Rufus The Doofus

Things have been moving much slower than I had hoped on my 1980 HJ45 Troopy turbo project. There’s a good chance I might be up and running in a week or so. I’ve been working on piecing together an exhaust out of 304 stainless. Here’s a few photos.

I’m building the exhaust in three main sections. These photos are of the downpipe from the turbo back to the muffler area. The muffler will be the middle section and then I’ll build a custom tailpipe as well as the third section. It’s all 2.5″ stainless. I want to build it once and not have to worry about rust.

I took my time with routing the pipe to give the most ground clearance possible. I may take the truck off road someday and don’t want to worry about breaking the exhaust.

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