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General Information => Upgrades (non engine related ) => Topic started by: Sierra94 on February 15, 2013, 04:18:14 pm

Title: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 15, 2013, 04:18:14 pm: Someone on the forum told me to put stacks on my truck, so when I found a box full of leftover stainless bends etc at work I started building a set last night.

But I need some opinions. Should I keep or remove them? I havent made the hole throught the bed yet. And the stacks need a good polish to get shiny.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img845/3428/20130215211718.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img109/6012/20130215211810.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img15/2116/20130215211730.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img836/1048/20130215211835.jpg)

And some work in progress pics:

(http://imageshack.us/a/img542/4393/20130215173620.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img835/4290/20130215173116.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img42/6541/20130215193653.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img267/2765/20130215210436.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: homerj1 on February 15, 2013, 04:33:48 pm: Pretty neat idea!

How about putting these on top?

(http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/200/289/289-35907.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: justiz00 on February 15, 2013, 04:39:23 pm: Looks great, I am not partial to symmetry so I would prefer to have a single. Not necessarily a 7" like the one I put on my dad’s truck for his build. The straight out of the bed with no turns is what I would run if it were mine. If I had a diesel cabby it would have one (with no top).

(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i100/justiz00/dodge/DSC01478a.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: homerj1 on February 15, 2013, 05:17:41 pm: Are there any performance gains? One stack pipe vs two vs straight 2.25 inch pipe all the way back

If not, I'd think it would basically aesthetics?
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 15, 2013, 05:29:21 pm: I like 2 more than one. And I already have 3 inch straight from turbo and back. The stacks are 3 to 3.5 inch pipe. So it wont make any gains.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: 745 turbogreasel on February 15, 2013, 05:57:39 pm: You can reduce drone if one leg is a half wave longer.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: 8v-of-fury on February 15, 2013, 06:39:40 pm: Quote from: 745 turbogreasel on February 15, 2013, 05:57:39 pm
You can reduce drone if one leg is a half wave longer.

huh,, learn something new every day.

I just personally do not like seeing single stacks on dual exhaust engines or dual stacks on single exhaust engines.

IE. Two stacks on a Cummins, or single stack on Duramax or PowerStroke.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: scrounger on February 15, 2013, 10:10:07 pm: Yes! Stacks. Must have. Perhaps right behind the drivers door.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: 8v-of-fury on February 15, 2013, 10:10:44 pm: I sense sarcasm....
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: scrounger on February 15, 2013, 10:13:16 pm: Sarcasm? No! It's cool.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: dodger21 on February 17, 2013, 08:57:45 am: The drone won't be that bad since the exit is just above the cab. Any lower and you will tear them out.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 17, 2013, 11:36:57 am: I made some changes today before grinding/sanding the welds down. I narrowed the connecting pipe between the stacks 2 inches on each side to make the stacks follow the outer line of the cab instead of making it look so "square" as they did before. And they are gonna get one inch higher from the roof when finally mounted in their brackets.

(http://imageshack.us/a/img221/2351/20130217141523.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img844/2899/20130217141505.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img854/4007/20130217141447.jpg)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img441/8126/20130217141427m.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: 8v-of-fury on February 17, 2013, 12:54:49 pm: I dig it man, gonna be awesome.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 17, 2013, 01:36:02 pm: Thanks! ;D
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: ORCoaster on February 17, 2013, 03:33:14 pm: Plastic Zip ties? My exhaust gets too hot for that to stay secured. Tell me you have thin cables planned for the final look and feel? Simple bike cable with an overlapping smash aluminum oval might be the ticket.
Title: Re: Sv: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 17, 2013, 03:54:55 pm: They arent finally mounted yet. I'm gonna make the hole in the bed first and then polish before mounting them.

