cuttin headers
Any of you cut the flare or shorten your chrome headers... What'd you use or what did the shop use? A local shop said they can use there cold saw but they arnt sure how the ends with the chrome are going to look. i was the cut clean, and dont want the chrome to be all retarded and jagged.
Where the chrome is cut, it will most likely chip or peel.
Darrell.
San Diego.
28ft Sportcat
With Twins
Chop saw
John D
INLAND ULTRA CUSTOM BOATS
Corona, CA
951-734-6000
Ultraboats.com
yeah it will, but mine didnt too bad, maybe a 1/16 of an inch or so.. looked a helluva lot better than the length they were beforeOriginally Posted by DMOORE
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Chop saw, then have them coated. Have done 3 pair this way and all of them came out bitchen.
crude
or make friends with someone who has one of these
Last edited by widowmaker; 03-09-2009 at 05:19 PM.
If you want your chrome to look decent, You need to scribe a line around the tube, this needs to be through the chrome. Then cut out side of the line a little, and then final trim with your choice file or grinder. But please note work in or down towards the chrome, or the edge will lift. Scribing gives the chrome a place to clean break after the cutting process.
i seen it done with a chain saw
When I did mine, I used a sawzall with a fine wide/ long metal blade (The Torch) and taped around the header to get a good line around it I have seen some that will use silver header paint at the end to protect against rust.
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Chop saw then clean them up a little. No chipping on my chrome headers.
When I was cutting mine I couldn't figure out the best way to make a straight line around the pipe.
Then my punk ass kid walks out and grabs an old piston ring compressor we used for his motocross bike and slid that on. With a fine tooth hacksaw blade and the compressor serving as a guide, he nailed it.
He then just clamped a straight edge on it and moved the compressor over to the other pipe. Slick as a whistle and no chipping of the chrome.
I'd still be trying to figure it out if it was me
This may be & most likely is a dumb question why do you guys cut them any way???
Cylinder head offset. I use a tubing cutter, perfectly straight cut with no chrome damage. Leaves a inside burr that is removed with a pipe reamer.
I put duct tape around header,marked with sharpie and cut with sawzall,
measured from the collector weld back
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