exhaust help

[NO_RSPECT]

what up mah peeps

Hey listen I bought a secondhand exhaust from Hikari and it needs a bit of a clean up before i take it to get the dump pipe made.

It is mild steel and there are some bits that have surface rust. (the flanges)

Now i wanted to scrub em off with a wire brush and then spray all the piping in that high temp black spraypaint so it all looks nice and then polish the twin mufflers.

But i also want to like flush the exhaust through.

and now the question...

DO you think that i could use carby cleaner or something similar to get some gunk out of it. like carbon caked on the inside.

I am not sure what to use or do, i dont think there is any problem with bolting it on but while it is sitting there doing nothing i might as well do something.

it is a jasma exhaust with a high flow cat, but the cat is dented, dunno if it will affect anything. hopefully not. i am considering knocking the cat out...(but i wouldnt cos its illegal) as an experiment if i choose not to use the cat. Do you think hypothetically that it will let alot of black smoke through the exhaust or will it just smell really bad with the extra gasses. would anyone have any hypothetical theories on this.

lata

RiaZ

[GTS-t VSPEC]

I can't see too many problems with cleaning the exhaust, the only thing I would be careful of is the cat. I'm not sure what effect the cleaning agents would have on it, but probably not good.

In general the exhaust will get a bit caked from the unburnt fuel that passes through it, so any type of engine style cleaner should work.

How bad is the dent, if it causes the exhaust gases to swirl then you could potentially loose a bit of power, but probably not worth worrying about.

See'ya:burnout:

[NO_RSPECT]

the cat is oval shaped and the dent is on the join near where the piping goes into the cat. it doesnt seem to bad and it will be under the car so i am not ecpecting too many problems. still deciding what to do with the pipework, cos the cat seems old and I am thinking putting it in might be pointless as it could be too old to be of any use so i might just get a new high flow cat and use that instead.

Just need to find a small exhaust shop with patience. someone cheap as you would expect.

anyways i will let you know how the cleaning goes.

RiaZ