Where To Get Tubing Bends

[Turbo Buick 6]

The first thing to remember when shopping for bends is that you can find one shop that makes everything you need but odds are it is going to cost you. Point is mandrel dies can be over 5G for one tube size on one CLR, and that mandrel only works with 1 guage tubing. So most of your smaller shops that bend in house don't have a large selection of dies, but they sell cheaper to try and get your business. A large place like Burns or SPD will have a very large selection but they are very pricey and even if you spend 5G you may only save 20% Many of the small shops will have bends that are on weird CLRs such as 3.38" In the exhaust industry most bends go in 1/2" increments. the reason some places have odd dies is because they got them used from an industrial business that had them specificly made. Don't be scared to use these odd CLRs if they will work for your application.

[Turbo Buick 6]

Here is a small list to get started:D


http://www.burnsstainless.com/index.htm

http://www.spdexhaust.com/

http://www.profabrication.com/
ProFabs prices are about 5 years old and they may stock more than they list now so it is best to call, They are the only place I have gotten bends from that are washed out

http://www.mandrelbendingsolutions.com/servlet/Categories?category=Mandrel+Bends

http://store.racing-solutions.org/mandrelbends.html

[Turbo Buick 6]

These are pretty neat for when you need a tight CLR on large tubing

http://www.hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_prod_id=198,55,363_1230&action=product