I just got done getting my Dumps on my Ford .. made a slotted cover for riding with them open .. let's see what else is out there.
how would i go about making a dump out of a gas can/gas cap...was hearing someone talk about that the other day?
I was a steamfitter back in the 60s. We'd weld screw ******s into the exhaust for quick opening. The hot lick was to get a br*** screw cap. It wouldn't rust to the threads like an iron cap. We'd braze a piece of rod across the end of the cap and use a hammer to spin it off. You could always tell the guys that worked construction.
I've got home a few times from work and looked in my lunchbox and wondered,"How'd THAT get in there?"
Dump pipes? That's a new one on me, then again, I don't get out much.* Cutouts is what they are.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apache, any hardware store would have the screw on caps you're looking for. I would guess that br*** caps may be available at an outfit that handles fire fighting equipment. Got a lathe? Make them yourself out of aluminum. Perhaps use wingnuts on the cap bolts with the bolts welded to the flange. I've got a pair about done and they have five 1/4-20 stainless allen bolts to retain the aluminum caps. - - - It's not billet if you make it yourself - - - *Did hit the car show at the powerhouse last night. Only 105 degrees F. Roadster ran great although after a bit of a heat soak, my electric fuel pump isn't doing so good. I'm guessing I may have grabbed a bad one - used for mockup - off the shelf thinking it was a new one. And the new one's in the N.G. box. Surprising how far you can go on zero fuel pressure....
i've always called them cutouts too.. But been doin some research and i'm guessin dump pipes fully extend out to the outside (unlike cutouts that are right off the exhaust dumped...?? IDK.. weird hmmm???
Wow, This post was from a while ago. Thought I'd put a pic of my pipes on here and realized I had back then.
Here's what's on one of my Anglia projects (that I've just been walking around for a couple of years.)
2 1/2" tubing, aluminum cap, home-made aluminum gasket, machined cold-rolled flange tapped 1/4-20, no nuts. Stainless allens.
Back in the day ('60's) I used a gas tank filler pipe. Ones off of a GM was best because they were closer fit. Only problem was that it didn't take long to burn the gasket out so would go to a hardware store and get a sheet of asbestos and cut new ones. Every once in a while one would fall off. Just went to a parking lot at night and stole another one. Those galvanized pipe ones put too much weight one the welds and they'd crack.
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