this is one just like it on the old system with a stock carb, and stock manifold, custom exhaust but smaller system http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgyhiisKun4Originally Posted by Nio
this is one just like it on the old system with a stock carb, and stock manifold, custom exhaust but smaller system http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgyhiisKun4
XD I've actually seen that video before.
I get bored and youtube search 3geez up there.
>.> still waiting to see a certain car come back here though.
BTW does sound nice.
Yea for photoshop...No license plate. :3
"If I shoot a leprechaun, will Lucky charms explode everywhere?"
that header is really nice! and like the exhaust work good job brother! not a huge fan for side exhaust but if you like it thats all that matters brother
"The madness is runnin' wild!"
"The tower of power, too sweet to be sour, ohhhh yeahh!"
2004-2011?
it's just something different is all, I need to get the back filled in and get my aluminum Honda emblem cast for the heat shield
yeah i like the idea of being diffrent, and think your car pulls it off well too!. keep us updated want to see how it looks once its finished!
I just pulled the heat shield out, i need to do a little metal work for the pipe hanger, looks pretty good for being a quarter century old. While it's out i'll clean it up and paint it with some heat paint.
took a picture of some of my nice rebuilt shifter stuff while it was out.
More stuff on the heat shield, ready to go back in
reinforcement sheet metal welded in
the exhaust tip is finally hanging on it's own, the piping is all in, except some short sections of straight pipe. heat shield is back in.
doing some polishing testing, everyone says to use ajax for the initial polish on raw stainless, then use polishing compound from there, I need a buffer wheel for the drill, it's too hard to use the bench buffer on the big pieces
Nice work lost. An a i taught you where sick guy. there you are welding and on the ground busting knuckles. LOL. thats gangster. Keep up the good work man. Its always good seening you at it. Gives me some ideas at the same time. YOu have to pm that energy suspension shifter bushings when every you have time.
200+ ALL MOTOR LS VTEC
Good work man, that's a nice fabbed up system you got there. It will be loud but it's well done.
I hope to do the same for mine as the shop that did it sucked!
I may be sick but this keeps me from going nuts, the kit you want from energy suspension is part number 16.1101R it's a civic kit, it will have both the bushiing that supports the shifter and the torque rod bushing. both fit perfectly. here's the thread on the shifter and it's rebuild https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthrea...hlight=shifter
Last edited by lostforawhile; 02-18-2011 at 02:45 PM.
I want to be sure no one mistakes it for a civic lol, these engines have a killer sound once you uncork the exhaust system
Lost you have some real talent. Possibly more than I. They say millionaire's are made in a recession . Go make you're millions.
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
Looks first rate man. One question though, why are you supporting the pipe from the heat shield?
Dr_Snooz
"I like to take hammers, and just break stuff, just break stuff." - Beavis
1989 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe, 240k miles, MT swap, rear disc swap
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it was a convenient place to put a pipe hanger, it's not just supported there, it's supported at the outlet, as well as the headers are bolted to the engine, there is also my aluminum hanger on the muffler, it normally gets a 4 inch hose clamp around it, but I couldn't find the clamp, it's just sitting on top of the clamp is all. the heatshield is actually pretty strong with a little metal welded on it, the weight of that pipe is right off of the double bolts in the middle of the heat shield, right behind it.
ok..
un-motivated!
someone make me an offer i just could not say no to.
3GR
well it has a good support at the back of the engine, just like the factory pipes, then it's supported in the middle at the muffler, and at the back at the outlets, but I needed something towards the back, the one off of the heat shield was the best place to put it, whats interesting is the aluminum bracket for the muffler, used to be at the back for the cherry bomb, without a rear outlet exhaust, I didn't need it, by turning it around facing the other way, and flipped over, it lined up perfectly with the muffler in the middle, and hung off of the old converter supports. with a big band clamp around it and the muffler it will hold it very securely. the supports of the outlets on the sides are two stainless rod ends back to back. i'll pull the tips off and mask and repaint the black part where the paint was ground off for welding.
This is the first part of my new muffler, this is the center tube, this is perforated stainless mesh, I'm going to make it like a bike muffler, where the insides can be removed to replace packing if needed. The center core will be wapped with stainless packing first, then ceramic wool, one end gets welded through one end cap, the other end gets a flare, then slides into a pipe through the other end cap, inside of the tube. by using screws in the ends of the tubes, i can take the core out. I have to get some stainless 3 inch tube before I can do much else
This is the start of the end caps, I had to bore this out to 2 inches first, then i'll cut the steps that slide into the tube, then split it into two pieces, this is the only real way to turn it, i can turn one step, then clamp the jaws on that step and cut the other end. then split it.
Last edited by lostforawhile; 11-22-2011 at 10:02 PM.
ok the muffler is nearly done, I cut a piece of three inch tube to put it together to see how it would look, it will look just like this but with a stainless muffler tube,
one side of the flanges done, this will be machined on both sides and split in half, into two parts
splitting the two parts
cut off
facing parts
bobby brock did these killer welds
Last edited by lostforawhile; 11-22-2011 at 10:02 PM.
insane! nice work
Off the hook! I'm excited to see this one. Are these mufflers something you can do on the side and sell on eBay?
Dr_Snooz
"I like to take hammers, and just break stuff, just break stuff." - Beavis
1989 Honda Accord LX-i Coupe, 240k miles, MT swap, rear disc swap
Shop manual downloads available here: CLICK TO VIEW
I thought about it, but there is way too much into each one to make it worth doing, I do know someone who will make a full stainless muffler to specs, he's in Canada, but I really don't have the setup or resources to do this right now, I wanted to make a muffler that will last and I don't have to worry about ever again, I also needed a narrow case muffler, and no one made one, the standard 4 inch round muffler was rubbing on the heat shield slightly. All I need is to get my stainless packing and my 3 inch stainless tube and I can finish it all up, you roll the center tube tightly in the packing and stuff it down in the outer case, put the other end on, and weld it up
sorry if i haven't been on in forever,no computer, the muffler is done, the packing came in a few days ago, and I finally got it done. I want to send out a word of thanks to those who helped me weld it, Bobby Brock started on it, then got diagnosed with stage four cancer, most of the welding was done by Melody Cooper, and David Maule helped me weld the pipe pieces on, I have clearer pictures, but they are on my camera which isn't here at the moment.
stainless tube clamped to tack
tube tacked
finish welded
with pipes
david welding the pipes
Last edited by lostforawhile; 03-25-2012 at 05:17 PM.
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