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So last night I drove 5 miles straight through the heart of town in rush hour traffic with open headers. I tried to stay off the gas as much as possible and was constantly scanning for cops but I made it okay. When I got to the muffler shop Tom was already there waiting for me. We had to wait until 5:00 when the shop closed before the owner had me pull my car in and put it on the lift.
It was a quick and painless operation. I've never had an exhaust go on so easy in my life. Pat the owner cut the head pipes down to the length we needed while Tom and I hung the mufflers. He also expanded the front pipes so that he could weld them to the header flanges that Tom had cut on the water jet at work.
The rest was just slipping pipe together and tightening clamps.
And here's the final result. Overall I'm very pleased although this is only a temporary exhaust meant to get me through the summer car show season. While we were waiting for 5:00 the guy in TN called and said that our custom bent mandrel pipes were ready to ship. Go figure.
http://vid21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/bdtunks/Dart stuff/Exhaust Project/8C4ED4C9-3773-4218-8EC6-5417F770487B_zps6zz0xp6t.mp4
I talked to my buddy Shawn the painter last night and the plan is for me to come over on Memorial Day and work on the hood, we'll see how that goes.
So last night I drove 5 miles straight through the heart of town in rush hour traffic with open headers. I tried to stay off the gas as much as possible and was constantly scanning for cops but I made it okay. When I got to the muffler shop Tom was already there waiting for me. We had to wait until 5:00 when the shop closed before the owner had me pull my car in and put it on the lift.
It was a quick and painless operation. I've never had an exhaust go on so easy in my life. Pat the owner cut the head pipes down to the length we needed while Tom and I hung the mufflers. He also expanded the front pipes so that he could weld them to the header flanges that Tom had cut on the water jet at work.
The rest was just slipping pipe together and tightening clamps.
And here's the final result. Overall I'm very pleased although this is only a temporary exhaust meant to get me through the summer car show season. While we were waiting for 5:00 the guy in TN called and said that our custom bent mandrel pipes were ready to ship. Go figure.
http://vid21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/bdtunks/Dart stuff/Exhaust Project/8C4ED4C9-3773-4218-8EC6-5417F770487B_zps6zz0xp6t.mp4
I talked to my buddy Shawn the painter last night and the plan is for me to come over on Memorial Day and work on the hood, we'll see how that goes.