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Originally Posted by Kurt V View Post
Well I have a Dansk SS muffler for the Carrera, but it is for a longhood, which means the outlets would hit the bumper on my shorthood. The answer is to cut the outlets off and rotate them down about 10 degrees. I have done this on a steel muffler, but never on stainless. I have a good gas MIG welder with infinite amp and speed settings. Can I just get a roll of stainless wire and weld? Anything special I need to know?
Yes, you can get stainless wire. I've only done a couple of small stainless welds, and I used the same CO2 mix I do for normal steel; this isn't proper, but it worked. I've also welded stainless using normal steel wire; it didn't look pretty, but it worked.
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