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studio460
08-20-2003, 07:20 PM
Does anyone know of a good muffler shop with mandrel-bend tooling that they would recommend in the Los Angeles area anywhere? I think maudominguez mentioned that Chicane in Torrance also does exhaust.

Still deciding on the Ravin 55s vs. the Flowmaster 40 Deltaflows. Don't know which is louder or which has more lower-frequency rumble (louder=good) (more rumble=good). I also already have the resonator-delete Megs tips from Cone Engineering. Hmmm . . . wonder if glasspacks are simply ridiculous (or would they be too high-pitched as the engine whines to high RPMs)?
RocketCouch
08-20-2003, 11:53 PM
No one out here that I know of has a Mandrel bending machine. The best place I know of is Chip's Brake and Muffler in Simi Valley. They have done systems on both my supercharged vic and my daily driver vic.
studio460
08-21-2003, 06:18 AM
Thanks, Rocket. So you're saying that Chip's doesn't have a mandrel bending machine either?
RocketCouch
08-21-2003, 09:41 AM
No they don't have one. Still do great work though
cyclone03
08-21-2003, 09:47 AM
Ok I hope this is the Name of the place,
Try Dougs headers I went by there shop but for the life of me I can't remember where they are.
They had many hot rods in the shop and all where getting true mandrel bent tubing.
studio460
08-21-2003, 01:18 PM
I just called a speed shop in Santa Monica who claimed there are only three shops in Southern California with mandrel bending equipment. Didn't really need that capability anyway--just looking for a good shop to do my mufflers and tips.
dailydriver
08-21-2003, 01:44 PM
There is a shop on Magonlia in Burbank that does great work. It's called Enoch's.
studio460
08-21-2003, 06:24 PM
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dailydriver
08-22-2003, 10:23 AM
Not a problem, Shooter. My friends and I have been going there for the better part of the last 12 years. Let us know how it turns out.
engine23ccvfd
08-22-2003, 11:52 AM
OK so what is a Mendrel Bender...obviously it bends pipe but what makes it so special?
MAD-3R
08-22-2003, 11:58 AM
IT dosn't put the kinks in the pipe, alowing for smother airflow.
warren
08-26-2003, 03:19 PM
NBC Shooter,

Be sure to take pic's and let us know how
it sounds and the details.

By the way the pic. of your MM shows two
blue and yellow 4" circles behind your
front grille pass. side. What are they ???

Good luck with the new exhaust.

Warren B.
studio460
08-26-2003, 05:43 PM
Well I don't mean to slam the vendor publicly, but I wasn't completely happy with the way things went. I SAID I WANTED LOUD!!! They INSISTED I'd like the Magnaflows better than the Flowmaster 40 Series Deltaflows. Just then, I got paged back to work for a last-minute shoot, and asked if I could decide when I got back. When I got back, they had already put the Magnaflows on instead of the Flowmasters I had initially wanted. To make a long story short, I left the shop with the Flowmasters installed. So the welds aren't as pretty as the first install, and I pretty much won't look under the car much now anymore. I'll post some pics when I have the nerve to look under there again.

The colored circles in the photos are Photoshop artifacts from using the Adobe "lens flare" filter. Some of my photos are "straight" and some are heavily Photoshop modified.

P.S. Did I forget to mention that . . . I LOVE THE SOUND OF THE FLOWMASTER 40s WITH THE MEGS RESONATOR-DELETE TIPS!!! LOUD=GOOD!!! CAR MAKES SOUND AT IDLE!!! THROATY-GROWL UNDER THROTTLE!!! NOT TINNY!!! VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOMMMM!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!