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Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: shorttimer on February 17, 2013, 04:30:25 pm: Overall, I think your truck looks fine without them. And I really can't think of any benefit you have by doing all that work, unless it's the 'look' you're going for. Polishing stainless requires some special compounds & a solid polishing set up. I've done lots of it. You did a great job on fitment & welding of the stainless.
Title: Re: Sv: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 17, 2013, 05:03:56 pm: I'll just polish the stacks. And give the connector piping a brushed finish. Or maybe go for an overall brushed finish?
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Adamksi on February 20, 2013, 03:34:54 am: Definitely run the stacks, they look awesome
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: ORCoaster on February 20, 2013, 06:31:43 pm: I second running the stacks, very novel look. Can you come up with some side pipes that come out the fenders in a dual flex pipe to a single out for my Rabbit? The roadster look.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 21, 2013, 04:29:02 am: ;D Sure! Just let me move closer to you guys first.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Adamksi on February 21, 2013, 05:12:08 am: Quote from: Sierra94 on February 21, 2013, 04:29:02 am
;D Sure! Just let me move closer to you guys first.

Just looked at the link to your other cars, love the El Camino 8)

being from Borlänge, do you have any interest in drag racing?
Title: Re: Sv: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 21, 2013, 05:39:37 am: Sure, I visit the local strip every time there's a race. But it's cancelled this year. The local club weren't allowed to use the airstrip any more. So now they are looking for other options. How come you know borlänge?

We have alot of people interested in racing and other motorsports.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Adamksi on February 21, 2013, 10:25:19 am: Thats a shame :( the pictures I've seen from the street open event look good!

I've been drag racing since I was 6 months old so always knew of the races in Borlange, and Mats Eriksson with the pro mod Crown Victoria is a local as well. Been to the race at Mantorp 3 times, might go to Malmo this year
Title: Re: Sv: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 21, 2013, 10:38:23 am: Sweet! We are making a new kind of tubing at work for manufacturing race car roll cases and chassis. And Mats Eriksson is one of the guys behind it all. He was the one fighting to get it approved in the regulations. I am a mechanic at SSAB, a swedish steel manufacturer. We just recently built a tube manufacturing line and it was during that build I found the leftover piping for the stacks.

Any pics of your dragster? Would be sweet to see it.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Adamksi on February 21, 2013, 12:14:44 pm: Awesome! I've seen stuff about the new tube Mats has been using, looks amazing!

Sure; it used to look like this

(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/MotorPsycho1934/7453214902_26a6f817fd_o_zpsf1028666.jpg)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/MotorPsycho1934/jh2_zpsf4c3d47b.jpg)

Then this happened :(

(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/MotorPsycho1934/drc2_zps13ebe6bb.jpg)

So currently looks like this, built a new temporary body in 8 days between race meetings!

(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/MotorPsycho1934/jh_dragstalgia1_zps072c6f9f.jpg)
Title: Re: Sv: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Sierra94 on February 21, 2013, 12:25:16 pm: Holy crap, that is one awesome altered! Hope to see it with a body on again soon.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Adamksi on February 22, 2013, 12:29:17 pm: Thanks man!

Its going to be running a '32 Bantam body this year, the '34 Ford needs a lot of work then make a mould and build a new one - stronger and lighter!
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Rising on March 07, 2013, 10:20:48 am: YES. Stacks and diesels go together like two things that go together well. Heck, sometimes I think about putting a stack on my rabbit every once in awhile. Saw a flat green army looking rabbit awhile back that had a flat black smoke stack exiting out the drivers side fender. it actually looked decent haha.

But i'm not that brave ::)

On the truck I say it's a no brainer.
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: kaneb on March 22, 2013, 06:13:05 pm: How about this chimney? haha

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/kaneb/DSC_0012.jpg)
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: ORCoaster on March 22, 2013, 10:45:22 pm: Needs more cylinders to feed it.
Title: Re: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: Rising on March 22, 2013, 11:49:54 pm: Hahah yes. Duct tape it to the front fender and call it a day.

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Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: kaneb on March 23, 2013, 01:35:14 pm: Don't worry it'll never go on a volkswagen. It just one of those things I've collected
Title: Re: Smoke stacks!
Post by: ORCoaster on March 23, 2013, 01:41:15 pm: I can see that big job sitting on a flange that goes into the trailer hitch found on some of our bunnies. Then feed it off the standard pipe in a manner that allows you to either use it or not. Flex pipe works. A mid way ring with a means to secure the wobble to the hatch when you close it. Never have soot inside again. Never go on a VW????