Cone shaped stainless bits, where from?!
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I'm in need of a bit of pipe which goes from 2.5" at one end to 3" at the other.
Don't think Jetex sell that kind of thing and it'd take me an age to make something like that.
Anyone know where you might be able to buy a stainless steel cone with a 1.6mm wall thickness?
			
									
									
						Don't think Jetex sell that kind of thing and it'd take me an age to make something like that.
Anyone know where you might be able to buy a stainless steel cone with a 1.6mm wall thickness?
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so in short terms you want a reducer pipe from 3" to 2.5 inch easy jetex might but i am sure a poerflow dealer has bits like that on the shelf in stainless not sure what grade you want if not i am sure a man of your tallents could make one
			
									
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this is where i got mine from, to do my 3" down pipe from 2.5, exellent people to deal with..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Exhaust-Back-Box- ... 18Q2el1247
			
									
									
						http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Exhaust-Back-Box- ... 18Q2el1247
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Really want it to be a smooth taper rather than a stepped thing to be honest, I wouldn't be happy using one of the Jetex or the ebay linked stepped jobbie really 
Many thanks for the input on those though guys
Will have an ask at the autofactors, fingers crossed!
Have also e-mailed the people I bought some Cats from a few years back as those had cones welded on thinking about it.
			
									
									
						
Many thanks for the input on those though guys

Will have an ask at the autofactors, fingers crossed!
Have also e-mailed the people I bought some Cats from a few years back as those had cones welded on thinking about it.
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Would it be possible to cut a v section from a 3" tube of the correct length and tig it yourself?  You seem rather nifty with a tig torch.... lol
			
									
									
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Really want it to be about 70mm long. There's probably an ideal angle for the walls of the cone, but like so many things I'm limited to what will fit and not what's idealKaran wrote:how long do you want the pipe to be for the 'change in diameter... taper?

Hmm, could cut a 100mm long section of 3" pipe, split it down the middle so that the circumferance at one end matched a 2.5" pipe and then weld it up. That's a pretty good idea J!jaistanley wrote:Would it be possible to cut a v section from a 3" tube of the correct length and tig it yourself? You seem rather nifty with a tig torch.... lol
 Saves having to make a former to bend bits of sheet around!
 Saves having to make a former to bend bits of sheet around!I have them at work, ill measure some today and get a price for you, you can also have consentric or eccentric if that might help??
			
									
									
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Matt, that would be f'ing awesome!
How eccentric are the eccentric ones? The would be mega handy as the outlet from the turbo just about overlaps the suspension turret!
			
									
									
						How eccentric are the eccentric ones? The would be mega handy as the outlet from the turbo just about overlaps the suspension turret!
There flat one side with all the tapper on the other side if you looked at it from the side This sort of shape  |/   and the normal ones are  this shape \ / the 3 - 2 1/2 reducers in stainless are 40mm long and are £6 to me seen as i work there  
   
 
any help?
			
									
									 
   
 any help?

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One of the |/ ones would be absolutely spot on Matt!appletree wrote:There flat one side with all the tapper on the other side if you looked at it from the side This sort of shape |/ and the normal ones are this shape \ / the 3 - 2 1/2 reducers in stainless are 40mm long and are £6 to me seen as i work there

any help?
Would you be able to hook me up for one of those? Just lemme know how much and I'll pop a cheque in the post if that's alright?
What sort of wall thickness are they out of interest?
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google allstainless ltd
They do all stainless reducer sizes in 1.6mm wall. Online ordering as well. Should be about a fiver.
			
									
									
						They do all stainless reducer sizes in 1.6mm wall. Online ordering as well. Should be about a fiver.
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Wow, small world! I found that site when I was looking for some stainless steel tube to make oil feed pipes from.
They seem to charge the earth for P&P though, and Matt's sorting me out with a cone too
			
									
									
						They seem to charge the earth for P&P though, and Matt's sorting me out with a cone too




