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I was thinking if I buy/make a 3 bolt flang and weld it to a 2 bolt flage. It will be a 3 to 2 adaptor, do i still need the flex pipe?
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Originally posted by BlackE1:
I was thinking if I buy/make a 3 bolt flang and weld it to a 2 bolt flage. It will be a 3 to 2 adaptor, do i still need the flex pipe?
The flex pipe is needed to take stress off the headers, so yes, it is needed.
And your idea of welding the 2 flanges together... wont work, if you knew much about welding you can figure out why.
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from my understanding the two blot flange does indeed take stress off the headers, my car does not have a flex pipe. My idea is get a three blot flange .5 in length pipe and a two bolt flange make an adaptor this way I still have the two bolt flange which will take the stress off the headers. "if you knew much about welding you can figure out why." not to sure what you meant buy this since I have welded and do know something about welding??
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Originally posted by Stazi:
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Because I am adapting a product to work with my current set up Getto would be using dryer duct as your flex pipe being held on by duct tape.
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lucky you, i had to grab one in a junk yard, lucky me it was free.
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Originally posted by BlackE1:
from my understanding the two blot flange does indeed take stress off the headers, my car does not have a flex pipe.
Your SVT may not have a flex pipe, but it does have a flex joint. You must have some sort of flexable coupling to minimize stresses on your headers from engine movement. If you don't have flexation of some sort, you will crack headers, or pull the studs out of your aluminum heads. Bad news either way.
Do whatever you want, but be sure to retain some form of flexable section.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by paul martin:
lucky you, i had to grab one in a junk yard, lucky me it was free.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Your SVT may not have a flex pipe, but it does have a flex joint.
isn't the two bolt flange i currently have the flex joint?
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Originally posted by BlackE1:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Your SVT may not have a flex pipe, but it does have a flex joint.
isn't the two bolt flange i currently have the flex joint?
no, the only cars that do not need to buy a flex pipe are the last 99's and 00's because they have one stock. you dont have one, you need one simple as that.
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