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Step 1
With a cutting wheel carefully grind the welds that lock the bolts in place. |
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Step 2
Cut that stupid pipe off the front. Careful not to mar the rolled edge. You will F it up enough later... |
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Step 3
Open the rolled edge. Pry against the left overs of the pipe you cut off. Once you have part of the lip unrolled use a flat screwdriver to work the rest of the lip open. |
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Step 4
Use an adjustable wrench to open that lip open all the way so the guts will come out. |
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Step 5
You will need to use a lead or rubber mallet on the bolts to help work the guts out. If you are really crafty you can use a slide hammer. Cut off that useless baffle material. |
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Step 6
Drill holes in the stainless steel. If you have a torch -use it and cut a hole. I don't have gas in mine so I drilled. Don't be a fag and try a holesaw -it is stainless and will take the rest of your life... |
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Step 6
Drill more holes in the stainless steel |
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Step 6-2
Use a metal blade on a jigsaw and cut from hole to hole. Yes I realize this is hacked and no I didn't care -you can't see it in the final product. |
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This is a jigsaw
Poor mans torch |
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Step 7
Cut the inside pipe by cutting through the whole exhaust. Hold the guts up to the light and you will see that the inside pipe is closer to one side -cut on that side so that you cut as little of the exterior as possible. DO NOT cut it completely in half! When you have cut the pipe it will come out. |
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Step 7
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The pipe
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Put her back
Now we start to put this can back together. If you have a welder -button up this cut. If not then don't worry about it, just proceed. |
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Step 8
OK so I got carried away and missed a few steps. You want to slide the guts back into the can without the baffle material. MAKE SURE THE GUTS ARE NOT UPSIDE DOWN! Make sure that the turndown cap turns down when it is all together. A quick way to check is to look at the writing on the side of the can -should not be upside down and the single bolt goes downward. Use a non damging mallet to work the guts back in. Use the nuts and tighten the guts into place. Use a ballpeen/ bodyshop hammer to hammer the rolled edge back into place. I also painted the can with high heat ceramic engine paint. |
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Final Result!
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