Stebro Exhaust

[sperry]

As I mentioned at the meet, here's that exhaust for the SVX:



It's supposed to sound fantastic on the SVX, giving the boxer 6 a very exotic porsche sound. But it's $1200, and since it's a Y-back, it doesn't address the issue I have with the bits between the headers and Y that are going bad. Plus it may be too loud for my taste... I want *zero* droning in the SVX since it's a daily driver, and no exhaust will really give it significantly more power.

Does anyone know of a good place to pick up exhaust components for cheap? If I were to build my own setup I'd need a good 1-2 muffler (or two 1-1 mufflers), a resonator, and two or three hi-flow cats, plus a good exhaust shop to fab it all up and provide the necessary stainless pipe.

Also, here's the list from Stebro's products page:
- Alfa Romeo
- Audi Quattro
- BMW
- Ferrari
- Fiat
- Jaguar
- Lamborghini
- Lotus
- Maserati
- Mercedes-Benz
- Porsche


Under "Other Products" you find:
- Austin Healey
- Saab Systems
- Subaru Systems
- Triumph Systems
- VW Systems

[knucklesplitter]

Stainless exhaust components:

http://www.stainlessworks.net
http://stores.channeladvisor.com/verociousmotorsports/
http://www.woolfaircraft.com/prebent.php
http://www.burnsstainless.com/ (not so cheap, but quality)

http://www.ebay.com/ seriously...

In Sparks McVay's has helped me with a few things, but I've never had any major exhaust work done there. I don't think anybody around here has a true mandrel bender (with internal mandrel). If I'm wrong somebody please let me know, because I need some stuff done.

[MPREZIV]

That exhaust looks pretty pimpin' tho! Just buy that!

[sperry]

Originally Posted by knucklesplitter

Stainless exhaust components:

http://www.stainlessworks.net
http://stores.channeladvisor.com/verociousmotorsports/
http://www.woolfaircraft.com/prebent.php
http://www.burnsstainless.com/ (not so cheap, but quality)

http://www.ebay.com/ seriously...

In Sparks McVay's has helped me with a few things, but I've never had any major exhaust work done there. I don't think anybody around here has a true mandrel bender (with internal mandrel). If I'm wrong somebody please let me know, because I need some stuff done.

Awesome links! I'll check 'em out.

And, no I don't think anyone in Reno can do real mandrel bending... lots of people have been looking to no avail.

[Dean]

Summit Racing has all the mandrel bent sections, mufflers and such, and no shipping.

SID, C&C, or most places should be able to fab it together. Where is our resident welder?

[knucklesplitter]

Originally Posted by Dean

Summit Racing has all the mandrel bent sections, mufflers and such, and no shipping.

Summit does not carry much stainless stuff, besides some mufflers. Most of their bends are mild steel with some aluminized. I don't think they have any stainless bends bigger than 2.5"dia. Also you save on shipping if it's stocked in NV, but you will pay sales tax, so that offsets that benefit a little. Their return policy is great though. I've been buying from them since... holy crap... 1983.

[Dean]

Scott, do you really need / want stainless? in the Reno climate, Mild steel will probably last longer than you have the car, be much cheaper, easier / cheaper to get worked on, etc.

[sperry]

Originally Posted by Dean

Scott, do you really need / want stainless? in the Reno climate, Mild steel will probably last longer than you have the car, be much cheaper, easier / cheaper to get worked on, etc.

In general, for a full custom exhaust, it's about $100 more for stainless than aluminized. Totally worth it in my opinion.

After listening to some sound clips, I have to say, the SVX sounds like COMPLETE ASS with an aftermarket exhaust. Every clip I've ever heard sounds like a chinzy ricer POS. THWAAP THWAAP!!

...then I watched this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeo6WoFEZmc

SVX w/ a Stebro on a dyno. It's the only SVX w/ an exhaust I've ever heard that doesn't make me cringe.

So... it looks like I'm gonna be spending like $1200 on a cat-back. The problem is that I'll still need to get the sections from the headers to the start of the Stebro fabricated... so that's two 2" pipes each with a cat into a single 2 into 1 cat into a factory donut gasket...