Bernies new sidepipes taking shape

[Aussie Mike]

Hi All,

I've been out of action for a while with a back injury. I've hurt it before but never this bad and it's taking ages to come right.
Two sessions of physio a week and a cocktail of medication and pain killers and I'm finally getting back into the shed.

Bernie's been patiently waiting for me to complete his car so I thought I'd post a few progress pics.

I'd been waiting ages for the 5" radius bends to come in for where they exit through the guard. The seems to be only one bending shop in the countyr that has dies for this wide radius. The tighter 3" radius bends for the inside pipes are common and there are other wider radii that are close but the 3" and 5" fit together perfectly.

Here's a couple of pics showing the merge for the collector:



Here's a pic of the welded collector and the muffler body in place. I'm just working out the positioning before final welding:


I left a bit more of a gap between the body and the sidepipe on Bernies car. When I did mine I put them closer to the body but thinking about it I reckon this will make for skinned knuckles when trying to wash and polish the paintwork behind the pipes.

The pipes will be ceramic coated black and should look and sound great when completed. I'll have some more progress shots later in the week. Hope to fire it up next week end and hear what it sounds like.

Cheers