custom, stainless exhaust??

[GS750]

I have been offered to have a set of custom made pipes (for free) by my local school.

All they need is my old set (luckily I have a spare set too) and they will replicate the bends etc and will even make a custom muffler which they will replicate the flow from my tranzac.

Thing is that the teacher said he really would like them to tig weld the pipes onto the 4-1 collector.
Is this a good idea or would it cause some other problems??

I currently have the older trazac pipes and a generic muffler fitted up to the bike but as I have only ever had full stainless on cars I was just wondering if anyone has had experience with full stainless on the GS's??

does it inprove performance??

[SVSooke]

I would not have them weld the whole exhaust toghther.It's hard enough to get header pipes on without the muffler hanging on the back.

[Big T]

There's no performance gain from stainless

[MadDogGS]

There's no performance gain from stainless

Unless lighter material is used because stainless can be stronger than mild. And then the performance gains would probably be very small.

[makenzie71]

If they're going to "do you a favor" as an educational experience, have them do it correctly.

A 4-1 collector is fine...most of us with aftermarket exhausts run 4-1 setups.

The best thing they can do for you, though, is make separate exhaust manifolds.

Look here to see what I mean:

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=171834&highlight=clearance

There's no performance gain from stainless

Random statement of the day award!

[makenzie71]

Stainless is more about longevity than performance. If it would hold up to the heat you could make it out of wood.

[GS750]

If they're going to "do you a favor" as an educational experience, have them do it correctly.

A 4-1 collector is fine...most of us with aftermarket exhausts run 4-1 setups.

The best thing they can do for you, though, is make separate exhaust manifolds.
!

Spoke to the guys today and they said that they would be able to do the 4-2-1 system instead of the 4-1 The issue is that I dont really want to have them stacked like yours, plus which pipes are best to combine at the first collectors?? Should it be 1&4 and 2&3??

[makenzie71]

I wouldn't go for a 4-2-1 personally. You want your primaries to be as long as possible and there's not enough room to get a proper arrangement going. It would look interesting, though...if you go that route then yes, the ` and 4 and the 2 and 3 need to be the shared combos.