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What exhaust would flow better??

Old Nov 10, 2005 | 01:19 PM
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Question What exhaust would flow better??

2.5" mandrel bend
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3.0" Crush bend

Only reason I ask is because the stock exhaust is mandrel and if i upgrade the rear section to 2.5" would it flow better then getting the whole exhaust done to 3"???

If the 3" isn't a lot around here to do I may just go that route but i would love for some opinions on this. BTW the Redline forum is down thats why i am asking here right now.
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by korax123
2.5" mandrel bend
or
3.0" Crush bend

Only reason I ask is because the stock exhaust is mandrel and if i upgrade the rear section to 2.5" would it flow better then getting the whole exhaust done to 3"???

If the 3" isn't a lot around here to do I may just go that route but i would love for some opinions on this. BTW the Redline forum is down thats why i am asking here right now.
3.0 mandrel bend problem solved
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex47
3.0 mandrel bend problem solved
You ever look for a shop that does mandrel bend its almost impossible to find one.
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by korax123
You ever look for a shop that does mandrel bend its almost impossible to find one.
If i looked it would take me like a day but i can just buy a 3.0 mandrel bent exhaust for my car
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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im hoping if i get a shop i can get a quote of like $300....installed but me buying the muffler seperate which would be about $100 more....so im thinking if i can get a 3" crush bend exhaust for $400 that would be ok.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 12:22 AM
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Why not just check out your exhaust, and buy the 3" mandrel bends of the net, then take them to a shop that will do catback for less than $200.

But if there arn't alot of bends, the crushes **shouldn't** close it down to small. So crush could be ok. But I've seen crappy shops really choke down the bends.

Personally, I'd buy the mandrel bends and take them somewhere.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 12:30 AM
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do a hedder to a 3.0 cut out
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by korax123
You ever look for a shop that does mandrel bend its almost impossible to find one.
You can wait for Vibrant they are releasing a 3 inch system. Check my post in the 2.0 tech section.

Or

AAM has their system avalible right now.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 02:18 AM
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Just buy a catback, most custom exhaust have such terrible bends
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