franky
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 07:45 PM |
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Custom exhaust... how much would you pay? Now with pics!
Right, Picking my car up tomorrow with its new exhaust.
Its a full stainless sytem 3-2-1(x2) for the m3 straight 6. has to wrap around the steering shaft 3 over 3 under.
Pipe work has to wrap around here where its tighter than i'd care to mention!
Its built using tuned lengths equal length primaries etc
including silencer and 6 individual manifold flanges.
Basically its a proper job to similar specs as a full race system on e36 m3 race cars.
So the question is how much would you say? I know its taken over a week in man hours to get it all right
  
[Edited on 15/7/10 by franky]
[Edited on 16/7/10 by franky]
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 07:53 PM |
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I love the look of a six in a seven
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 07:55 PM |
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Lincoln ? If its 1/2 as good as the one they made me you will be well happy.
I'm assuming cant remember name of place, its that place at end of a long twisty road to nowhere lane place ?
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franky
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 07:56 PM |
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Yep thats the one. Had one off them before that was great but this is another league of work to get right!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 07:58 PM |
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Did young girlie weld it ?
She can tig for England, I promised her a ride but not given her one yet........
Read into that what you will.
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:03 PM |
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Sod guessing the price, just get some pics up when you pick it up
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:04 PM |
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The exhaust or the tig welder ?
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franky
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:04 PM |
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She's done some of it, the big boss the rest! A system made of normal pig steel then the final one in stainless.
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franky
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
Sod guessing the price, just get some pics up when you pick it up
Will do
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Miks15
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:19 PM |
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you have a U2U franky, sorry but sod all to with you exhaust
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franky
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:24 PM |
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I've replied
The people who say less than £500 could you explain why?
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Stott
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:32 PM |
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Tight arses
Well I guessed you'd give £300 for the manifold and £200 for the side bit and silencer.
There's not a lot of pipe involved, and I reckon you'd get a 4 branch plus full system on a tin top for about £800 and that's a lot
harder to make really, no access at all, and subframes etc all in the way, then the actual system is much more complex bends wise, and it has to exit
in the right place.
Custom zorsts on 7s are a bit more fluid in this aspect, and there's a lot of room to work on it, i.e. all the side of the car is missing.
I'm probably wrong though, but am hoping 2 other people will be along soon to back me up.............................
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whitestu
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:38 PM |
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Must be about £1k for that.
Stu
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fha772
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:39 PM |
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I can't wait to see it, and find out how much it cost.
I'll be looking for an exhaust early next year for my 328i powered 7
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=6743&start=105
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franky
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:39 PM |
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I know what your saying however the shape of the bends, keeping them all the same length, there's less space where it comes out the side of the
car than on the road car and it needs to go from 6 in 1 in not a lot of distance.
Also look at what people charge for a crappy 4-1 with no design thought at all for a zetec etc.
Also 6 flanges not 1 long one.
guess we'll know for sure when I pick it up
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:50 PM |
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House re-mortgage time
Deffo wanna see some pics
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l0rd
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 08:51 PM |
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I estimated arround £1000
A silencer about 100-150
6 individual flanges, lasercut about £25-30 quid
3 collectors about £100-150
If you include that you might need about 2-3 bends per cylinder that would be another £300-400
about 2m of straight SS pipe about £30
So far min 555 max 760.
Now if you include all the labour as well you will notice that you will reach about £1000
[Edited on 15/7/10 by l0rd]
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eccsmk
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 09:02 PM |
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u2u sent
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dlatch
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 09:03 PM |
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will be around the £1000 i would have expected
mainly down to the man or woman hours alone thats involved
eagerly awaiting the finished pics 
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franky
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 09:08 PM |
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As above, Pics tomorrow
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stevebubs
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| posted on 15/7/10 at 10:35 PM |
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I'd have said about 1100...
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 07:50 AM |
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Having just had a system made for my RX7 fitted with an LS1 V8 I would have to say around £1000. Mine had more fabrication but wasn't made by a
commercial company and came to almost exactly £1000.
That was 2 x 4 branch manifolds and a Y mid-section with two silencers. If you included the titanium rear section that would have bumped it up to
£1800!
There are pics but it would be rude to post them here.
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MikeR
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 08:15 AM |
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I'm slightly worried that you don't seem to know how much it will cost until you collect it.
What did you say to them - hears a blank cheque, make me an exhaust?
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franky
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 09:18 AM |
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I've got an idea However I'd like to see the going rate really so I know if its a (relative) bargin! Not an open cheque book job,
one day it'd be nice to be able to afford to say something like that!
I don't see how people can say less than £500 as it'd cost more than that in materials.... however this is locost builders!
[Edited on 16/7/10 by franky]
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James
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 09:50 AM |
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I went for £1200+.
Ned's cost £700+ and that was just for an XE!
Cheers,
James
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