7. Next, we made the piece for the rear pipe to mate with the front pipe. Once we had the two pieces fitting together and a location for the porthole where the two pipes would join together, we drilled and opened up the hole for the rear pipe. Then we welded the two together.7. Next, we made the piece for the rear pipe to mate with the front pipe. Once we had th 8. Then the tack-welded pipe was taken to the welding table for all the final welds. This is where all the precision welds were done. It is important to control the heat and not blow holes in your welds. The pipe is not that thick and this is where years of experience come in handy, so the TIG welder was handed to our buddy Anthony to perform the duties.8. Then the tack-welded pipe was taken to the welding table for all the final welds. Thi 9. Anthony worked the welds around the pipe allowing the pipe to cool on one side as he welded on the other side. This guy is good! This takes more time but looks and works better. The last thing we want is for the pipe to crack or warp.9. Anthony worked the welds around the pipe allowing the pipe to cool on one side as he 10. Here is the exhaust as a two-piece 2-into-1 system with a fishtail tip.10. Here is the exhaust as a two-piece 2-into-1 system with a fishtail tip. 11. We installed the homemade CCS pipes on the bike to check fitment and clearance before we wrapped them in the DEI titanium wrap. The sock on the tip was just keeping it from getting scratched.11. We installed the homemade CCS pipes on the bike to check fitment and clearance befor 12. We started the DEI wrap at a 45-degree angle just behind the flange at the front of the pipe, and then started to wrap the pipe. After a few times around we installed the stainless steel ties to hold the wrap in place.12. We started the DEI wrap at a 45-degree angle just behind the flange at the front of 13. As we covered the pipe we overlapped the wrap by about half the width of the wrap for more protection from the heat.13. As we covered the pipe we overlapped the wrap by about half the width of the wrap fo 14. Here is the pipe with the DEI titanium wrap installed on the bike. 15. This is a look at the S-Bends on Chris' bike with a set of baffles installed. Once we fired up the bike we could hear that it was a bit quieter but still sounded good. The pipes are made of stainless steel and we could have them coated like the last set, but we like the look of the exhaust wrap.15. This is a look at the S-Bends on Chris' bike with a set of baffles installed. Once we 16. And here are the S-Bends with titanium wrap from DEI. 17. Not wanting to waste any of the wrap, the last 2 feet was used to help Jordan do his impression of John Rambo. It sucks.17. Not wanting to waste any of the wrap, the last 2 feet was used to help Jordan do his DEI Design Engineering (440) 930-7940 www.designengineering.com CCS Chopper (630) 669-1217 www.ccschoppers.com Lincoln Electric www.lincolnelectric.com Hooker Headers www.holley.com « | 1 | 2 | View Full Article By Ernie Lopez Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!
