Well I didn't see any post from Dave for his adaptor in the Marketplace, thow a pic up for us Blinky!!!  I've recently aquired a Dyna that'll eventually make it on my scoot, so I'm interested  

Blinky.....Glad the adapter worked well for you......do some durability testing on it and see how it holds up!  I haven't figured out what the warranty period is yet!

The reason I built a few was that I needed 2 adapters for a pair of mufflers that I had bought....and I ordered another piece of tubing while I was having things shipped from California to help spread out the shipping charges....and I made 4 total.  They are all gone.

I might get bored enough this winter to build some more.  The adapters have to be cut and welded...and that is not easy for me to do in stainless.  I need to find a cheaper source of materials and labor to expand the pipe ends....I made about $ 3 an hour for my time.  Maybe I can get a local muffler place to expand the pipe ends.

I will keep you all posted if I make more.....anyone have a cheap TIG for sale?

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360+,
I agree. Here is the link to the post Dave made in the tech section. He takes much better pictures than me.

Good hunting

360k+ wrote on 11/24/12 at 16:18:24:


In looking at a way to accomplish this with a much reduced cost...I have found that the 1.75" OD pipe in a 20 gauge thickness may be just right without expanding one end......if I can figure out how to get a bend in it without welding.  I am not sure if the stainless could be bent cold or could be heated and bent with a mandrel in each end to keep the proper shape.  Most exhaust systems are made using 18 gauge (0.049") thick tubing - while the 20 guage is (0.035") is 30% thinner.  It might work just fine as there is only about 1/2" length that would not be supported by the header pipe or Dyna muffler.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/27/12 at 09:42:35:


These adapters do seem pretty simple at first.....but in stainless they are just tough to get cheaply.  Stainless welds are tought to do, and the tight angle of this bend almost requires cutting and welding instead of bending.

To get one of these made by at a nationally known shop that does this for a living and is actually qouting real work prices.....I got a qoute to make 5 of them before I decided to make my own.

The material was $ 11.39 a foot and totaled $ 18.99.  The shop labor to set up the process was 1/2 hour for $ 47.50.  The cost to cut the tube was $ 7.00 each cut, the cost to expand the tube ends was $ 7.00 each, the cost to weld each one was $ 20.00.  The total qouted price was $ 236.49...or $ 47.29 each without shipping.  This was from a very reputable company that was just charging normal manufacturing rates.....not a local muffer shop.  I am sure that the work would have been beautiful......but it was just more than I thought was justifiable.

You might be able to find a local guy that will make you one as a favor, and that is why I posted the details in the tech section that list the dimensions.  I am not trying to make a living on these....I needed 2 of them for my own use and just took the time to make them myself.  For anyone that can do that or can find someone that can.....use the dimensions I provided.

I worked in an auto supply shop years ago before the internet, we had hundreds of exhaust pieces in stock and thousands more of less common ones in the catalogs. I wonder of there is any online cross references for exhaust parts with dimensions that would work. Being a premade mass produced item it would probably be reasonably priced, if it exists and we can find it    

I just got a qoute from an aircraft fab shop in Michigan.  Price to make 20 of them in stainless is $ 33.90 each......price to make 30 of them is $ 28.20 each.  A fellow in Texas said his local shop made him one at far less than that......so a local shop may be your best bet until we find a mass produced source.

I only used Stainless for mine as I hate rust.........