Cascade Crew

iansane · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: Stainless v Mild Steel

So my new LTs are stainless steel (oooo fancy!) and they come with no flanges on the collector. I always had good luck with the standard 3 bolt flange on my old ones once I finally welded them solid instead of the flared type. I have some spare flanges that would work on this size tubing, but they're mild steel no stainless. Is that going to pose a problem If I try welding them? Other than it'll rust and such.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

Stainless welds just like MS. Weld em on. They'll rust, but you wont have any adhesion problems.

iansane · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:54 am Post subject:

Thanks Paul!

Are SS 3 bolt exhaust flanges something shops usually stock?

Twilightoptics · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject:

No they aren't normally stocked. They are kinda hard to find. You can get them from Baxter Auto or other speed shops under the Vibrant brand. They'll be over $20 a piece.

I'm finding in the area I'm one of the only guys that builds stainless setups from scratch.

85 T/A WS6 · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:10 pm Post subject:

MMAW with Magna 303 or similar, TIG welding by SS would work too