Stainless steel side pipes

[jpfletch1]

Where can I buy stainless steel side pipes and regular steel headers to fit a Kirkham or CSX car Thank you

[xlr8or]

You should be able to get headers from either Kirkham or Shelby if your using an FE motor. The stainless side pipes??? I dunno.

[chopper]

Stainless Specialties in Sebastian FL:

http://www.stainless-specialties.com/

They do pipes for Cobras. They have two types: baffled and flow-thru. The flow-thru are like glass-packs but he uses what he calls a "ceramic mat" material instead of fiberglass. Either way, they're guaranteed for life. I had a fellow ERA owner in New York send me some info on his ERA. He originally had the baffled ones which he says showed a power loss of about 45 hp on the dyno as compared with straight pipes. He switched to the flow-thru and said he got the power back along with the noise. It's a trade. I had the flow-thru on my car and they are loud.

One word of advice. The Shelby/ERA style use a slip-fit between the header pipes and the sidepipes. These are notorious for leaking, which results in backfiring on deceleration. The flanged types are much better if they will fit on your car. Stainless Specialties will make either type for you. Hope this helps.

[jpfletch1]

Kirkham does not have stainless steel pipes and I can not find a link where I could buy the pipes from Shelby

[RedBarchetta]

Check out Stainless Works (do a Google search for the URL). They build for Southwest Performance out of New Mexico.

Perhaps Darrell Ratchner can help you.
505-298-7709

Be prepared to spend around $2K for the pipes and another $800-900 for the headers.

-Deano

[BMK]

RedBarchetta

.. $nearly $3,000US is quite high.

Was surprised when I saw the estimate as most other bits are very reasonable there.

That is about $3900Aust. which is really the top end..

Bernie

[RedBarchetta]

Bernie, I agree. Personally, I'm going to stretch my U.S. dollar and buy a whole lot of other upgrades with the money I save.
Once I get these DynoMax bullet race mufflers installed, I will post a full write-up and pictorial.

-Deano

[Jack21]

Not sure you need or want stainless for your exhaust. It's ridicuosly expensive, andalthough it won't corrode (rust), it doesn't control heat radiation.

Preferable is ceramic coated, inside and outside using ordinary steel tubing for the headers and J pipe. The muffler can be coated outside as well. This provides corrosion resistance, heat control, and nice looks for a lot less money.

I can hold my hand to within about an inch of a header pipe on a running engine. It feels hot, but not uncomfortably so. No adjacent plastic items, vinyl wire insulation, relays, etc. show signs of heat fatigue, melting, or damage. A coated muffler will still burn a leg if it contacts bare skin, so I use a coated heat shield.