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I purchased a 3" Mandrel bent tail pipe from my local parts store and cut all the bends out of it. It may take more than one for your application.

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After fitting the headers to the block, I fabbed up some collector flanges out of 1/4" plate. Using a collector gasket for a template, and cut them out with an oxy-acet torch. 

Starting at the collector, start mocking up the pipe using the bends you cut from the tail pipe. Tack it all together, piece by piece. Hang your mufflers with bungies and ratchet straps so that you can determine your exhaust routing.

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If you do not have an expander that will fit the diameter of your tubing, go to your local machine shop and have them make a tapered spud from a scrap piece of steel or aluminum.

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The finished product. Try to keep the system as high in the frame as possible. Fabricate the system with the starter in place so that you can make sure that you allow as much clearance as possible to prevent hot start problems. I painted mine with BBQ paint to help prevent rust. We shall see if it holds up.

We have a responsibility as 4wheelers to be careful where we drive, and always support Tread Lightly policies. We don't want to see someone tear up land and make new trails on their own. These are  legitimate trails. Most trails here are fair game as long as you don't cross any "Critical Habitat", salmon stream's, or private property. The pictures that you see on this page or anywhere else on this website are all on dedicated trails. There are a few pictures that appear to not be on a trail, but I assure you that they are. The reason that they look the way they do is because not very many people make it back  this far, so the trail tends to grow over after a few years. Also, people have made bypasses around the nasty spots.  We  prefer to stick to the main trail when ever possible.

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