Aluminized steel pipe will not rust out as quick as plain steel. If you
have a modified motor pumping out high exhaust temperatures, you may see
some rusting at the manifold or header collector joints. It's steel pipe
coated with aluminum. I have an aluminized steal muffler than is two years
old and still has no rust. The exhaust shop I went to didn't carry
aluminized steel, so I used regular steel (none Dakota application).
What size engine do you have? That's the main question that needs to be
answered before anything can be recommended, otherwise it's just guessing.
Mike
At 12:50 AM 2/6/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I have to ask a question. I have a friend who other friend whom I know
>but not that well owns an exhaust shop. Anyways, they do not have a
>mandral bending machine so they do it the old fashioned way. They are
>really popular with the hot rod crowd, especially with classic and
>custom cars. I havn't had the chance to ask what the material is but I
>know for a fact that they never have a problem with the pipes rusting.
>They told me that they will do an exhaust for me with a flowmaster or
>eqivalant muffler for $175. What i'm thinking of doing is having them
>rum 2 3/4" or 3" tubing from the cat back and using a muffler that has a
>dual exit and having them exit on the pass side corner at a 45 degree
>angle with a couple of chrome tips turned and the two pipes stagged so
>the tips line up with the truck. My question after all of this
>is....will the larger diameter pipe going thru the double outlet muffler
>make up for the restriction form the non-,andral bends? I figure that
>from the cat back and by keeping them to that side there would be feww
>bends. I would use a single exit muffler but I don't think I can get it
>in the right OD to keep the exhaust from being restrictive. Sorry for
>the long post but any opinion would be helpful.
>
>Jeff Durling
>'96 RC Sport - 318
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