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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 01:14 PM
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fabricating an exhaust

can i go to mineke and get them to bend some pipe for me and i can just buy 2 mufflers. what size pipe should i get and what kind of mufflers? someone please reply
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 02:56 PM
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They will be nasty crushed bends.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 03:01 PM
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They need to be mandrel bent.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 05:29 PM
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yea they would be mandrel bent
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 06:21 PM
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Mineke doesn't do mandrel bends.
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Old Jun 22, 2003 | 07:50 PM
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You don't need mandrel bends, but they are better for performance. If you just need to keep your car quiet so you can drive it, then press-bends are fine.

Quite honestly, the people I know who attempted to make a cheap non-turbo exhaust just ended up constantly blowing through cheap mufflers and/or had to add restrictive muffler inserts to keep the noise down. A nice RB catback or budget RP 50mm catback will save you a lot of frustration, and they are just about the same price as you would pay to have them made at Meineke with the same mufflers.
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 04:33 AM
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If you have fabrication skills,and recources : You can buy prefabricated bends,and some pipe.Then you cab fabricate your own exhaust.Or if you have enough knowledge about Rotary exhausts,you can go to a exhaust shop and show then how to make it.

You didnt say if its NA ot Turbo ?Emissions ?
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Old Jun 23, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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its an N/A. thanks for all the advice.
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Old Jun 27, 2003 | 10:27 AM
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Flowmasters work great, but loud. Try to get thick wall tubeing for your exhaust, the thicker the quiter!
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