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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 08:10 PM
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So I've been doing some searching and reading for alternatives to an oval pipe. I've made oval pipe before by ovalizing it in a shop press. I'm looking to do something a little cleaner (other than actually purchasing it).

A little history on the project...I'm running a 3.5 inch downpipe on the driver's side and I want to tuck it up as high as possible.

I've come up with the following ideas:

1. Make a fixture and ovalize 3.5 inch pipe in a press.
2. Run two 2.5 inch pipes in parallel
3. Rip a 2.5 inch pipe along its center, and weld a strip of 2 inch pipe in between the two halves.

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Old Apr 1, 2013 | 09:15 PM
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Hmm,#3 seems easier to me to make but time consuming
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Its not that expensive.
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Seriously. Run oval tube. I think it will be comparable in price to running parallel 2.5s.
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Originally Posted by ninetres
Seriously. Run oval tube. I think it will be comparable in price to running parallel 2.5s.
I should have posted that I have tons of 2.5 pipe and bends as well as straight 3.5 tubing already.

Thanks for the input everyone.
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Old Apr 5, 2013 | 01:43 PM
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Is this for boost pipe or for headers to turbo pipe? If the later do yup really need 3.5 inch cross sectional area?.....
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