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.......-- Finish Primary Exhaust & Inlet Plenum --.................
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To finish off the primary side of the exhaust I had to fill the gaps (bottom arrow) where they met the main exhaust flange. To do this I first made cardboard patterns.
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I held the cardboard in the gap area and marked the top of the flange on the outside of the cardboard and ....
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.......... then marked the pipe outline on the inside of the card board. Here the cardboard had moved up a little as I took the picture.
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Then I cut the two lines on both sides of the cardboard and had the pattern (bottom). I marked that on some scrap steel and cut it out with the plasma cutter.
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Then it was inserted and I would weld and then hammer on it a little to conform it to the space. It worked pretty good.
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Here is the finish weld (bottom arrow). I also welded all of the joint together where I had turned the piece that I had cut off the top over and joined it to the bottom (top arrow).
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The finished flange/pipe.
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Finishing this finished the exhaust system except for paint. Now to finish the intake side.
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To finish the plenum under the inlet scoop I cut and tacked in pieces of 20 gauge metal and .....
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........... then finished welding them in.
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Now the intake is finished except to connect the outlets on the side of this to the inlets on the front sides of the air box.
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I took the exhaust/tail off the car so I could grind the bottom welds between the two arrows.
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Now this is all done and ready to go back on the car so the body can be built
to it on the bottom.
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