Just finished my custom fabbed exhaust

[91 318is]

Finally got around to fabbing up the exhaust for the car.  I used 2.25" tubing and bought mandrel bent peices from JC Whitney.  I also used a thermal research stainless muffler from them also.  I wanted something a little bigger because I didn't want the car loud.

I forgot to take my camera to take pics of the system off the car.  All in all, the fit and finish is pretty good with the exception of the tailpipe/tip which I plan on fixing soon.  I used all the original hangars and modified the stock muffler strap to work with the new muffler.  Used a single wall magnaflow tip too.  Built the whole system for under $200.

Sounds ok, no rasp at all, it's a little loud for me though, plus it's gonna burn in and probably get louder so I may try a different setup, we'll see.  

These are the best pics I could get, I'll try again tomorrow and take them from a different angle to the sun doesn't drain out the picture.





I know people are gonna want video clips so I'll try tomorrow.

[zmannz803]

Word. I am about to do something similar. Total cost?

[1991 E30 M42]

Here is your answer

Built the whole system for under $200.

[El-Kanal]

Nice work there, I run a Euro E36 Class II, been fiddling around with exhausts for sime too. When ass-dynoed, the best thing that worked out was the stock E36 End piece, and a custom mad middle piece, no cat and joined together about 12cm behind the headers, the car was really revy, with still nice low end torque and good MPG ratio, without much noise too... Just a little rant