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Boss 302 Quad Pipes on a GT500
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<blockquote data-quote="Tob" data-source="post: 11121289" data-attributes="member: 83412"><p>Once in awhile the stars align perfectly - the wife caught our elusive Fedex guy before he could speed off with the pipe I've been waiting patiently for and my Ford parts guy called to say my stuff had come in. I couldn't wait to see the two mesh.</p><p></p><p>I needed some 2" OD stainless tubing to fab up the short, radiused and flanged stubs to weld onto my existing "H" pipe, to then be able to bolt on the quad pipes from the Boss exhaust system. I found Vibrant Performance online and chose a length of pipe with a few mandrel bends as well as some straight sections that would allow me to come up with the shape needed to join everything together. I chose <a href="http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1022_1065_1115&products_id=570" target="_blank">this pipe</a>. Foreign sourced but I must admit - the pipe is beautiful.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240969[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240970[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Thick walled T304 with the stamp inside the pipe. The inside of the pipe is the smoothest metallic surface I've ever dragged my fingertip across.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240971[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Again, the idea is to fit the 2" pipe inside a pair of Ford's 'spacers' essentially crating a flanged pipe. And while the system I have already came with two of these, I wanted to start off with a fresh and clean pair to fuse to the Vibrant 2" pipe.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240972[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240973[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>What a relief to see that I had based my order on the proper dimensions. The fit between the two could not have been better...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240974[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240975[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240976[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'll have to cope one end of a specific section of that pipe and weld that flange to the other end. Drill my H-pipe with a hole saw and then weld the coped end to it. I purchased some new OEM Ford steel shim gaskets so that I'll get a factory seal as well.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240977[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>While I'm fairly certain I won't be using them for long, I wanted to start with the factory noise restrictor plates and see how that sounds. I'll either drill them out or toss them altogether</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240978[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This is what I paid at the dealer for the factory Boss hardware</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240979[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I paid $52 plus tax and shipping for the mandrel bent section of pipe from Vibrant as well.</p><p>I also picked up some hardened and oil quenched bolts from my favorite local commercial fastener supplier.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]240980[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I now have pretty much everything I need (aside from time) to finish this project. If no other matters prevent me from doing it I should be able to complete this project this weekend. I can't wait to weld/bolt everything up and finally turn the key!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tob, post: 11121289, member: 83412"] Once in awhile the stars align perfectly - the wife caught our elusive Fedex guy before he could speed off with the pipe I've been waiting patiently for and my Ford parts guy called to say my stuff had come in. I couldn't wait to see the two mesh. I needed some 2" OD stainless tubing to fab up the short, radiused and flanged stubs to weld onto my existing "H" pipe, to then be able to bolt on the quad pipes from the Boss exhaust system. I found Vibrant Performance online and chose a length of pipe with a few mandrel bends as well as some straight sections that would allow me to come up with the shape needed to join everything together. I chose [URL="http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1022_1065_1115&products_id=570"]this pipe[/URL]. Foreign sourced but I must admit - the pipe is beautiful. [ATTACH=full]240969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]240970[/ATTACH] Thick walled T304 with the stamp inside the pipe. The inside of the pipe is the smoothest metallic surface I've ever dragged my fingertip across. [ATTACH=full]240971[/ATTACH] Again, the idea is to fit the 2" pipe inside a pair of Ford's 'spacers' essentially crating a flanged pipe. And while the system I have already came with two of these, I wanted to start off with a fresh and clean pair to fuse to the Vibrant 2" pipe. [ATTACH=full]240972[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]240973[/ATTACH] What a relief to see that I had based my order on the proper dimensions. The fit between the two could not have been better... [ATTACH=full]240974[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]240975[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]240976[/ATTACH] I'll have to cope one end of a specific section of that pipe and weld that flange to the other end. Drill my H-pipe with a hole saw and then weld the coped end to it. I purchased some new OEM Ford steel shim gaskets so that I'll get a factory seal as well. [ATTACH=full]240977[/ATTACH] While I'm fairly certain I won't be using them for long, I wanted to start with the factory noise restrictor plates and see how that sounds. I'll either drill them out or toss them altogether [ATTACH=full]240978[/ATTACH] This is what I paid at the dealer for the factory Boss hardware [ATTACH=full]240979[/ATTACH] I paid $52 plus tax and shipping for the mandrel bent section of pipe from Vibrant as well. I also picked up some hardened and oil quenched bolts from my favorite local commercial fastener supplier. [ATTACH=full]240980[/ATTACH] I now have pretty much everything I need (aside from time) to finish this project. If no other matters prevent me from doing it I should be able to complete this project this weekend. I can't wait to weld/bolt everything up and finally turn the key! [/QUOTE]
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