TECH

Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

80UTE wrote:
EXHAUSTFIX wrote:
80UTE wrote:
EXHAUSTFIX wrote:HI THERE
I AM NEW TO THIS FORUM AND I THOUGHT IF I COULD HELP ANYONE HERE WITH THERE EXHAUST QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS I WOULD ONLY BE TO HAPPY TO DO SO
MY NAME IS ROSS AND I HAVE BEEN AN EXHAUST TECH FOR OVER 30 YEARS
I LOVE TO SOLVE THE HARD PROBLEMS SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FIRE AWAY
THANKS :roll:
I made up tube headers for my B/Block 80 ute years ago out of mild steel tubing and had them HPC hi-temp coated. I have had bad problems with the pipes constantly cracking, im always rewelding and having to pull the pipes off to do it some times. Ive made headers before but being my own 4B had them coated for corrosion resistance mainly. Have heard this to be a problem on exhausts when coated as the pipes run real hot and is a common problem, i also wonder what it does to the steels chemical properties. I am contemplating making a new set but this time in stainless but have had a lot to do with stainless pipe ( Im a maint supv in a steel mill ) and over time the stainless suffers from fatigue cracking. I need the corrosion resistance as the 80ute is a recreational 4B so dosent see regular mon-fri use gets moved around the shed and has the typical mud encrusted moisture absorbing exhaust coating. Mild steel pipes uncoated dont last too long under these conditions so thats why looking at stainless and prepared to go to the expense on materials and full tig weld them but would like to be sure im doing the right thing.

wally
nice question wally
ok no1 use a 10mm plate
no2 use 316 stainless steel
no3 tig weld all joints do not grind back welds
no4 make pipes go in to collector cone in firing order or rotation 1 to 4 in firing order
do no hang the exhaust to ridged make sure you have plenty of movement on the rubber mountd
at the back of the collector cones
make up solid plate mounts and attach to gearbok
if your making your own collector cones put a point inside them
your cracking is due to vibration and sagging under heat
if you do all this you should have no problim

i have a simular setup on the new ford focus world series rally car and that does not brake
thanks for the brain drain
ross
Thanks for the great info your a regular information cow and the milking wont stop till your dry. My current headers are a 4-2-1 1 7/8' primary tubes into 2 1/2 engine pipes then 3 1/2' muffler and exhaust sytem the whole system is constructed from mandrel bent tubing. Ive since fitted a bigger cam, Holley EFI inlet manifold and Bowtie GM Performance alloy heads. I have been advised to go to 2' primary tubes and plan on on making the pipes a 4-1 configuration as in the 80 ute this may be a more sturdy construction. Would 4 2' pipes into a 2 1/2' collector oulet be sufficient or would i need larger engine pipes. Ive looked into supporting the exhiaust on the gear box and will do that as well. Im looking into what 4-1 collectors are available in 316 stainless for when i make up the new pipes. On my original post i mensioned the HPC coating adding to the cracking problems and have come across others that have had the same problems , you being in the industry have you come accross this.

Wally
when making extractors it is very important to keep up the gas speed
this is done by making the interal pipe size the same as your exhaust port size
to get the right extraction effect you need to make all the extractor pipes all the same length and run them into the collector cone in firing order
which may be something like 1432 on one side of your motor
you need toput them into the collector cone in a clock wise patterk so a the gas from 1 passes into the cone it will acutualy draw the gas from 4 like a vacume sucking and then 3 then 2
make sure the inside of the cone has e 3" long piont in it where the x is where all the pipes meet (merg collector) you can buy these look on the web i would make all the pipes aprox 32" long with a 2.5" outlet
and i would make up support which attach fron the gear box to the extractors to support there weight when they get hot and try and sag
make sure the exhaust is not hung to ridged this can also cause harmonic vibration and crack the pipes

i hope this helps
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Post by F'n_Rover »

hi. :D

I've got a holden red 186 which i will be swapping soon for a blue mtr.
problem is, the red extractors i have dont quite fit on the blue head, can you weld on a blue manifold plate to the red extractors ?

or - i have black efi (mild steel) extractors,which are a better design than the red ones but they stick out too far from the block and will foul on the chassis. Can the tubes be squashed in closer together, without warping the mounting face?
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

popeye wrote:hi. :D

I've got a holden red 186 which i will be swapping soon for a blue mtr.
problem is, the red extractors i have dont quite fit on the blue head, can you weld on a blue manifold plate to the red extractors ?

