well, yesterday i went to a muffler shop here in town that is supposedly supposed to be the best place in town. well, i told...bill...that i had a 18" resonator and street muffler that i wanted put on there with 2 1/4 piping. and he told me that its a waste to up it to 2 1/4, and that its impossible to bend the pipe over the rear axle. i told him that guys all over jbody.org have had it done at a custom shop....so i was like w/e, and didnt bother with him anymore.
so is it true that its that hard to bend 2 1/4 over the axle? and what about running 2 1/4, is it really pointless like he said? thanx
crap...subject is supposed to be "cant bend exhaust for our cars!?"
people have put 3" over the axle
that guy is full of crap
I have 2.5" over the rear axle with a 29" resonator which was a tight fit.
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I have a 2 1/4 that clears my suspension really well and a 25 inch glasspack.
he's full of crap. I heard a lot of the same crap when I was looking for an exhaust, nobody would make one for me.
yeah, don't bother with him,
yea. that guy is loony. try a different shop.
I was a retard, and now I'm permanently banned.
...yep. i think by him saying that 2.25 inch exhaust for our cars is a waste, he is saying that that is too big, to stick with stock.
my friend. almost every single catback system for our cars is 2.25 inches, b/c it has dyno-proven gains (usually 8-10whp, I believe?) he's probably a muscle car head, or maybe just too lazy to do a custom job. find another shop.
...don't hate!.. respect people that have talent, even if it is in something you don't like or understand.
yea...i would go to a different shop...but, thats pretty much the only place in town. lol i think, since im 18 (and a kid and according to him i dont know anything), ill have my dad go in with me next time...and he'll prob change his mind. lol
i have 2.5" over the rear axle
Take a Magnaflow or Vibrant or Thermal catalog to him and show him he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Heavan forbid you would have asked for dual piping.
-M
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i dont' understand how he can say that 2.25" is too big... it's only .25" larger than stock. where are you going to gain any if you leave it stock size
I was a retard, and now I'm permanently banned.
Thad W wrote:yea...i would go to a different shop...but, thats pretty much the only place in town. lol i think, since im 18 (and a kid and according to him i dont know anything), ill have my dad go in with me next time...and he'll prob change his mind. lol
I wouldn't even bother. I would either make a day trip to a shop that is further away, or save up some more and get a pre-fabbed system. IF you can get that guy to do it, chances are he will half ass it because he didn't want to do it in the first place.
I'd say go to another town and save the hassle.
dont this guy know that the older cavalier like from 1982 to 1991 had 2.25 piping all the way back? and with very very little work they fit perfectly on a third gen!
Guy over here wanted $125 just for the section over the rear axle a couple years ago, but I have a 5" drop back there too
Luckily, I don't need no stinkin exhaust back there
fortune cookie say:
better a delay than a disaster.
Mastin wrote:
Heavan forbid you would have asked for dual piping.
-M
I have done that back in the day. They told me it is impossible. I said, what about the sunfires stock exhaust, they said it was a diiferent car. I shook my head and gave up.
Find a better shop. I had to go to a big town where people were not afraid to actually do some work. I was told I could not have any bigger than 2" on my blazer because it was lowered. Went to another town, dude said he had enough room for 3". He had it bent and installed in no time, plus was 100 cheaper than any of my local places.
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