I FINALLY am complete with replacing a piston. YEAAHH!
Scrapdaddy, a fellow Gateway Mudder, gave me an afternoon which I'm very thankful for.
Short story: The pipes at the manifold won't go on right and the hanger behind the cats is rusted off. I'm looking for a locally owned, mom and pop, shop near St. Louis to get these things right! It leaks at the manifold/pipe & bangs on the frame when starting and turning off.
Long story: A couple of years ago I installed a Bosnal (sp?) pipe & cat section from manifold to y-pipe. It was a pain to get in and was never right. I've brought it to the local Midas which has a good reputation in town, but they're NOT very thorough in their work. They've "fixed" what I did twice now and it's still not right. I'm sick of getting it patched up there and want to start fresh with a new system from manifold back. I'll spend a little on good flowing cats and will probably get a cheap muffler with flanges for easy replacement. I know nothing about how an exhaust affects the engine, other than the obvious "free flowing is better". I'm thinking about stainless steel with flanges at components (cats, muffler, resonator), so I can buy cheap replacements when needed, but remaining system is near permanent.
Recommendations would be much appreciated!
Also, has anyone got custom exhaust work done? About how much money for complete system? Reason I ask is EMS Power (IIRC) has a complete system for a 3FE for about $1,100. If anyone has had this done and it was $1,500 or more, I may buy this complete system custom built for exact fit in a 1992 Land Cruiser and install it myself.
Thanks,
Joe
Scrapdaddy, a fellow Gateway Mudder, gave me an afternoon which I'm very thankful for.
Short story: The pipes at the manifold won't go on right and the hanger behind the cats is rusted off. I'm looking for a locally owned, mom and pop, shop near St. Louis to get these things right! It leaks at the manifold/pipe & bangs on the frame when starting and turning off.
Long story: A couple of years ago I installed a Bosnal (sp?) pipe & cat section from manifold to y-pipe. It was a pain to get in and was never right. I've brought it to the local Midas which has a good reputation in town, but they're NOT very thorough in their work. They've "fixed" what I did twice now and it's still not right. I'm sick of getting it patched up there and want to start fresh with a new system from manifold back. I'll spend a little on good flowing cats and will probably get a cheap muffler with flanges for easy replacement. I know nothing about how an exhaust affects the engine, other than the obvious "free flowing is better". I'm thinking about stainless steel with flanges at components (cats, muffler, resonator), so I can buy cheap replacements when needed, but remaining system is near permanent.
Recommendations would be much appreciated!
Also, has anyone got custom exhaust work done? About how much money for complete system? Reason I ask is EMS Power (IIRC) has a complete system for a 3FE for about $1,100. If anyone has had this done and it was $1,500 or more, I may buy this complete system custom built for exact fit in a 1992 Land Cruiser and install it myself.
Thanks,
Joe