Exhaust flare tool?

[Roa, Greg]

>> http://www.kd-tools.com/20702071.htm
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>That tool is for "flaring," or widening, a short section of pipe so it 
>can slide over the next section.  Not really what you are looking for.

Not sure.  I know what you're talking about, which would be something like this:
http://www.lislecorp.com/tool_detail.cfm?detail=468
I dunno if the KD tools one would work or not, but if you look at it, it has a rounded adjustable section.  The instructions tell you to size it, then hammer it into the end of the exhaust pipe.  Again, unless I was able to actually see the tool, I don't know if it actually will do what I want it to.

>Don't forget some sort of gasket for them.  I don't think those are VAG 
>style, thick and with a bevel for the donut seal.

If I can make the flare, then I would slip one of those over the pipe before flaring it, so it is like the middle and center muffler connections on a type 85.  The flange from the cat to the downpipe would need to be the heavy beveled one, but the others should be similar to the JC whitney one.
http://homepage.internet.lu/customautocraft/parts/exhaust_art_20.jpg
Theres a picture showing kind of how the rear muffler looks.  The flange used on that doesn't really need to be beveled to work.  That's what I'm trying to be able to make up.

>I would second the stainless slip joint advice - Audi does the type 89 
>exhausts with one, and it works quite nicely.

Not a bad idea at all.  The only drawback I see is that on a 4kq there is a connection between the center and rear sections which is located above the rear axle.  If I were to use the slip joint, it couldn't be located there.  Not a big deal, but it would make the section over the rear axle much more tricky to make and install.

>On one of my early "custom" exhausts, I think I made one of those flares 
>for a donut match-up by beating on the end of the pipe with a big hammer 
>until it sort of worked.  Sort of.

heheheh..   That has crossed my mind a few times. 

Greg Roa
Cincinnati, OH
86' 4kcsq x2
87' 5kcstq
93' 90CS
83' 944