HSTuners - View Single Post - Exhaust shopping... louder is not always better

*AzCivic* · 09-20-2002, 09:58 PM

I don't know where you live but I've never seen one with a mandrel bending machine. Obviously if they have one then they can do it, but I've never seen it at one of these crap whole places.

I don't know what you're trying to say in your second comment.

Right, but then they'll screw something else up, please belive me I've had way too much trouble with these pathetic auto "repair" shops. Or they will give you an "estimate" for one thing then once your there they'll be like "Well we don't have that exactly , I thought we did, but we have this product which would normally cost half of the estimate i gave you but we're going to go ahead and charge you the full estimate, Oh don't worry you'll get that cool sound you all want, an axle back exhaust is just as good as a cat back, blah, blah, blah.

If any engine needs mandrel bends in their exhaust its a n/a 4-cylinder, its already not making much power so its not pushing the exhaust gases out very hard so any little thing you can do to help it is a bonus, in other words turbulence in the exhaust piping is going to affect a weak engine more than it will a more powerful engine.

Yes get more info on this subject, cause technically I could run a "business" out of my garage. Any more info would be a great help.

09-20-2002, 09:58 PM	#15
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 44 Posts: 3,804	I don't know where you live but I've never seen one with a mandrel bending machine. Obviously if they have one then they can do it, but I've never seen it at one of these crap whole places. I don't know what you're trying to say in your second comment. Right, but then they'll screw something else up, please belive me I've had way too much trouble with these pathetic auto "repair" shops. Or they will give you an "estimate" for one thing then once your there they'll be like "Well we don't have that exactly , I thought we did, but we have this product which would normally cost half of the estimate i gave you but we're going to go ahead and charge you the full estimate, Oh don't worry you'll get that cool sound you all want, an axle back exhaust is just as good as a cat back, blah, blah, blah. If any engine needs mandrel bends in their exhaust its a n/a 4-cylinder, its already not making much power so its not pushing the exhaust gases out very hard so any little thing you can do to help it is a bonus, in other words turbulence in the exhaust piping is going to affect a weak engine more than it will a more powerful engine. Yes get more info on this subject, cause technically I could run a "business" out of my garage. Any more info would be a great help. Last edited by AzCivic : 09-22-2002 at 08:01 PM.