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  1. 28.6.09 hurt my ears.....

    Well the right pipe is well on it's way. I've made a mounting bracket and it's welded on, the joiner pipe is complete and welded. All that's left is the alloy end cap, and I am going to fab up a nice little alloy cover to hide the exhaust clamp and it will zizz it up a bit visually (a nice contrast with the black)

    Anyway - fitted it was too tempting not to fire it up, even if I only had one new pipe and one stocker on . Sounded good

    Then I popped ...
  2. Sneak Preview

    Some progress today. A bit of work on the right side midpipe allowing a mock-up to wet my appetite.
    Held together here with a bungie cord and duct tape - pretty sure that's what the pros do when building them
    Note the seat is just sitting on top and not slotted into position thus sitting a bit high.

    After seeing this in position I've another idea for the alloy end caps......

    Next step complete the mid pipe, tack it together and fab a mounting ...
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  3. Progress - well a little!

    12.6.09

    Not much progress - not much free time in the shed lately. I've basically finished the db reducing inserts - picture shows one and a shot of it inserted into the 51mm outlet. The card on the end is another end cap experiment.

    The reducer pipe is 35 mm and extends into the inner perforated core. If it is too quiet I just need to lop a few cms off the end of the reducer or depending on volume remove them.

    They will be held in place by ...
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