16-gauge tubing
16-gauge tubing what size tubing is ok for making turbo headers and and can it be the same thickness being steel and stainless steel? thanks all, oh yeah and is it the smaller the number the thicker the metal like wire?
i used 16 on my first kit and this one. And yes.... higher the ga #, the thinner the metal. I've got a sheet at work that tells you the nominal of each ga. You can search for it on the net.
16 gauge = .065
18 gauge = .049
20 gauge = .035
I've done quite a few sets in stainless, and will be doing a set shortly in mild. All have been 16 gauge. I thought about going thinner this time around on the racecar for weight, but opted to stick with the 16 for robustness on cracking.
18 gauge = .049
20 gauge = .035
I've done quite a few sets in stainless, and will be doing a set shortly in mild. All have been 16 gauge. I thought about going thinner this time around on the racecar for weight, but opted to stick with the 16 for robustness on cracking.
well man this info will work for me a whole lot cause i was gonna get these shorty stainless steel headers of a 6.0 truck. and i was gonnna fab it to run twin turbos how do that sound.
I am doing a set in 16 gauge 321. Are you aware of the cost. With flanges and tubing, It is easy to spend sell over $1000 on materials! Seems like alot of cheap kits now use mild steel, might want to find out how it has been working for people, or maybe 304. Guess it just depends on your budget.
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Originally Posted by nitrorocket
I am doing a set in 16 gauge 321. Are you aware of the cost. With flanges and tubing, It is easy to spend sell over $1000 on materials! Seems like alot of cheap kits now use mild steel, might want to find out how it has been working for people, or maybe 304. Guess it just depends on your budget.
well see this is the deal, my friend have a escalade 2003 and he have stainless stell headers on it shorty so its like the stock manifolds and hes trading the truck in so he is taking off the headers. sell them to me for 200 and since i was gonna use the stock truck manifolds i figure i could use the truck headers since they replaces the stock manifolds with no modifying. what do you think of that
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Originally Posted by nitrorocket
I would find out what grade of stainless they are first. I've heard the 400 series is too weak for turbo.
Last edited by bumpin_records; Jun 20, 2005 at 05:22 PM.
[QUOTE=smokinHawk]what brand headers are those?[/QU
they are OBX Headers , he got them off ebay matter of face there have a few on sell there now for a escalade. tell me what you think. Should i get them to twin turbo my car will they hold up thats the question? and smokin hawk do it matter what brand i get? I dont know if that matter or not. Hell save me some trouble i dont wanna get them and they be useless.
THANKS ALL
they are OBX Headers , he got them off ebay matter of face there have a few on sell there now for a escalade. tell me what you think. Should i get them to twin turbo my car will they hold up thats the question? and smokin hawk do it matter what brand i get? I dont know if that matter or not. Hell save me some trouble i dont wanna get them and they be useless.
THANKS ALL
Last edited by bumpin_records; Jun 21, 2005 at 07:15 AM.
Originally Posted by ddnspider
so whats the word on these for a whopping $300 it looks pretty good,do they bolt to the factory exhaust and all,ie could we use them in a F-bod?
Originally Posted by smokinHawk
i was intersted if they made shorty truck headers, that would fit up to the Y, so us Fbody guys could use them like your doing.
I was wondering if they would bolt up to the TRUCK y-pipe, not the fbody.
that way they will fit forward facing on the fbody like the 6.0 manafolds do.
Ive just never took the time to research.
they already have shorty headers for the fbody that will bolt up to the stock Y to wrk with the phamspeed budjet.
that way they will fit forward facing on the fbody like the 6.0 manafolds do.
Ive just never took the time to research.
they already have shorty headers for the fbody that will bolt up to the stock Y to wrk with the phamspeed budjet.