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Old 01-09-2022, 08:01 AM   #1
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Do the machine work first and then measure. Some find cutting their own rings from steel pipe works better than the rings you can get nowadays as they would be solid round. Personally I would test fit without the gasket.
Mild steel or stainless? NAPA sells 1.5" OD aluminized mild steel exhaust tubing by the foot.
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Old 01-09-2022, 12:12 PM   #2
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Mild steel or stainless? NAPA sells 1.5" OD aluminized mild steel exhaust tubing by the foot.
Buy a foot from NAPA and make some for yourself and a couple of friends.
Somewhere on this site is a thread about making the rings but a search will have to be made.
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