Whats about the average cost for a full custom made stainless exhaust system, manifold, pipes and silencer.

I know most on here don't have V6's so wondering what a single side might have cost you, then I can doubleit for my V6 to give me a rough idea of cost

Cheers

My stainless V6 system consists of 2 x (3 way) headers running to a 2:1 collector, dummy cat and 8" silencer, and finally twin tail pipes. The whole lot cost just over £1000.
HTH

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Mk pinto exhaust £300 that was 3.5 years ago

My zetec exhaust = £350 for the manifold and £130 for the link pipe, silencer and 90 degree outlet.

£480

Just under £600 for all of the components of my V6 exhaust

About 50 quid, and a bit of time.

That should bring the average down.



Paul G

Thanks for the info, it confirms my worst fears I now have to find nearly 1k to sort my exhaust issues out (especially as I can't weld one) unless 907 can sort my exhaust out for £50 :p

[Edited on 29/8/07 by Alfa145]

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Originally posted by Alfa145
Thanks for the info, it confirms my worst fears I now have to find nearly 1k to sort my exhaust issues out (especially as I can't weld one) unless 907 can sort my exhaust out for £50 :p

[Edited on 29/8/07 by Alfa145]

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Its a shame your not closer as I might have taken you up on that :p As I'd love to be able to TIG

Sorry to steal thread...
Maybe dumb question but can`t the exhaust be mig welded??
Maybe regular steel for lowcost??

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Originally posted by Angel Acevedo
Sorry to steal thread...
Maybe dumb question but can`t the exhaust be mig welded??
Maybe regular steel for lowcost??

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You could mig them from mild steel, but the cost of stainless manifolds is the fabrication and the cost of the mandrel bends, not the material.

All the pipe you will need will be well under £100, but it'll cost a lot more than that to mandrel bend it, and then fitting the tubes is a BIG job!!

You need no gaps at the joins, certainly I had no more than 0.5mm at any of the gaps I welded in my manifold (see archive). This means that you need a belt linisher unless you have the patience of a saint.

The equivalent manifolds alone to the one I made for my 4 cyl vauxhall engine were £700.

Mine has also started cracking after 600 miles, due to differential expansion apparently, and over winter I will be cutting it up and making the primaries individual with slip-fit collectors to stop the cracking.

Apparently even the expensive manifolds suffer this problem, and I made mine fully welded as the springs and joins for a slip fit manifold would not pass sva easily.

Unfortunately (and no doubt Paul, 907 will back me up on this) with knowledge of doing a job comes the knowledge of how much of a pain the arse it can be and how much of your £1000 goes into paying for the hassle that the fabricator has suffered in doing all the learning!!

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Originally posted by Angel Acevedo
Sorry to steal thread...
Maybe dumb question but can`t the exhaust be mig welded??
Maybe regular steel for lowcost??

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Yes you could Mig them. it just doesnt look as nice as Tig. you could also use Mild steel if you wanted ( thats whats used on cars normally) again... it just doesnt look as nice, and it has the likelyhood of rusting / rotting away

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Thanks for the replies,
I was thinking locost on materials only, not the big picture...
Maybe get mild steel to practice on thin wall ant once the skills are mastered, then switch to Stainless.
Thanks again...