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Finally! I started the plans for my custom exhaust
in September 2004. I purchased the Aeroturbine
3030 muffler on ebay in September, received my first
donated stock system in October, my second victim stock
exhaust in January 2005. On May 1, 2005, I finally
managed to get together with my friend Andy for him to
help me with fabrication and welding. The first
night we managed to complete the modifications to the Y
pipe. Our second effort on May 15, 2005, we
completed the full system. One of the goals we had
was to make our changes so that the new system
maintained the stock mounting locations and flanges so
that if necessary for any reason, my stock system
(currently hanging on the wall in my garage) can be
bolted back in place with just a few minutes of effort.
The other goal of course was to increase performance and
tone. Click here for some day after pics and one more sound clip... |
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Stock Y pipe where we first started cutting out the
restriction |
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Restriction removed to open the inside of the Y for full
flow |
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The Y must be realigned for the center in/out muffler,
so we made the adjustment where we opened the Y |
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My first ever welding experience! I welded the seam
closest to the torch. You can't tell in this pic,
but the torch is pointing to a mountain that I built
while trying to learn how to fill a 3/16" hole. |
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My good friend Andy. Without Andy, I would not
have been able to do this. He welded most of the
system and provide the fabrication experience. He
even had the patience to teach me how to weld. |
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Top side of the new Y |
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Bottom side of the new Y |
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For the "new" tailpipe, we started by welding 2 stock
tailpipes in parallel |
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Stock outlet elbows were cut out of the stock mufflers
to make our new dual outlet |
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This video is the stock exhaust with no modifications
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Good bye stock sound! |
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After unbolting the stock exhaust, this clip is how
sweet is sounded with only cats & resonators
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Action shot! Does he remember what he learned 2
weeks ago? |
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I know Andy remembers! |
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AT3030 welded to new dual outlet and dual tailpipes |
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Throwing fire! |
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What's he doing under there? |
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Uh oh... He isn't really going to... |
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He is, he is! He's welding under my truck!
Thankfully the gas tank is on the other side! |
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Welding light @ night! |
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Stock vs Custom |
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Doesn't the new muffler and dual outlet just look so
much better than the stocker? |
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Not much visual change here, but the flow is far
different! |
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We installed the custom Y, AT3030 muffler and custom
dual port outlet (no tailpipes)
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Complete custom system installed. The finished
product!
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In-cab drone on the freeway (60 - 80 MPH)
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