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I've got an appointment in the morning to get my "Custom Bank's Exhaust" started. I'm switching out the stock Bank's 3" Y for a Flowmaster 2.25"-3" Y i bought @ Jeg's. This is "phase1" later on i plan on adding some custom 2.25" B-Pipe's w/ Hi-Flow's in them.
The 1st. place i stopped @ was Rainbow Muffler in Largo. WARNING! DO NOT GO THERE! I walked into the office & explained to the guy what i wanted & he came out to look under my truck & he said, "Why do you want to switch it to a smaller Y-pipe, the one you got will flow better." I told him that my tuner explained to me i was losing some low end torque due to the 3" Bank's Y. So, we go back in the office & he start's adding up #'s in his head & tell's me it's going to cost $280.00 for crush bent pipe & he was going to re-use my flanges! I almost laughed in his face, but kept my composer. Then i asked him if i bought all mandrel bend's on the web & brought it in to weld up, how much it would cost & he said, "$180!" His reason for the high price was, "because there's a lot of weld's to do." ....Seriously! Isn't this an exhaust shop? Isn't that what you do for a living, welding? LOL
Anyway, i remembered that the guy who owned the body shop that did work on my T told me he would hook me up w/ his exhaust guy. So, i went down there & talked to the owner & he said he'd do it for $80. So, i'll try to remember to get some pic's while i'm there. I've been wanting to get this done for a long time, just didn't know of & trust worthy shop's. So, hopefully everything go's smoothly & i can come back later & get "phase2" done @ the same place. Hopefully it gives me a little boost of low end & a little better #'s on the dyno this weekend.
The 1st. place i stopped @ was Rainbow Muffler in Largo. WARNING! DO NOT GO THERE! I walked into the office & explained to the guy what i wanted & he came out to look under my truck & he said, "Why do you want to switch it to a smaller Y-pipe, the one you got will flow better." I told him that my tuner explained to me i was losing some low end torque due to the 3" Bank's Y. So, we go back in the office & he start's adding up #'s in his head & tell's me it's going to cost $280.00 for crush bent pipe & he was going to re-use my flanges! I almost laughed in his face, but kept my composer. Then i asked him if i bought all mandrel bend's on the web & brought it in to weld up, how much it would cost & he said, "$180!" His reason for the high price was, "because there's a lot of weld's to do." ....Seriously! Isn't this an exhaust shop? Isn't that what you do for a living, welding? LOL
Anyway, i remembered that the guy who owned the body shop that did work on my T told me he would hook me up w/ his exhaust guy. So, i went down there & talked to the owner & he said he'd do it for $80. So, i'll try to remember to get some pic's while i'm there. I've been wanting to get this done for a long time, just didn't know of & trust worthy shop's. So, hopefully everything go's smoothly & i can come back later & get "phase2" done @ the same place. Hopefully it gives me a little boost of low end & a little better #'s on the dyno this weekend.