or - i have black efi (mild steel) extractors,which are a better design than the red ones but they stick out too far from the block and will foul on the chassis. Can the tubes be squashed in closer together, without warping the mounting face?
you will not be able to modify the vk efi extractors properly you could beld a new plate on the other but it is a lot of mucking around

blue motor extractors are only about $220 i would just buy new ones

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Post by sierrajim »

EXHAUSTFIX,

I must say that you have a tremendous knowledge on exhaust systems, your technical input is greatly appreciated. Its good to see that there is someone out there willing to help out with advice rather than just saying drop your car off and I’ll fix it then give you the bill.

I’ll give you a call over the next couple of weeks to do the exhaust on the zook. How else can one say thank you.

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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

sierrajim wrote:EXHAUSTFIX,

I must say that you have a tremendous knowledge on exhaust systems, your technical input is greatly appreciated. Its good to see that there is someone out there willing to help out with advice rather than just saying drop your car off and I’ll fix it then give you the bill.

I’ll give you a call over the next couple of weeks to do the exhaust on the zook. How else can one say thank you.

Cheers,
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Post by GBC »

Dear Doctor Exhausts,

G'day.

Car a) 3.4 l V6 lux - is it worth messing with the stock exhaust?

Car b) Subaru B4 (H4 Twin turbo) - Update model which runs the servo controlled second dump to spool up the secondary quicker? Have been told not to play with it, but jeez I'd like it to sound like a real one and maybe go a little better....

I await your promise of an extra 50 kw atw for $800.00 per vehicle ;)
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Post by lay80n »

GBC, I'm not the exhaust dude, but i used to work at a subaru dealership. We got a memo stating that exhaust changes would affect the opperation of the turbo's. I not driven one with a modified exhuast though, so thats just infomation which subaru sent us in regards to the cars. It might be just an excuse to void warantys etc, or it might be truth. Though it was a official tech release, not word of mouth or anything. Good luck, hopefully EXHAUSTFIX might be more help.
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Post by GBC »

Tks lay80n,

I've heard of a couple of guys that did the WRX style exhaust onto the twin turbo setup and totally stuffed the car (very laggy between primary/secondary), so I am very careful about any mods.
Will be getting it chipped soon to take some of the ignition out of it because I am planning on keeping it, and the h4's have a habit of pinging real bad....
Not the most common engine so I need to ask lots of questions rather than reinventing the wheel

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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

GBC wrote:Dear Doctor Exhausts,

G'day.

Car a) 3.4 l V6 lux - is it worth messing with the stock exhaust?

Car b) Subaru B4 (H4 Twin turbo) - Update model which runs the servo controlled second dump to spool up the secondary quicker? Have been told not to play with it, but jeez I'd like it to sound like a real one and maybe go a little better....

I await your promise of an extra 50 kw atw for $800.00 per vehicle ;)
and where di you get that name from doctor exhaust i like it a lot lol
with any v6 you can expect a responce of about 10%
but the can make a little more noise

not sure on this subaru i would like to see it
but maybe not to alter the engine pipes but im sure you could do something with the exhaust
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Post by GBC »

Mate after reading your other posts I reckon anything less than 'doctor' would be an insult :D
Thanks for the heads up.
I'm in Brissy though so bringing it round for a gander might be a bit long winded...
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Post by xenith »

doc ex u told danels to run 3" or so of 2.5" pipe out of turbo then fler to 3" for vortex efict. concur on 3"s of 2.5 for vortex but have found small gains from steeping stright out to 3" i think it is due to vortes been created by step in pipe size whats your thoughts mate
looking forward to your replay :P
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Post by Bluefreak »

Hi there Ross... Have an '03 Triton 3.0L V6. Managed by leaseplan so was wondering whether you have dealt with them before or are willing to do so in the future? Would like to upgrade to extractors and a more open system, 3000km till the warranty is up. What would you recommend and are you willing to deal with people who can supply their own materials? Can get 2.5" 316 SS tube from work and figure you supplying labour, cat and mufflers would still work out cheaper than a new system from Mitsu...

