[V8Astro]

I've been thinking about this for a while. I figured it's time to get it done before it gets warm.

Glass-pack. Shiny stainless "ricer" tip. Random bits of steel stock and 3.5" exhaust tube. I have yet to make a support bracket. That's for tomorrow

I plan on painting it flat black and leaving a 1" or 1.5" bit of stainless at the end

 

[immortal13]

Cool man. I wanna see and hear the finished product

 

[Raven]

Nice, kinda like the one megabuddys built last year. Definitely wanna hear it

 

[silverridge08]

That does look nice! Post up some sound clips when you're done.

 

[Jeremyf073]

I did the same exact thing with a MagnaFlow Glass pack a few months ago. The entire set up cost me 56 bucks and it looks and sounds awesome!!
If you go to the "power commander maps" section of this forum, you can see pics of the finished product and if you go to you tube, you can hear it.
http://youtu.be/0QkzBUfl3b0

 

[strykenshane]

looks and sounds good, nice job Jeremy

 

[V8Astro]

All done! Sorry no video of the idle. My phone battery was low after the "fly-by" was taken http://youtu.be/1fN92n84Zqw

Next on the "to-do" list is a rear fender-ectemy.

 

[strykenshane]

Looks really good, very impressive, how does it sound?

 

[11Stryker]

Cool Drive-By!!

 

[immortal13]

Dude, that looks way better than stock and the drive by sounded great. I don't know what the **** yamaha is thinking with the super quiet exhaust.

 

[dreadly]

It does sound good

 

[V8Astro]

thanks for all the comments!

 

[SmokenJoe]

Sure have some talented folks on this forum.........................nice job V8Astro. Sounds great. When does production start? 8)

 

[rodekill]

Sounds pretty sweet, and looks nice as well. Good job.

 

[strykenshane]

Sure have some talented folks on this forum.........................nice job V8Astro. Sounds great. When does production start? 8)

I agree, you should market that, very nice work and probably much cheaper than the alternatives

 

[alaskanmonte]

I really like your slip-on design, looks and sounds good. I like the 2-in-1 slip-on "look" but dislike the long length of the Cobra version. If you decide to make a few more and want to sell one please let me know.

 

[V8Astro]

Wow. Thanks for all the great comments 8)

The Stryker is the only new vehicle I own. When I bought it I had to go out and buy all the buckets and car wash stuff because nothing of mine looks good enough to wash haha. I built a complete single turbo setup for my 84 Chevy Impala. I figured after all that I could make a pipe look good with more effort.

Making the transition from the 3.5" outer shell to the stainless steel exhaust tip was the hardest part. Just so happened I got a chance to use the TIG welder at my friends machine shop. The pro welder guy gave me some advice and had me use a 309 filler rod to get good fusion between the carbon steel and stainless. Something my old raggedy MIG welder would have destroyed.

If I had to do it over I would use the same parts except trade the stainless tip for a 3.5" mandrel "turn down" pointed out to the side. Then black-out the whole thing. Maybe one day I'll try it just for fun...

 

[Jeremyf073]

It looks great! **** fine job Sir...**** fine job.

 

[Zolemite]

Sounds pretty good to me. It would look good with a fascia cleaning up where the new pipe attaches.

 

[megabuddys]

looks good! I made a bunch of them last summer for some peeps on the forum, then just got busy with work. I made mine with some adjustable internal Baffles because with Just the glasspack, Its quite loud if your an in town driver. I actually built a jig too. Its Sooo hard to make a perfect piece to make everybody super happy when your just doing them one at a time... the transition is tough. I kinda lost interest, as they take too much work for the minimal amount of money people are willing to pay.

I also dislike how long the cobra one is..