Stainless Steel is just a very difficult matterial to work with and to weld. I have had very limited experience with the metal in the automotive world but the times I have worked with it were not pleasant. For the uses of stainless steel I guess it does justify the price but for larger scale use of stainless and the tools for upkeep it are just not economical.
Unless it's a DeLorean DMC-12 I really have no desire to work with stainless steel.
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Train Guy 3 Unless it's a DeLorean DMC-12 I really have no desire to work with stainless steel.
You made a time machine out of a DeLorean???
Train Guy 3 Stainless Steel is just a very difficult matterial to work with and to weld. I have had very limited experience with the metal in the automotive world but the times I have worked with it were not pleasant. For the uses of stainless steel I guess it does justify the price but for larger scale use of stainless and the tools for upkeep it are just not economical. Unless it's a DeLorean DMC-12 I really have no desire to work with stainless steel.
Exhaust systems on virtually all motor vehicles manufactured at the present time are built from stainless materials - so they can meet (and exceed) the 50K mile longevity of the emissions requirements. My daily driver has 228K on the orignal exhaust system.
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BaltACD Train Guy 3: Stainless Steel is just a very difficult matterial to work with and to weld. I have had very limited experience with the metal in the automotive world but the times I have worked with it were not pleasant. For the uses of stainless steel I guess it does justify the price but for larger scale use of stainless and the tools for upkeep it are just not economical. Unless it's a DeLorean DMC-12 I really have no desire to work with stainless steel. Exhaust systems on virtually all motor vehicles manufactured at the present time are built from stainless materials - so they can meet (and exceed) the 50K mile longevity of the emissions requirements. My daily driver has 228K on the orignal exhaust system.
Train Guy 3: Stainless Steel is just a very difficult matterial to work with and to weld. I have had very limited experience with the metal in the automotive world but the times I have worked with it were not pleasant. For the uses of stainless steel I guess it does justify the price but for larger scale use of stainless and the tools for upkeep it are just not economical. Unless it's a DeLorean DMC-12 I really have no desire to work with stainless steel.
That's very true about many new exhast systems. I have instaled a few Borla systems for guys road racing thier Corvettes, 3000GTs, ect. The lucky part about exhast systems are most pieces and parts come prefabricated ( thank God) and can be clamped on. Until recently we had an opperating machine to build an exhast system from the exhast manifold back. I love being about to build your own stuff.
And welcome to the 200K plus club! Nothing like keeping a high mileage vehicle going.
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