BTLBABY

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Hi to all,

I need some 3" mandrel bent aluminum piping to fab up my intercooler setup. I've done a search and can't seem to find where anyone has a good source for this piping. Do any of you know where I could by this stuff at?

I am also wanting to find some 3" V-Band clamps as well, also in aluminum.

Thanks in advance!

-Coleman

Disturbed Bird

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im sure a exhaust shop could do it

BTLBABY

iTrader: (29)

Yea I'm not woried about doing it, I just need to buy the pipe. I'm going to do the fab work myself.

-Coleman

fenix999

iTrader: (17)

I have a bunch of 2.5" and 3" bends in aluminum and other materials. Shoot me a PM with how many you need and ill try to hook you up with all that stuff...hopefully i might have some V-bands as well but i'd have to check

extremetoy

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anyone know of a good online shop or a place in the bay area thats cheap?

SIKSIX

V-band clamps are in summit and jegs and they are proud of them. Most exhaust shops cant bend 3" well the ones in my area cant at least. either way regular shops cant mandrel bend the tubing. Check ebay

DeltaT

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PM sent.

Jim

BTLBABY

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PM sent!

Yea, I knew they would be expensive. I just didn’t know who carried them. Thanks!

Awesome! Thanks Jim!


-Coleman

TurboZ28408

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regular shops cant bend aluminum. you cant do it with a crush bender, nor can you do it whithout annealing it

BTLBABY

iTrader: (29)

I knew there was more to doing aluminum then just sticking it in a pipe bender and going to town on it.

-Coleman

618HAWK

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PM sent with a few good leads............

thumpstick

Check out vibrant, that is where we get ours. I think that they carry up to 4 inch aluminum tubing.

John Folley

sevanseriesta

iTrader: (34)

I have a ton of it if you need it let me know, I also have t clamps and maybe a few couplers

1320

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Thats pretty much what I do, but I have my own mandrel bender in my garage. I dont do much aluminum, mostly because of cost. I can and do from time to time, but its expensive and most people dont opt to go that way.

The other problem is, when mandrel bending is your stock material has to be nearly perfect. Alum tends to get dinged up, dented, the edges rolled over etc, which ads to the cost when you order 200 ft and can only really use 150 of it. Shipping is so expensive, that returning it is even more costly.

I only do up to and including 3 inch and I dont do just bends anymore. Virtually everything is custom made for the application for the project in front of me at the time. I tried the shipping stuff , making bends etc...and yea I could make money at it, but it wasnt fun, just making bends everyday for every shop out there to use.

BTLBABY

iTrader: (29)

Yea I don't blame you there. That's awesome you have a mandrel bender just "laying" around your garage! LOL!

-Coleman