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Looks to be a temporary exhaust pipe support IMO. Useful to help support when fabing up the exhaust and only 2 hands to work with.
Dan
1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 (My Grandpa's hunting truck)
1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod)
2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver)
US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998)
Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
Finally time to get to work on my Grandpa's (now mine) truck!
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Looks to be a temporary exhaust pipe support IMO. Useful to help support when fabing up the exhaust and only 2 hands to work with. Exactly.
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Crusty Old Sarge
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It's actually called "Dexion", it's available in 10ft lengths. I have used it for shelving and framing, it works great for fabbing things together.
Craig
"Living life in the SLOW lane"
Come, Bleed or Blister something has got to give!!!
'59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
'58 Viking 4400, 235, 4 Speed (Thor)
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Stainless steel exhaust is usually louder and "tinnier" sounding than galvanized steel and aluminized steel. Maybe its transferring internal engine noise? Stuck lifter? mild lifter tick magnified by exhaust? Aha! Finally tracked down that noise. It was an exhaust leak, just as I had suspected. But it was elusive hiding at the engine manifold gasket for cylinder #7 exhaust. Right up near the firewall. It took all of 15 minutes to fix it. Meanwhile, I went through all of my valves and adjusted valve lash thinking it might be a valve noise. The rewards are two. I learned how to adjust valves using the companion cylinder method that Jerry talks about. The other reward is that the engine now sounds AWESOME!
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Post a recording on Youtube of your engine running.
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom)
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck)
1956 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood (The Godfather)
1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (The Purple Knif)
1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red)
1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe
1979 Ford F-100
1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red)
1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
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Post a recording on Youtube of your engine running. Video link LINK HERE [ youtu.be]
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Congrats on finding & stopping the exh leak. Still like to see your x-pipe install, if you decide to do it.
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Congrats on finding & stopping the exh leak. Still like to see your x-pipe install, if you decide to do it. The X-pipe was installed and a success. Just not the sound I wanted. I didn’t figure that out until I had to track down my exhaust leak. X-pipe video [ youtu.be]
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Is it the X Pipe’s fault, or you just need a different muffler to get the sound you want?
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Is it the X Pipe’s fault, or you just need a different muffler to get the sound you want? IMO, the X-pipe was quiet because of some sort of cancelling effect. That’s speculation. I really like the way it sounds right now. Same cast iron manifolds and 2” pipe going back to Magniflow glass packs.
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