The aluminized pipe is what they carry. BTW, I have the 5.2 (318) v8.
Jeff Durling
'96 RC Sport - 318
Mike Schwall wrote:
> 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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