Pipe Engineering

[robo]

A little bit about the method we use to get exactly what we want from the guys we use for tube bending exhausts and water pipes without having to generate a drawing . The up side to this method is you get the chance check that what you are asking for will 100% work. Long runs of silicone hoses and bends cost a fortune and its not hard to end up with top and bottom hoses costing £100 + and involving dozens of jubilee clips and interconnecting pipes. It looks shit and is hard to clip , its also a load of joints that dont need to be there. The same applies to the exhaust, you can buy a rake of ready made bends that are nearly right that will leave you loads of welding with the associated cleaning up afterwards. Stainless steel pipe is half the price of silicone pipe and can have as many twists and turns in it you want. It makes for a far better job to use the stainless pipe where you can and just have short silicone pipes on the ends .All you will need is a few lengths of 15mm copper tube and a plumbers bender. I will give you a quick demo of how I was shown to get exact center to center bends in tube. Any tube bending outfits worth a toss can then copy your models in whatever size pipe you choose.

Just as a quick demo a piece of tube say a water pipe running from behind an engine. pipe starts at a ends d. Everthing with this type of bender is measured from pipe center to center. So here is the makeshift patern


The first pipe is measured from end to the first center which is 5", set the pipe in the former using a square.



Next bend needs to look down from the first at 6" center so set in the same way with a square.



Last bend needs to look up so set in the guide the same way. It should come out mm perfect.



This is a really easy example but its good enogh to hand in and have bent in any diameter you want as a pattern. Will do the headers next.

Bob