XJ Cherokee gets Custom Stainless Exhaust: How I use Mandrel Bends

The XJ Cherokee LS Swap project is coming along nicely, and it's time to finish up the exhaust! Last time we took care of the front section, merging the 2.5" outlets from both Novak headers into a single 3" Flowmaster Y-pipe and then a high flow catalytic converter. This time, we're gonna install a Magnaflow Muffler on this XJ Cherokee, and a full 3" 304 stainless tailpipe. I'll cover the fundamentals of how I work with mandrel bent tubes, from making the cuts, cleaning the edges, how to mark and clock the bends to the exhaust tube goes where you want it to, and weld em back together in the appropriate configuration. It's definitely a time consuming process, but a TIG welded mandrel bent exhaust if by far the coolest way to do any exhaust on an engine swap. The details on the XJ Cherokee are as follows: 1998 2-door Cherokee Sport, Rusty's long arm kit, 17" beadlocks and 37" tires, Dana 60 axles front and rear with electric lockers and 4.56's, an LQ4 swap with a GM 4l60e transmission thats been adapted to a Jeep NP231 transfer case.

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Chapters:
0:00 Today's Plan
1:23 Parallel Offset
4:11 Starting the Tail Pipe
6:30 Clearance Around the Shock
9:36 Perfect Routing Every Time
13:48 Fuel Tank Clearance
16:58 Its Simple! (but time consuming)
20:15 Finished Exhaust