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> What do you know about hydroforming?, Exhaust tubes
ChrisFoley
post Jan 15 2004, 11:56 PM
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I'm sick and tired of buying from Hooker (Holley). They have had substantial price increases two years running. NO one else makes the tube bends I need in 16ga. They form them in Mexico, ship them to Cali, then to a parts wholesaler in Rhode Island, before I get them. It takes about 10 weeks unles I place a special order and pay shipping on top of their already high price. Then they screw me over by only shipping partial orders. After forcing me to order box quantities they ship half boxes sometimes.

I wonder if I could come up with a piece of equipment to form the complex bends I need for my headers, if I were to use hydro technology instead of the traditional method.
Everything I've seen so far using hydroforming is diffferent and even more complex than what I want to do.
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post Jan 16 2004, 12:11 AM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Jan 16 2004, 01:03 AM)
I'm going to guess your volume isnt high enough to warrant the purchase of your own equipment.

You're right about that. I have a pretty smart friend who would help me build my own equipment to do only what I want. The shapes I have in mind are somewhat less complex than the stuff auto mfrs are getting into, and I think I only would need low pressure hydro.

For starters I will look into having my own tube bender & dies, and sticking with the current fab procedure.

I might even go for all stainless if I was forming my own.
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