Low carbon or Aluminized

[eestatic]

I noticed at Oreilly's they list a low carbon and aluminized exhaust tubing in various gauge thickness.

Pros & Cons?

Recommendations..?

 

[340 8BBL]

depends on what your building.plain carbon is a little easier to weld,but will rust right away unless you coat/paint it.

 

[dodgedifferent2]

nothing good

go stainless

 

[67redcudavert]

Stainless is best and will last a long time, but a lot more money. Aluminized will last pretty good and is not hard to weld. Low carbon should be last choice, rusts easily and won't last long.

 

[roccodart440]

Stainless is best and will last a long time, but a lot more money. Aluminized will last pretty good and is not hard to weld. Low carbon should be last choice, rusts easily and won't last long.

Stainless is also the last time you'll ever spend money on an exhaust. If it's something you are going to keep. Think about it long term financially.

 

[chryslerfat]

I had aluminized on my Vette for 20 years and it was still good when I sold it.

 

[nm9stheham]

I had aluminized on my Vette for 20 years and it was still good when I sold it.

I too have been surprised how well the aluminzied holds up long term. For the street, I am trying to use aluminized more. For race, plain steel; you never know when you are going to just rip it off! Never spent the $$ for SS.

 

[67redcudavert]

How the car is used will affect how long the exhaust holds up. Short hops where the car and exhaust don't get fully warmed up will really shorten how long the exhaust system lasts. Expressway driving will warm it up good and give you more life.

Starting in '75 when converters first appeared so did stainless pipe, between the converter and the engine. Regular steel couldn't deal with the heat. As time went by stainless usage gradually spread until the whole system is stainless, which lasts a real long time. The original muffler and tailpipe on my 2000 Dakota lasted almost 200K.

This pretty much killed the replacement stock exhaust system business.