It is simply a matter of taking your best look at where you want the tubes to go and picking up a 180-degree “J” bend or 90-degree or 120-degree and cutting out the section you want. I used my trusty old Craftsman band saw to cut the tubes and a die grinder with a tapered stone to de-burr them inside and out. One tip is to always try to make straight cuts in the bends so that you can make another straight cut bend line up flush with the first one. In other words, make as few “pie” cuts as possible.

After I had the rear tube made and tack welded together I slipped on the collector, which now positions and holds the collector in place. I moved forward to the next tube and followed the same procedure until I got to the front tube. The front tube was made as straight and direct to the collector as possible to keep it as short as possible.

Following the same game plan I went to the driver side and started at the rear. Once I figured out how to snake the tube over and around the steering shaft I was in good shape. I think you get the idea of how this went. I didn’t keep an exact count, but it took me about 25 hours part time to get these built.

In the end I am pretty happy with how they turned out. Of course, now that they are done I think I might have routed a couple of them a little different but, hey, that’s the curse of being me. In the end they should work well and they definitely shouldn’t be too small.

I wouldn’t put it past me someday to take another stab at it either after doing some testing. All I need to do now is finish weld them with the Tig and send them off to be coated.

I’ll see you again next month and as a clue of what’s ahead, I think things are about to get a little “Strange”.

Remember, there is always hope.
And, when in doubt… DO A WHEELIE!