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Perth
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December 2003
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Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 04:25
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Hi guys,
The local exhaust shop quote me $600 for 2.25" mandrel bent exhaust system for my sprinter. Its not a complete system its from where the original exhaust manifold branch off into 2 smaller pipes. Or I can have a complete exhaust system including custom extractor for $1000.
Is this too expensive or about right?
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Location:
Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Location:
brisbane
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December 2004
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 04:31
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it doesnt sound to bad
i got a 3inch mandrel bent zorst with flex join full sick canon lol and a hiflow cat and dump pipe for 1000...
but i think you would be able to get it cheaper
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Location:
Perth
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December 2003
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 04:45
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| Corona RT142 wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 14:28 |
Stainless or mild steel edit maybe its titanium 
I don't think thats to bad a price
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Of course its Titanium! I would accept nothing less its for the AE86 after all.
I think its mild steel, the shop made some very nice system for a few V8s they have at the shop. I wonder if its worth getting the extractor as well??? I heard some conflicting answer regarding this, some said that give good power and other said it just make it sound better.
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I supported Toymods
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Australia
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November 2003
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 04:59
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Depends on the muffler.
If its a $90 cannon they are going to use, then its a ripoff.
But if its a $350 Lukey, then its a good price.
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 07:42
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| Xinx wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 14:45 |
| Corona RT142 wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 14:28 |
Stainless or mild steel edit maybe its titanium
I don't think thats to bad a price
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Of course its Titanium! I would accept nothing less its for the AE86 after all.
I think its mild steel, the shop made some very nice system for a few V8s they have at the shop. I wonder if its worth getting the extractor as well??? I heard some conflicting answer regarding this, some said that give good power and other said it just make it sound better.
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by all accounts, the 4AG extractors are good from factory, and not much to be gained from getting new ones made up...
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Wollongong
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January 2005
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 09:29
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Well my 2 1/4" exhaust for my ae86 cost me $300 from the exhasut manifold back, but that was after some confusion over the phone. He said normally it would have cost about $400. That included 1 general type of muffler and they fitted a cat that I bought too.
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 09:39
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cats are one of the pricier parts of a zorst though
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Wollongong
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January 2005
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 09:42
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| draven wrote on Mon, 29 August 2005 19:39 |
cats are one of the pricier parts of a zorst though
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From the exhaust shop it was going to cost me like $250 for the cat, so i rang a local wrecker and I picked a VN Commodore one up for $66.
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Location:
geelong
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August 2005
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Mon, 29 August 2005 14:02
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Hey, try getting a quote from "Andy's Exhaust Werks".
I've gotten some good and cheap parts off the guy, and a friend had some work on his exhaust done though him also.
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Location:
Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:52
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I got a maifold back 2" stainless system, high flow cat, genie turbo muffler or whatever they are (it was on the car when I bought it), high flow cat and the reciept for that says about the $800 mark, and thats not mandrel bends
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Location:
new castle
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July 2005
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Tue, 30 August 2005 05:37
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do mendrel bends really affect the exhaust that much?? just curious as to how much they really affect your exhaust and weather its really worth the money
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I Supported Toymods
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Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Tue, 30 August 2005 05:40
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Heh. Press bent goodness of 2.5" from turbo back (supplied my own high flow cat), resonator and muffler. Costed me like 300 bucks?
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Location:
Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Exhaust: Is this too expensive
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Tue, 30 August 2005 05:46
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| havabeer wrote on Tue, 30 August 2005 15:07 |
do mendrel bends really affect the exhaust that much?? just curious as to how much they really affect your exhaust and weather its really worth the money
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They don't squash the tube when it's bent so you have a constant diameter through out the whole exhaust.
I've heard a rulew of thumb that suggests if your using press bends, go 1/4" bigger you should get a similar flow to using the smaller diameter with mandrels but it should end up costing less
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moves around the road though.