BTW, top effort on all this tech... Nice to see people who actually want to help instead of just line their own pockets. Hope you get plenty of work out of the members.
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

Bluefreak wrote:Hi there Ross... Have an '03 Triton 3.0L V6. Managed by leaseplan so was wondering whether you have dealt with them before or are willing to do so in the future? Would like to upgrade to extractors and a more open system, 3000km till the warranty is up. What would you recommend and are you willing to deal with people who can supply their own materials? Can get 2.5" 316 SS tube from work and figure you supplying labour, cat and mufflers would still work out cheaper than a new system from Mitsu...

BTW, top effort on all this tech... Nice to see people who actually want to help instead of just line their own pockets. Hope you get plenty of work out of the members.
i could do an uprade system you if you wish i would have to talk to your lease people mabye you could supply me with 316 tube at the right price
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

xenith wrote:doc ex u told danels to run 3" or so of 2.5" pipe out of turbo then fler to 3" for vortex efict. concur on 3"s of 2.5 for vortex but have found small gains from steeping stright out to 3" i think it is due to vortes been created by step in pipe size whats your thoughts mate
looking forward to your replay :P
this is not the case for all turbos it depends on a lot of things
turbo boost
turbo outlet size
what revs does your turbo get max spooling
bigger turboes require bigger pipes to help with spooling
but sometimes if you do this on a small bost turbo you can get a little laggy before you get on boost you realy have to treat each one differently
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Post by phippsy »

big :armsup: for all the help in here.

Was wondering, I've got a 3L hilux engine with an aftermarket turbo. Has a dump pipe to a flex joint then a brace to the bellhousing and down too the rest of the exhaust.
Seems to be a problem where the whole exhaust shakes around a lot because the flex is basically bolted to the engine. Would it be worth putting another flex joint in at the first flange after the bellhousing bracket to stop the whole thing shaking?
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

phippsy wrote:big :armsup: for all the help in here.

Was wondering, I've got a 3L hilux engine with an aftermarket turbo. Has a dump pipe to a flex joint then a brace to the bellhousing and down too the rest of the exhaust.
Seems to be a problem where the whole exhaust shakes around a lot because the flex is basically bolted to the engine. Would it be worth putting another flex joint in at the first flange after the bellhousing bracket to stop the whole thing shaking?
wats happening there is the flex has also been mounted ridged
i would either put in another flew bellow or move the gearbox mount in front of the flex so the flex can take up some of the movement
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Post by DanielS »

EXHAUSTFIX wrote:
DanielS wrote:Gday Ross,

I'm setting up my td42 with a garret ball bearing GT25 turbo, the exhaust housing on this unit is quite small. At this stage I'm looking at squashing a 3" pipe to pick up the waste gate aswell to create my dump pipe, would this be the best opition to get the flow and heat out of the turbo?. I will be making the backing plate this friday ( to mate up to the exhaust housing) so any help would be great.

Regards

Daniels
hi

this turbo you are using may have a small exhaust outlet there is no advantage in squashing a 3" pipe into a smaller outlet
if you can get a plate cut that gives you more internal size for your pipe that would be good
but if not you could use 2.5" for the first 3 " and flare tehe end in a cone shape to take the 3" pipe
when you have a small turbo outlet you do not always have to go large out of the back of it , volume is important but by having a small piece of pipe for a couple of inches you create a vortex efect wich will give you very good gas speed this is just as important

i hope his helps
thanks
ross
Thanks for the info Ross, I will see how it can all be fitted up and let you know how I go.

Thanks

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Post by xenith »

thanks DOC EX have not had much todo with small turbos vg30 up size and all high boost mate thought it might b due to less drag on side of pipes from small vortices from step doing a turbo set up on 2.8 hi lux next weekend will experment c how ti changes keep up good work was grate read :lol: :cool:
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Post by Utemad »

Hi Doc Exhaust.

What would be your opinion for an optimum exhaust for a 1996 Landrover Discovery with the 3.9 V8 automatic?

It would be nice to also achieve a good V8 note for it as well :)
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

Utemad wrote:Hi Doc Exhaust.

What would be your opinion for an optimum exhaust for a 1996 Landrover Discovery with the 3.9 V8 automatic?

