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 Post subject: Re: Xb 9 exhaust
PostPosted: 03 May 2012 18:44 
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Not wanting to jump on the band wagon but......I had a VFR 750 with a gibson race pipe made of sheet....cracking zorst beautifully made :yup:

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 Post subject: Re: Xb 9 exhaust
PostPosted: 03 May 2012 19:33 
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barney wrote:
ran a gibson pipe with some 36mm mikuni smoth bores back in the old days of racing, very nice pipe headers appeared to be fabricated from sheet rather than pipe

sheet then hydroformed :yup:

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 Post subject: Re: Xb 9 exhaust
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Any relation to Debbie?

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 Post subject: Re: Xb 9 exhaust
PostPosted: 03 May 2012 19:50 
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WILLYBUELL wrote:
sheet then hydroformed :yup:

just youtubed hydroforming , they must use a far bit of pressure and got to get the maths right for the developed lengths ect

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 Post subject: Re: Xb 9 exhaust
PostPosted: 03 May 2012 22:30 
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I think Micron used hydroforming for those 'cobra head' downpipes they used to sell :?

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 Post subject: Re: Xb 9 exhaust
PostPosted: 04 May 2012 09:55 
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Also you have to tap the welds constantly to allow it to expand in the smaller diameter areas...
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 Post subject: Re: Xb 9 exhaust
PostPosted: 04 May 2012 20:51 
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Hey Albert..
Is that pipe stainless?
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PostPosted: 04 May 2012 21:12 
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yeah it is
i made the intake too
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don't do a lot of two stroke stuff

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