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Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:51 pm
by Dazts1
As said in the title Blowing a down pipe. When my layshaft snapped a few year ago my Taffy pipe down pipe took quite a hit as we went down. Now it hasn’t worn through but it does have a big dent.
Does anybody know who maybe able to blow the dent out ?

Thanks Daz

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:40 pm
by dscscotty
Jon Howe-Jahspeed

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:17 pm
by Norrie Bodge

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 5:34 pm
by Dazts1
Some very interesting ways of doing it there. Especially the freezer option. But i think the steel on my u pipe is to heavy a gauge for that option.
So heat it is then. ;)

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 7:03 pm
by Knowledge
I haven’t watched the videos, but I think I would cut around the dent with a dremmel cutting disc (or several discs) until the dented bit is a separate bit of metal. I would then hammer out the dent and then weld it back in again.

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:57 pm
by jonashford
Dave Diddy Barker Or Andrew Vass top blokes for blowing down a pipe!!!

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:09 pm
by ULC Soulagent
jonashford wrote:Dave Diddy Barker Or Andrew Vass top blokes for blowing down a pipe!!!

:lol: :lol:

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:52 am
by Simon_T
:D :D :D :D :D
jonashford wrote:Dave Diddy Barker Or Andrew Vass top blokes for blowing down a pipe!!!

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:43 pm
by piskie
Did someone mention a pipe needs blowing x

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:15 am
by jonashford
piskie wrote:Did someone mention a pipe needs blowing x


:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:03 am
by Lammyrider
I recently lent my spare Taff exhaust to a mate who had a local guy make up a jig to reproduce new replacement downpipes for these exhausts.
My mate had a few downpipes done which he says fit and look great and he is a fussy one.
Don’t think the builder would just make one of them but if there was a call for the item he would most probably make a small run of them.

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:52 pm
by gaz_powell
Dazts1 wrote:As said in the title Blowing a down pipe. When my layshaft snapped a few year ago my Taffy pipe down pipe took quite a hit as we went down. Now it hasn’t worn through but it does have a big dent.
Does anybody know who maybe able to blow the dent out ?

Thanks Daz


How close to original are the taffy copy u bends ?

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:51 pm
by Dazts1
Hi Lambyrider
I’d be interested defo.be good to think others would be.
Gaz there different mate. The taff u pipe fits over the expansion body where as I’m sure the copy goes inside the expansion body. From what I remember the 1st copy’s had a 42mm u pipe too ! The taff is around 48mm !

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:54 pm
by Dazts1
There’s somebody selling a copy taff pipe on eBay at the moment claiming it to be genuine. It has a taff muffler but the body is definitely a copy. He may genuinely not know the difference.

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:27 am
by Toot
Daz

Trev Harrison (Midas Touch) had to sort me a new downpipe for my Taffy Exhaust a few years back. Might be worth giving him a call to ask?

I also have a new as yet unfitted full Taffy exhaust that could be used to measure up, if need be? (I bought it off Dene last year or the year before).

Cheers

Toot

Re: Blowing a down pipe

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:27 am
by gaz_powell
Dazts1 wrote:There’s somebody selling a copy taff pipe on eBay at the moment claiming it to be genuine. It has a taff muffler but the body is definitely a copy. He may genuinely not know the difference.


you are right the copy u bends fit in the main pipe, first ones were 42mm but later were 48mm

Harry Barlow made a u bend for genuine taffy for a mate of mine at a good price.

Gaz