Exhaust Kits?

[xrcr]

Only kit I can find for a 76 C-20 350 is from summit and it dumps to the sides. I really want to go straight back. Who has used what and from where.
Thanks
Jim

[grayharville]

Your best bet is to find a local exhaust shop. They will do exactly what you want and you get to sit back and watch!
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[Nothinghead]

How much does it cost on average to have an exhaust shop make one for you? Is it real pricey?
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[grayharville]

Im there Atleast once a month. True dual 2.25 all the way out with no tips or mufflers is 150$. Glasspacks are 35$ each. Generic flowmasters are 65$. Tips range in price, 3.5x18 are 40$ for the pair, while my 5x18 are 90$. Id much rather give my exhaust guy 200$ and watch him professionally do it instead of me cussing and getting burnt by welding slag falling in my hair.
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[Nothinghead]

Wow, that's a lot cheaper than I expected it would be. Good to know, thanks.

[grayharville]

It is just thin wall pipe, and Mig welding. Some places try to charge a ridiculous amount and they don't get my business. The shop I use has been in the same location for 30 years and he has done about 10 exhausts for me. Its a one man operation.
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[motornut]

Originally Posted by grayharville

Your best bet is to find a local exhaust shop. They will do exactly what you want and you get to sit back and watch!
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depends what you start with 79-305-2B
getting rusty studs out of stock manifolds....100
Flowmaster 40s @ 2.25..........200
Speedy muffler custom bent and well hidden with H pipe,sit back and watch 600.
(actually dropped it off ,said a few days working between other jobs is cheaper
and your not rushing the guy too, but was done in two days)
after finding out the 4X4 dual kit hits the crossmember in a 4X2 jimmy i went custom

[grayharville]

That sounds ridiculous. I suppose it is the area. Every bit of mine is bent and welded while I watch, generally in about 2 hours.

I guess if there is only a few exhaust places around your area then they can get away with murder.
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[Boogie_Man]

Back in '06 I bought a stainless x-pipe kit from 73-87chevytrucks.com for my '84 Sierra 1500. I think I paid in the neighborhood of $500 for the kit and had a buddy weld it up over a case of Shiner's. It held up really well and looked really nice, just had to trim to fit. Came with some Pypes mufflers too that didn't sound too bad but I ended up going to two Aeroturbine 3030's dumped after the axle spliced into that kit. With the AT3030's though, it drove the price way up on the full setup. They have the basic stainless x-pipe kits starting at $400 and goes up depending on muffler choice, pipe size, etc. It would probably cost you another $100 to have a shop cut and fit it to your truck since the hard work is already done.

[motornut]

no quite a few
i walked into another muffler shop chain(with Golden standards lol)holding the manifolds
stood in line,he finished with another customer,took a phone call
held up one finger(for one min) then went in the back....rude
I left

mine is done with "Aluminum"pipe ......

[xrcr]

Thanks for the opinions. Kinda leaning towards a shop, but I'm the kind of guy that will work a week to save 50.00. Always have had a hard head

[grayharville]

That is aluminized pipe sir. Same thing im running.

I hear ya on saving money, im doing a frame off on a truck that is being built out of nothing but junk parts that other people didn't want. Check out my Swb build thread if you wanna see some real cheapskate work
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[motornut]

Originally Posted by grayharville

That is aluminized pipe sir. Same thing im running.

I hear ya on saving money, im doing a frame off on a truck that is being built out of nothing but junk parts that other people didn't want. Check out my Swb build thread if you wanna see some real cheapskate work
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haha yea aluminized,reading again kinda sounded like makein them outa tent poles lol

Are the kits reg steel?
seems replacement pipes,don't last long(salt dosn't help here)
and a set of "factory replacement dual down pipes "wouldn't fit

watch what you order
going this route may be more expensive in the long run,
if the pipes don't last where you live
cheap pipes/muffler gets "there is nothing left to attach too" line in a couple of years

I tried the cheap
(I actually showed up using about 12 year old straight pipes from my 78 4X2 burb,banging on the cross member)
thought thats a cheap bend but then worried they may wreck them, and still need exhaust

[Dalaigh]

I was just quoted $500 for duals with high flow cats and thrush mufflers from a local shop here in town, and that was stainless exhaust. Pretty good from what I've seen in Canada. They are putting a 2.25 catback on the G5 tuesday, for only $350. Best price around, everyone else was $4-500.

[grayharville]

Not bad for stainless. To the OP, just call a local shop and talk numbers, or drop by in your truck and show them exactly what you want.
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[Number21]

Have you seen this from LMC?
http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/full.aspx?Page=159

[motornut]

nope had not even looked
in aluminized too
only in 2.25 too,thought theyd do 2.5
could get priceiy, with over size shipping
4 to 6 pipes 20. each
may need to trim
hmm and Jimmys not listed in the fit range

[silvereagle07]

I've had great success with a local shop here but I have seen a few guys search local salvage yards and find near new systems for next to nothing. You may want to consider that option. It may be better for the budget.

[INSIDIOUS '86]

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/WLK-89007/

$132.95

Just add your own mufflers and your good to go
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[cory d]

^that doesnt look bad. doing my exhaust myself, all said and done i was into it for about $180 and that was buying bends too.


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/a...mmitcart-1.jpg then i added 2 more bends and some hangers from a local shop

[motornut]

Originally Posted by INSIDIOUS '86

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/WLK-89007/

$132.95

Just add your own mufflers and your good to go
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They got one for the Jimmy too,thanks good to know