I like it though.
Custom exhaust setup
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From: Halifax Nova Scotia
Custom exhaust setup
Just thought id share the first product of my first welder with everyone
It all started with some hooker 2151-hkr longtubes, a tiny bit of straight pipe to line up the magnaflow cats, then into a jegs universal xpipe kit, and then finished off with some flanged turndowns.
I saved a bunch of cash doing it all myself (minus the cost of the millermatic 140) and its exactly how i want it.
I made flanges for the turndowns just incase i decide to add mufflers in the future but i love the sound for now.
It all tucks in quite nice, i took it for a drive and it only made 2 minor scrapes when entering driveways. under normal circumstances it wouldnt have scraped at all and thats with my car being lowered.
I will try to add some undercar shots if anyones interested.
It all started with some hooker 2151-hkr longtubes, a tiny bit of straight pipe to line up the magnaflow cats, then into a jegs universal xpipe kit, and then finished off with some flanged turndowns.
I saved a bunch of cash doing it all myself (minus the cost of the millermatic 140) and its exactly how i want it.
I made flanges for the turndowns just incase i decide to add mufflers in the future but i love the sound for now.
It all tucks in quite nice, i took it for a drive and it only made 2 minor scrapes when entering driveways. under normal circumstances it wouldnt have scraped at all and thats with my car being lowered.
I will try to add some undercar shots if anyones interested.
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Congratulations on your setup. I respect someone who's not afraid to "roll their own". Having a welder opens up the door to a lot of neat future projects. 
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Very cool! That looks just like the exhaust I just made, only mine goes out the back. I do like the sound without mufflers too!! 
Its got a real muscle car sound! 
Its got a real muscle car sound!
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From: Halifax Nova Scotia
It is a street car but i do plan to run it at the local drag track and possible take it to track school. Up in nova scotia the law only requires us to have a cat, mufflers not required.
I actually didnt measure a thing when building this. all i used was my calibrated eye along with a sharpie. I was prepared to waste a few lenghts of tube but i got lucky and got it all without needing to create a garbage pile.
If you are serious about knowing the dimensions i dont mind doing that for you. Let me know.
And thanks for all the positive feedback guys
I actually didnt measure a thing when building this. all i used was my calibrated eye along with a sharpie. I was prepared to waste a few lenghts of tube but i got lucky and got it all without needing to create a garbage pile.
If you are serious about knowing the dimensions i dont mind doing that for you. Let me know.
And thanks for all the positive feedback guys
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If you have it off and it is easy, I'd appreciate it, but if it is on the car and a pain to get to I can lay on my back and work it out just as well as you and you don't need to worry about it.
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