who sells 3" stainless exhaust?
As rjs said-$1k is not bad for a custom SS exhaust...especially if you have TTis in the mix...the headers themselves are like $600 right? I paid nearly that much for my exhaust and all I have is Hedman tight tubes, mandrel-bends.com pieces (6 ea U bends) Summit X-pipe and 2.5" mandrel bent system. The installation was probably the most painful part...but, the job done warranted the cost and it sounds nice. I ought to chop off the headpipe sections, send them to Hedman and say this is what you need to make to fit this into an A body and connect to the rest of the exhaust-sell these optional with the headers. They already state you have to have a mini-starter anyway...
The long tubes won't cost anywhere near as much to finish the install though-far less bending around tight spaces involved.