ty diesel

this week I decided to miter-cut my stacks, because I wasn't happy with the looks of the straight cut ends. if you wanna see the result, check my gallery. It took me hours to think of a way, to make them equally cut, and I tried to make a drawing with the curve and then wrap-around it but it wasn't easy... also I didn't want it 45 degrees angled, but slightly less..
finally...happy I did it cause it looks awsome!!!

59FORD

Looks great! it's nice to see it's in a Cheby

Forrest Nearing

so how did you end up cutting them? thinking about doing a pair of stainless miter cuts, but can't think of a good accurate way to get the cuts even. I don't want them on a 45 either. shallower like yours.

Forrest

Forrest Nearing

I NEED a radial arm band saw... that stainless don't cut so great on the chop saw!

bubba33

anybody ever put a flapper on the stacks.I bet that would be cool.

ty diesel

like a caterpillar shovel??




and for the mitercut: scince I had a welded setup, first I took a long straight pipe and held it horizontal against the two tops of the stacks, and rubbed it up and down to leave a small scratch that is exactly the middle of the pipe. (in front direction and in the back)
scince I found no other solution, I made a tube of paper that fitted tight over the stack and cut it with a scissor to a desired miter. then I folded it vertical and cut it symmetric and at last
I flipped the top (folded horizontally) and made minor corrections, till it was perfect.
then slided the sleeve over the stack and lined up the fold of the paper with the small scratch, and so you can't go wrong and get some equally cut miters.
I cut them with a B&D angle grinder and a 1mm cutting-disc. filed the sharp edges.
the thinking took hours and hours and the final job was done in an hour or two...

scince then every day I walk twice or more to the truck, just too see those great pipes

mr T

i cant imagine the flappers looking too good...but to each their own....i like the lil pipes that come up through the hood just a foot or less vertically...thats neat....but i dont think the cops would let me drive like that

ty diesel

what to think of the constant smell and the soot on the windshield
but...it sure looks cool!!