Carpenter Sidewinder Exhaust Installation - Help Needed I think

[Paul Bryant]

I would like a set of finned clamps on the header pipes

Now that would look good Art

 

[IMFASTTOO]

I gotta ask, what are "T" clamps?

Stainless steel exhaust clamps

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Now that would look good Art

Do they make any 2 inch finned clamps

 

[Paul Bryant]

Stainless steel exhaust clamps

Basically this sort of thing.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Basically this sort of thing.

WELL thats one type that will work PAUL I think BSA had 2 inch FINNED clamps that would look nice You should have some around your the master of cool looking pipes for the vintage twins

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

maybe so but not as sexy

What art said applies to both styles dude whether the aluminium flange adapters are joined together or separate they're all the same on the inside

 

[mully95]

I forgot about the "Rider ignore" feature. Works good fellows... don't see members that just make nonconstructive posts so they can boost their thread count up to be king of the hill. I save atleast 5 minutes now going through each thread.... no more looking at bold typing either that is hard on the eyes .... ya'll should try it.... works GREAT!

 

[leatal]

LoL

or if you are clever and ridiculously handsome and prepared to spend another few quid you could make the following improvement

I am following your lead (great mod by the way). Have one of our fine members Jeff (Jvheli) doing the machining work and will have it welded locally. Did you weld the pipe to the flange while attached to the bike over the Carpenter plate or did you tack the pipe to the flange and remove the pipe to weld? Curious to know if welding while over the Carpenter alloy plate dorks up the alloy because of heat.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

I am following your lead (great mod by the way). Have one of our fine members Jeff (Jvheli) doing the machining work and will have it welded locally. Did you weld the pipe to the flange while attached to the bike over the Carpenter plate or did you tack the pipe to the flange and remove the pipe to weld? Curious to know if welding while over the Carpenter alloy plate dorks up the alloy because of heat.

Ah yes i forgot i had all those pics posted.
You definitely want to just barely tack the pipe to the flange when in it's correct position on the bike (like in pics 5/6 in my original post). A small tack on left and another on right.
Don't forget to have your battery and ECU removed before tack welding.

Then remove from engine and leave Carpenter aluminium flange out so you can weld all around fully and make sure the inside is smooth and clean.

I also recall marking pipes etc in the right position with a pencil and then taking off to the bench to weld, using the marks to position the parts right.


Oh yes and in case you haven't found out yet tell Jeff that he will need to remove 2mm from here

Modifying Carpenter flange 1

• R-III-R Turbo
• Mar 8, 2018

and also machine some metal from here to make a 90° like below

Modifying Carpenter flange 2

• R-III-R Turbo
• Mar 8, 2018

Good luck with it Lee

 

[leatal]

Ah yes i forgot i had all those pics posted.
You definitely want to just barely tack the pipe to the flange when in it's correct position on the bike (like in pics 5/6 in my original post). A small tack on left and another on right.
Don't forget to have your battery and ECU removed before tack welding.

Then remove from engine and leave Carpenter aluminium flange out so you can weld all around fully and make sure the inside is smooth and clean.

I also recall marking pipes etc in the right position with a pencil and then taking off to the bench to weld, using the marks to position the parts right.


Oh yes and in case you haven't found out yet tell Jeff that he will need to remove 2mm from here

Modifying Carpenter flange 1

• R-III-R Turbo
• Mar 8, 2018

and also machine some metal from here to make a 90° like below

Modifying Carpenter flange 2

• R-III-R Turbo
• Mar 8, 2018

Good luck with it Lee

Thanks, Jeff will mill the ridge off the round portion, but we are leaving the oval flange at full length as the sidewinder pipes will slide into the 3/8" stainless flange he is fabricating. I will purchase longer exhaust studs to account for the longer length. I do plan on removing the ECU and battery for the tack welding. Thanks for the advise, well appreciated!