what is a better setup. eventually will get a k04...read...
08-07-2002, 09:16 PM
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what is a better setup. eventually will get a k04...read...
is custom exhaust, let's say 3" mandrel bent pipe from the turbo all the way back to a remus universal muffler, or...neuspeed's stainless catback including downpipe. 98 1.8tqm.
08-07-2002, 09:21 PM
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Well no resonator will mean the first choice will be louder...
and you will need to find a shop that can do custom work. While bending midpipe is no biggie, can they fab a downpipe? Luckily SPP sells Pictureboy's DP for ~250. SO get that 250 DP, get the Remus rear muffler, then have a shop mandrel bend you a mid-pipe.
The above is actually what i would like to do...You could always source, in addition, a resonator for the mid-pipe, a good exhaust shop can make you one, a midpipe with a resonator welded in.
The plus of a ready made exhaust is...it's ready made! No guesswork, any slack jawed yokel can remove your old exhaust and put the new one on.
Not too sure about a 3" exhaust with a KO4, you will lose low end power in exchange for more top end power...i think that a 2.5" exhaust flows sufficiently for a KO4, if i had to guess.
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The above is actually what i would like to do...You could always source, in addition, a resonator for the mid-pipe, a good exhaust shop can make you one, a midpipe with a resonator welded in.
The plus of a ready made exhaust is...it's ready made! No guesswork, any slack jawed yokel can remove your old exhaust and put the new one on.
Not too sure about a 3" exhaust with a KO4, you will lose low end power in exchange for more top end power...i think that a 2.5" exhaust flows sufficiently for a KO4, if i had to guess.
Cheers,
Sameer
08-07-2002, 09:41 PM
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any shop with a $700,000+ CAD/CAM mandrel machine... sure. Not a local shop with its tube-bender
My kindom for a muffler shop in Denver with a mandrel machine!! Or anyone in town.
08-07-2002, 09:54 PM
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Hmm wonder if Magnaflow will do one, have you seen their hot rod universal kits?
just a whole mess of bent tubes, etc...for fitment in what are essentially custom applications. Not their cat-back systems, but the large kits they sell for custom rods.
Didn't realize a mandrel machine would cost that much though.
Cheers,
Sameer
Didn't realize a mandrel machine would cost that much though.
Cheers,
Sameer
08-07-2002, 10:26 PM
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Borla and a lot of other exhaust companies offer mandrel bent tubing in various....
bends and diameters. They're available in 45, 90 and 180 degree bends and are cut/welded to fit over, under, around and through obstacles on their way out from under the car. How you think we made smooth-bend exhausts before mandrels were commonly available? Very labor intensive but a good cut/weld man could turn out some incredibly nice exhausts. They were artists in their day.
BTW $700k would be a cheap buy-in on a small, used mandrel machine. New state-of-the-art can easily run well in excess of $1.5M depending on tooling and options.
BTW $700k would be a cheap buy-in on a small, used mandrel machine. New state-of-the-art can easily run well in excess of $1.5M depending on tooling and options.
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08-08-2002, 08:22 AM
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You might want to give autosport werks a call.
I don't know that they have one but it wouldn't really surprise me. They seem to have a bunch of cool toys (ie, 4 wheel dyno).
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