Reply to "What is the point of 180 headers?"

Doug couple of tricks to this fabrication.

Bending 1 1/2" tubing in a tight radius requires filling say a 48" piece with sand and then putting a few bends in it the sand prevents crimping. 3" would be a tight radius.

Welding stainless real nice requires a TIG .. but I was real surprised last week .. I bought .023 real thin wire for my Miller 120V mig and TRI gas Co2 argon and helium and made a 38' Stainless steel trench drain grate ..came out real nice in a very difficult enviroment.

The trick to welding and making it look like a continuous weld ..is to restart your weld 1/4" after the other ended then go back to the end and continue it ... very hard to say the least on small radius pipes ... thats why I prefer like 8" steel ... LOL can I use 8" on headers .. the welds would be perfect ? LOL

The problem with Stainless is its very brittle and headers will crack near the welds on headers.

We will see if I get real ambishous ... I will try it ... maybe with a little heavier pipe in SS.

Ron