Drilling header choke tube hole

[Anonymous]

I was thinking of ways to get my choke tube to work with the headers and i was thinking of weather it'll work or not if i were to drill a hole in the headers for the choke tube. Will this work, or what are all of you guys doing with your heat tube.



wes

 

[Falcon62]

Wes - I don't think you want to go drilling holes in your header. In a stock exhaust manifold, the hole is really just a well or blind hole that transfers heat via the choke tube to the bi-metallic spring that operates the choke. If you were to feed it exhaust gases, you'd probably burn it up.

What most people do is make a heat stove out of some light sheetmetal, wrap it around a header tube, and attach the choke tube to that.

 

[Anonymous]

great idea thanks for the help

 

[gtm1086]

Just take a hose clamp and clamp the choke tube to the header.

 

[CobraSix]

I plan on using my high temp epoxy to make a 'notch' inbetween #3 and 4 tubes. The epoxy I use is good up to 2300*F. SHould transmit heat well, and look pretty good. I'm just going to make a block of it and then drill out for the choke tube.

Slade

 

[Lazy JW]

I just welded the choke tube pipe to the header tube on my 300, then attached the silver colored flex tube just like a stock setup. Works great.
Joe

 

[80broncoman]

You could take copper tubing and wrap it around a single header tube and even clamp it with a hose clamp to prevent a rattle. Since there might be some distance between the two insulate the tube if you can. :idea:

Jim

 

[Lazy JW]

I just welded the choke tube pipe to the header tube on my 300, then attached the silver colored flex tube just like a stock setup. Works great.
Joe

Oops! I welded the heat stove tube to the header, not the "choke tube". I don't even have a choke tube.
Joe

 

[TheDude]

Click on my sig pic and you can see how I attached the choke heater tube to the header pipe. Click on the "New exhaust pics" album.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the help i like the idea of the epoxy where do i buy it at and whats it called.



wes