borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping

urohighrider · 11-23-2008, 10:34 AM

borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping
just did this yesterday
will post a vid later

sounds great the truck actually seems to pull a bit "free-er" now the old cat was all rattley inside and i think it may have been clogged a bit

heres a few chitty cell phone pix... forgot to charge my camera

also did a home made cold air intake
will get a pic of that in a lil bit

1badzq8 · 11-23-2008, 01:13 PM

how does it sound, any clips

stevehh · 11-23-2008, 01:47 PM

sound clip or you FAIL

1badzq8 · 11-23-2008, 02:16 PM

true story steve

urohighrider · 11-23-2008, 07:27 PM

before you guys go nuts youtube is processing the video as i type this
post back a in a few

no fail!

hahaha

urohighrider · 11-23-2008, 07:33 PM

CLICK FOR VIDEO --------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czpsFCQCpaY

yuk · 11-24-2008, 10:35 AM

Isn't that a crush bender? I just did mine but ran it out of the side in front of the wheel instead. : )

urohighrider · 11-24-2008, 10:07 PM

nooooooo definitely not a crush bender

SLStruckin · 11-26-2008, 02:01 PM

well its definitely not a mandrel bender

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The Blown Blazer · 11-26-2008, 03:25 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by yuk

Isn't that a crush bender? I just did mine but ran it out of the side in front of the wheel instead. : )

My thoughts exactly.

That is a crush bender. Same ones they use at every muffler shop in the world.
This is what you have:

This is what you do not have:

Crush (top) vs Mandrel (bottom):

SLStruckin · 11-26-2008, 03:42 PM

Nice work blown!

and FYI- a mandrel bender usually looks something like:

or

You get the idea...

urohighrider · 11-26-2008, 07:10 PM

aaaaaaaaah you guys are correct
i always thought crush benders left the ripples in the pipe like the generic pieces you get at autozone and such
like this:

i have been informed now, thanks

03S-dime_xtreme · 11-26-2008, 09:26 PM

wow that dose sound real good. i had bought a borla turbo no cat just 2.5 pipe. and is really quite u think that a high flow cat will make any dif. i have the 4.3L too.

SLStruckin · 11-26-2008, 09:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by urohighrider

aaaaaaaaah you guys are correct
i always thought crush benders left the ripples in the pipe like the generic pieces you get at autozone and such
like this:

i have been informed now, thanks

That said, no worries- Unless you're pushing +300hp and more, Mandrel bends really don't make a difference in performance or sound. The difference between cross sectional area of a crush bend, vrs a mandrel bend, isnt as large as a crimp bend vrs a mandrel.

So either way- you still got a pretty good system.

stevehh · 11-26-2008, 10:01 PM

11-23-2008, 10:34 AM	#1
urohighrider Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16 Location: User is: OffLine	borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping just did this yesterday will post a vid later sounds great the truck actually seems to pull a bit "free-er" now the old cat was all rattley inside and i think it may have been clogged a bit heres a few chitty cell phone pix... forgot to charge my camera also did a home made cold air intake will get a pic of that in a lil bit
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11-23-2008, 01:13 PM	#2
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11-23-2008, 07:27 PM	#5
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11-23-2008, 07:33 PM	#6
urohighrider Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping CLICK FOR VIDEO --------> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czpsFCQCpaY
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11-24-2008, 10:35 AM	#7
yuk holla@me Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 80 Location: Parkside, PA User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping Isn't that a crush bender? I just did mine but ran it out of the side in front of the wheel instead. : )
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11-24-2008, 10:07 PM	#8
urohighrider Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping nooooooo definitely not a crush bender
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11-26-2008, 02:01 PM	#9
SLStruckin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 226 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping well its definitely not a mandrel bender .
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11-26-2008, 03:25 PM	#10
The Blown Blazer Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,775 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping Quote: Originally Posted by yuk Isn't that a crush bender? I just did mine but ran it out of the side in front of the wheel instead. : ) My thoughts exactly. That is a crush bender. Same ones they use at every muffler shop in the world. This is what you have: This is what you do not have: Crush (top) vs Mandrel (bottom):
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11-26-2008, 03:42 PM	#11
SLStruckin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 226 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping Nice work blown! and FYI- a mandrel bender usually looks something like: or You get the idea...
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11-26-2008, 07:10 PM	#12
urohighrider Registered User Age: 29 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping aaaaaaaaah you guys are correct i always thought crush benders left the ripples in the pipe like the generic pieces you get at autozone and such like this: i have been informed now, thanks
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11-26-2008, 09:26 PM	#13
03S-dime_xtreme 28Hz Age: 25 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 44 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping wow that dose sound real good. i had bought a borla turbo no cat just 2.5 pipe. and is really quite u think that a high flow cat will make any dif. i have the 4.3L too.
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11-26-2008, 09:53 PM	#14
SLStruckin Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 226 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: borla muffler, new cat and mandrel 2.5in piping Quote: Originally Posted by urohighrider aaaaaaaaah you guys are correct i always thought crush benders left the ripples in the pipe like the generic pieces you get at autozone and such like this: i have been informed now, thanks That said, no worries- Unless you're pushing +300hp and more, Mandrel bends really don't make a difference in performance or sound. The difference between cross sectional area of a crush bend, vrs a mandrel bend, isnt as large as a crimp bend vrs a mandrel. So either way- you still got a pretty good system.
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11-26-2008, 10:01 PM	#15
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