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Old 03-21-2008, 05:12 PM
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Amen. Quality pays for itself in the long run.

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You get what you pay for, their tubing is bent on a better bender that does not deform as much in the bend so when you cut and rotate the tubing it is not as misaligned as some of the others. They also use top quality steel that welds really nice. And their flanges are basically jewelry. I have never had anyone complain about the price after they have seen the quality.
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These guys have good prices on all type of bends, and doughnuts. https://secure.chassisshop.com/Default.aspx
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Okay Okay You get what you pay for. Here are a couple of shots of the partially mocked up and tacked exhaust. The tubbing is good but not great http://store.racing-solutions.org/info.html. I had to work a few of the pieces to get them round. The U bends started out real good but as the mandrel got farther from the clamped end the tubing started things started getting a little triangular instead of round. I would say the quality varies from 7 to 8 on the same U bend. I will send the bucks on the next group of tubbing for the muffler to tail pipes and note the differance.
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nice work ted, keep it up
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SPD has the best parts around. They are out of Sacramento. They have CNC flanges not laser or water jet flanges. Plus their stuff is made with great materials to make you look like a king when you weld it out.
I totally agree. You get what you pay for and SPD is the best. I'm always bargain hunting, but it's A LOT easier to make a good product when you start with good materials.
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Looks good Ted, do you have a build site?

Also, guys posting suggestions, can you put links to the recommended retailers? It would make searches so much easier.

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http://s250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/ChevyIIPost/

Thanks for the interest you can go to the above link to see random pictures of the build.
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SPD is a quadzillion dollars though! The Magna Flow is a screaming deal, just get a Hot Rod Kit. Or Stainless Works for onesies, towsies. Either way we can hook you up.
its a great deal.. and especially the prices you sell it at.. one should almost think you stole it somwhere.... just bought a 3" magnaflow kit from frank!
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