exhaust flanges
06-07-06, 05:14 PM
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exhaust flanges
Does anyone other than RB make the 3" exhaust flanges? Someone had told me either jegs or atpturbo, but I couldn't find any on those.
Just seems like $17 is a bit high....
Just seems like $17 is a bit high....
06-07-06, 07:54 PM
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i was getting ready to put on a 3" exhaust on my tt2 and i went to car quest and asked them and they had it and they did. if you don't have one around you then try carquest.com
06-07-06, 10:43 PM
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Are you talking 2-bolt or 3-bolt?
The 2-bolt ones are almost proprietary to Racing Beat.
You need to get those custom made if you want them outside of Racing Beat.
The 3-bolt ones are all over the place.
$17 is a decent price if you try and get these made custom in "low quantities".
-Ted
The 2-bolt ones are almost proprietary to Racing Beat.
You need to get those custom made if you want them outside of Racing Beat.
The 3-bolt ones are all over the place.
$17 is a decent price if you try and get these made custom in "low quantities".
-Ted
06-08-06, 05:29 AM
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Bah, yeah. I was told $17 was good by a friend. Was wanting the 2 bolt ones.
Oh well, at least it's not like when I was going to do a custom one and would have had to order 4 flanges... $70 for flanges did not make me happy.
Thanks, Ted.
Oh well, at least it's not like when I was going to do a custom one and would have had to order 4 flanges... $70 for flanges did not make me happy.
Thanks, Ted.
06-08-06, 07:42 AM
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Yeah, those 2-bolt ones are a pain in the ***.
We were looking for options a few years ago, cause I'm using the Racing Beat 3" downpipe and pre-silencer only.
From the rear back, it's all custom.
The crappy exhaust shop just lopped off the Racing Beat flange off the pre-silencer and welded on a cheapie 3-bolt one.
That damn thing just cannot seal well - it leaks all the time.
At least the Racing Beat flanges are very thick and well-made.
The crappy 3-bolt universals are usually 1/4" or thinner and aren't flat and warp easy.
We looked high and low for suppliers, but they all tell us that 2-bolt 3" I.D. was not something standard.
When we tried to source them from a machine shop, it was going to cost us at least $30 EACH to get them made.
-Ted
We were looking for options a few years ago, cause I'm using the Racing Beat 3" downpipe and pre-silencer only.
From the rear back, it's all custom.
The crappy exhaust shop just lopped off the Racing Beat flange off the pre-silencer and welded on a cheapie 3-bolt one.
That damn thing just cannot seal well - it leaks all the time.
At least the Racing Beat flanges are very thick and well-made.
The crappy 3-bolt universals are usually 1/4" or thinner and aren't flat and warp easy.
We looked high and low for suppliers, but they all tell us that 2-bolt 3" I.D. was not something standard.
When we tried to source them from a machine shop, it was going to cost us at least $30 EACH to get them made.
-Ted
06-08-06, 02:59 PM
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I don't know if you've ever taken a good look at the 3 bolt flanges, but all the ones I have are slightly convex (or concave depending on your point of view). I would think this has something to do with the leakage. Probably a side effect of being laser cut or stamped in a crappy press.
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06-08-06, 10:37 PM
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Just came across this last night...
http://www.atpturbo.com/Merchant2/me...egory_Code=FLG
Doesn't look that thick though?
-Ted
http://www.atpturbo.com/Merchant2/me...egory_Code=FLG
Doesn't look that thick though?
-Ted
06-09-06, 03:26 PM
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Whoa, weird. Thanks Ted. I swear I searched around there and couldn't find any nice 3" flanges.
Not sure on the thickness though? Almost no angle for the pic...
Not sure on the thickness though? Almost no angle for the pic...
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