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Posted by JEM (more from JEM) on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:43:56
In Reply to: i've always found those midas shows to be rips offs..., rsfeller, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:12:55
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Shops that sell based on price have to cut corners somewhere, especially since steel prices are up so dramatically in the past couple of years.
Few shops have the equipment to do bends that don't severely reduce the interior diameter of the pipe, and the crush-bends that they're typically capable of doing will severely restrict the flow capacity of the pipe if you try to get a tight-radius bend. The pipe may start off as a 2.5 or 3in pipe but by the time they've bent it to go around the fuel tank and over the axle you've got a 1 7/8in passage inside the pipe.
This is where a manufactured exhaust system with mandrel bends or at least decently smooth press-bends can be preferable to a bent-on-site system. Otherwise you can purchase basic mandrel-bent pipe sections from various places and weld them together to form the shapes needed.
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Posts in this Thread:
- how much would an exhaust shop charge for new system, rob 94 cse, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:01:18
- Re: how much would an exhaust shop charge for new system, Dan-O, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:58:16
- Re: how much would an exhaust shop charge for new system, Bill U, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:02:42
- Can you say JT system., Nahum Cook, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:14:47
- buy the parts and install yourself, saabnroark
, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:47:57 - Get the parts you want from a sponsor and install..., TKC, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:17:27
- i've always found those midas shows to be rips offs..., rsfeller, Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:12:55
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