exhaust flanges
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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....
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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
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