$150 doesn't seem too bad. I thought they were 200+. I doubt there will be much
difference between 2" mandrel and 2 1/4" non mandrel bent pipe. Hell, they'll
probably flow better. Mopower to ya!
Andre
95 14.7@93.5mph
Bridges, Bruce wrote:
> Andre,
> Oh to have a legal Y pipe and single inlet cat... Too bad The R/T is sooo
> different, then again 2x2" dia is bigger (6.283 in sq) than one 2.5 or 3"
> (4.712 in sq) dia inlet (yeah , with twice the boundry layer effect etc.)
> Im going back to the etch a sketch now...In defense of their procing (not
> sure why Im defending it though) the headpipes have an O2 bung in each, are
> chrome plated (150.00 version) and are truely mandrel bent 14 guage... seems
> reasonable to stay "legal"...
> BKB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Mauboussin [mailto:andrem@cyberramp.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 5:06 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: ORDER THEM HEADPIPES!!
>
> I had one made by my local exhaust shop out of 2 1/4" aluminized pipe and a
> Flowmaster Y-pipe and it only cost about $100 including making a hole and
> flange for
> the O2 sensor.
>
> Andre Mauboussin
> 95 14.7@93.5mph
>
> CHARLESK-RUSTON@worldnet.att.net wrote:
>
> > At about 2:00 pm PST talked to guy at JBA. Ordered the headpipes for my
> R/T.
> > There guy said the pipes will be 2", instead 2 and 1/4 we wanted, bummer.
> He
> > said they would be worth about 5hp but make the headers work better, what
> ever
> > that is suppose to mean. I ordered the ceramic coated ones. Cost is $200
> like
> > Bruce said. Shipping to Tacoma, Wa. is about $20 UPS. He also said they
> need 20
> > orders before they get going on this. I was #7, so come on you all call
> JBA and
> > order them pipes!! He was saying they hoped to ship before X-mas. Also he
> said
> > they should have dyno results in about 2 weeks on the JBA web page I
> guess. Hope
> > this info is of use to the rest of you.
> >
> > Terry Knapp
> >
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