So I was planning on getting a custom cat-back on my car. I actually already bought a muffler and a highflow cat. Today I started to call muffler shops to figure out who I wanted to take my car to to get the piping done. As it turns out, not a single shop in my area can do mandrel bends. So Im kind of stuck on what to do. Everyone Ive talked to said that they could only do compression bends. Will I lose alot of performance if I go ahead and alow them to use compression bends? Im thinking Ill probably need to sell my stuff to someone, and just buy a complete cat-back. Unless someone knows someone that can fabricate piping for me which I can just get it welded on (is this even possible ) Any ideas?

 

check out any race car fab shops in your area... it will cost more but they should have a mandrel bender... or... check out jegs performance and order the mandrels... get a few u bends and take them to a welding shop to have them make your pipes... just make sure if you get the bends and are going to have them welded that the shop does not swedge the pipes... butt weld them together no swedging allowed...

 

ok, thanks for the tip . Ill try and find some race shops, Im thinking Ill probably go with the U bends from Jegs though.

 

like i said dont let em cheat with swedging the pipes together... yes it is faster but it will add restriction to the pipe... jegs is not the only place to get the u bends it was just the first place i knew to get em real fast with no searching... you might be able to find them cheaper somewhere else...

 

another question, if I decide to get U bends, is stainless steel good enough?

 

stainless is the industry standard... it is very durable hard to rust and is easy to work with... one thing i have found when dealing with jegs... ask em... talk to em... tell em what you are doing and they will help you out... hell that is what they are there for... not to mention they get graded by the calls their handle from time to time... and if they get a bad review... they can get fired...lol...i had a friend who worked there and got fired for tellin this guy he was being stupid...