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Old 07-17-2006, 02:25 AM
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Finished a prototype single turbo manifold out of exhaust tubeing, now ready to have one built up, what is best stainless or steampipe ? pro's and con's ?
It will be HPC coated regardless of matarial used.
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Well if you go stainless do you have some type of expansion joints? SS expands more than MS by quite a bit from what I remember.

Not sure what you mean by steampipe.
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Well if you go stainless do you have some type of expansion joints? SS expands more than MS by quite a bit from what I remember.

Not sure what you mean by steampipe.
Steam pipe is just a heavy wall mild steel pipe manufactured to take high pressure.
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If stainless would flanges and manifold plate need to be stainless also



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