It would be nice to also achieve a good V8 note for it as well :)
stay with a single as they are better for low down power

at the biggest proberbly 2.5" again a large strait through muffler in the front pos something like a 12x6x18long and a resenator in the rear
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Post by Utemad »

Thanks for the info. You will be getting RSI soon from all your posting :)
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Post by Bluefreak »

EXHAUSTFIX wrote:
Bluefreak wrote:Hi there Ross... Have an '03 Triton 3.0L V6. Managed by leaseplan so was wondering whether you have dealt with them before or are willing to do so in the future? Would like to upgrade to extractors and a more open system, 3000km till the warranty is up. What would you recommend and are you willing to deal with people who can supply their own materials? Can get 2.5" 316 SS tube from work and figure you supplying labour, cat and mufflers would still work out cheaper than a new system from Mitsu...

BTW, top effort on all this tech... Nice to see people who actually want to help instead of just line their own pockets. Hope you get plenty of work out of the members.
i could do an uprade system you if you wish i would have to talk to your lease people mabye you could supply me with 316 tube at the right price
Ross, we occasionally have a bit of tube(as in full lengths) laying around. Our maintenance guy's tend to over order for jobs. just a matter of getting in early before some other bugger gets it. Most common size we use is 2.5", could possibly get a couple of lengths here and there. What is the going rate for this stuff...??? Perhaps we have room for some bartering here...???
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Post by beebee »

Ok here's one that will interest a few of the OL members. With the explosion of small lightweight rockcrawling buggies on the scene, we are always trying to keep up with the USA. Looking at many of the pics from US, a lot will go to the effort of making custom headers. Is it worth the effort ($$$)? Considering the exhaust from head to tailpipe is probably only 1.5m long, are there significant gains to be had?

The most popular motors in Aus for this application are Range Rover V8, Commodore V6, LS1 and some Chev 350. Standard header/extractors are out of the question due to size constraints.

The plan for our buggy (Commodore V6) was to butcher the standard manifold as necessary, then dual 2" (or 2 1/4") into a 2 1/2" Flowmaster (50 Series Delta flow). How does this sound??

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Post by daveo »

gday Doc,

i have a 5L (3.0l) non turbo diesel hilux, what sort of gains can be expected from a better exhaust system and what should i be looking at? can you reccomend a brand of extractors and what size pipe? not looking to spend too much, but dont mind paying a bit extra for good quality gear rather than cheap crap that wont last.

i also tried to get some heat shield from repco, which is listed as a supplier of that ACL stuff, but they didnt have any. can anybody tell me where you can get it, or a similar product, in brisbane, pref western suburbs.

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Post by GUEEY »

Hi there

I am about to pick up a 99 GU TD42T, and the exhuast and turbo system is stock.
i have herd that the preformance is improved with a better choice of exhaust system.
What can you surggest from your experiance.

Cheers Grant.
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

daveo wrote:gday Doc,

i have a 5L (3.0l) non turbo diesel hilux, what sort of gains can be expected from a better exhaust system and what should i be looking at? can you reccomend a brand of extractors and what size pipe? not looking to spend too much, but dont mind paying a bit extra for good quality gear rather than cheap crap that wont last.

i also tried to get some heat shield from repco, which is listed as a supplier of that ACL stuff, but they didnt have any. can anybody tell me where you can get it, or a similar product, in brisbane, pref western suburbs.

thanks in advance


i would get a set of pacemaker extractors
and run a strait through 2.25" one muffler
your gain on this is a little hard but i know when you climb a hill in top gear you always seem to have to change down to get over the top after you do the exhaust you will find it will hold up enough revs to climb over without changing down

sorry about the weird explenation
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

GUEEY wrote:Hi there

I am about to pick up a 99 GU TD42T, and the exhuast and turbo system is stock.
i have herd that the preformance is improved with a better choice of exhaust system.
What can you surggest from your experiance.

Cheers Grant.
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depending on noise
i have of late been doing them with no mufflers and they are not to bad with good increase in power
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Post by ofr57 »

G'day

I'm just wondering if there would be problems doing a 2 inch exactors , hot dog muffler , 2inch exhaust pipe all the way and a trumpet tip
(old school thing)

do i have to make my own trumpet or do exhaust shops still make them :?
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Post by EXHAUSTFIX »

ofr57 wrote:G'day

I'm just wondering if there would be problems doing a 2 inch exactors , hot dog muffler , 2inch exhaust pipe all the way and a trumpet tip
(old school thing)

do i have to make my own trumpet or do exhaust shops still make them :?
what sort of car are you talking about please
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