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Old 08-13-2007, 06:39 PM
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Well the hatch was going to need it sooner or later so I went to the autoparts store and got some good ole' crush bent 90*s and 45* a thrush glass pack, and Thrush turbo muffler and a piece of 36" 2.5 pipe and a 15" length of 2.5 Totaled probably about $125. The flanges were left over E-gay exhaust flanges which I bored out a little to fit 2.5"

Well here it is Enjoy:

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Check out my sexy mig welds:
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For hangers off the muffler I used 3/8" Nails I found in my basement. I bent them in the vice and ground the heads down a little to fit into the hangers but not fall out.
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And to top it all off, I had to throw in a whitey bend to get the muffler to fit nice:
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Old 08-13-2007, 08:24 PM
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thats right about HMT quality. Nice
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Old 08-13-2007, 09:04 PM
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paint your welds, they rust quick if they are left bare.

i used a ceramic cast iron gray color and it makes my magnaflow oval practically invisible and hasnt shown much of any rust at all through a few years of NE winters.
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Jcushing
paint your welds, they rust quick if they are left bare.
Ended up redoing a exaust because it started to rust bad after a winter at the welds. Barbaque paint FTW.
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Old 08-14-2007, 08:51 AM
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nice job man! that pipe to flange weld lookgs great. overall it gets a thumbs up. i suggest clean, primer and paint. or find a really heavy duty single stage paint.

When i made my 3" exhaust, i cleaned it and did 3-4 light coats of BBQ black. But the paint didn't hold up to a NY winter sadly.

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Old 08-14-2007, 09:24 AM
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cool homemade ---- ftw
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Old 08-14-2007, 11:01 PM
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I'm not worried about rust. I threw some high temp paint on the welds, but didn't do the whole thing. I'm not driving this in the winter.
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Old 08-15-2007, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by E-b0la
I'm not worried about rust. I threw some high temp paint on the welds, but didn't do the whole thing. I'm not driving this in the winter.
is this boosted or na? either way can you get a sound clip of it and send it to me please. i was going to do the exact!!!! thing to my hatch as well. also are you running a header or stock manifold? lmk if you can send me a clip. thanks
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Old 08-15-2007, 02:20 PM
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i wanna hear this baby too. is that red tube a cherry bomb muffler..sure looks like it
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