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Blowing a down pipe

Postby Dazts1 » Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:51 pm

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
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby dscscotty » Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:40 pm

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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby Dazts1 » Sat Nov 24, 2018 5:34 pm

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. ;)
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby Knowledge » Sat Nov 24, 2018 7:03 pm

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.
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby jonashford » Sat Nov 24, 2018 9:57 pm

Dave Diddy Barker Or Andrew Vass top blokes for blowing down a pipe!!!
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby ULC Soulagent » Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:09 pm

jonashford wrote:Dave Diddy Barker Or Andrew Vass top blokes for blowing down a pipe!!!

:lol: :lol:
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Postby Simon_T » Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:52 am

:D :D :D :D :D
jonashford wrote:Dave Diddy Barker Or Andrew Vass top blokes for blowing down a pipe!!!
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby piskie » Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:43 pm

Did someone mention a pipe needs blowing x
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby jonashford » Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:15 am

piskie wrote:Did someone mention a pipe needs blowing x


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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby Lammyrider » Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:03 am

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.
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby gaz_powell » Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:52 pm

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 ?
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby Dazts1 » Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:51 pm

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 !
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby Dazts1 » Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:54 pm

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.
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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby Toot » Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:27 am

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).

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Re: Blowing a down pipe

Postby gaz_powell » Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:27 am

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.

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