anyone make thier own turbo headers?

[66larkgs]

i run a mid mount turbo set and have been thinking about building a set of custom headers for a single turbo and crossover pipe. I was reading not to use ss because it cant handle the heat.. what type of steel should i run, wall thickness? 3/8 or 1/2 flange. i have acess to a complete cnc plasma table and all a real nice pipe bender. any ideas??

paul
66larkgs

[PhillipM]

Stainless is fine. Just use 321.

[opnwide]

stainless is good but hard to weld (need to purge it, etc). More people are going with 16g steel and coating it. Thats what I did. Just don't coat inside (if it flakes off its going into your turbo!).
I've posted pics of my build in the first link below (before paint)