Rotary Car Club - Simple Exhaust Questions

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Originally Posted by classicauto (Post 50319)

EDIT cheap as in cost. Nothing wrong with a stainless packed magnaflow. I ran one for about 3 years before I changed my entire setup.

The spreadsheets look good? Just depends on what you want to run I guess. I should mention, that I'm using vbands for all my connections (at the turbo, bottom of down pipe and back of midpipe/cat section) but they are difficult to get to seal 100%. There's no "exhaust leak" noise from mine, but if you remove the clamps you can see where a little gas has escaped around 2-3% of the v-band

Do you see that same thing with the V-Band connection by the turbo and is this a normal occurrence with V-Band connections? I thought they were better all the way around in sealing off the exhaust and what not?

No leaks at the turbo or bottom of the downpipe, only my one connection. But when I did it last time the bottom of the downpipe and the mid pipe connecitons showed a little leakage. Perhaps the Vibrant ones would be better because they have a little lip that fits inside the corresponding v-band.

They work fine, they're just hard to align perfectly after welding etc. That being said though I'll probably opt for a slip-on transport truck style connector if I ever re-do it.