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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by KKAT
Hello everyone. Oh, great another noob to the forums... Sorry and thanks in advance. Anyways, i pieced together a really cheap tbe. Parts include 4"to 3" bellmouth dp(catless), some 3" exhaust tubing, and a flowmaster muffler. my friend has a welder and lots of tools, so we spent a day putting it together, and BAM.
total cost was about $285.
i don't think things get more ghetto than this! But hey, what ever floats your boat.
What's ghetto about that? Good for you! I have a pre made TBE consisting of a Helix V1 down pipe and a Borla XR-1 cat back, all costing quite a bit more than $285 and guess what, damn thing rattles on the firewall and leaks like a siv between the DP and cat-back. Expensive doesn't always mean good; cheap doesn't always mean bad. Congrats on the new set-up and welcome to the boards.

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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 12:24 PM
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thats awesome you made your own exhaust, if i had the tools i would attempt to do it myself, welcome to the club
Old Aug 13, 2004 | 01:25 PM
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. We were all n00bs once!
i am still a nOOb-
welcome to i-club. do you have dyno numbers available?
i think it would be neat to have some numbers to show
how your(ghetto) set-up works. the way i look at it- if it works and its reliable... cool.



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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 12:25 PM
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Good job, I'm just learning to weld, but I already have a little project in mind.

I'd also like to see some pics

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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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welcome to i-club. and i would like to see some pics too of your creation
Old Aug 14, 2004 | 07:19 PM
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any pics?
Old Aug 15, 2004 | 01:48 PM
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yeah I wanna see some pics. Oh btw bassplyr you should really have a shop make your exhuast stop leaking...you paid for good parts.
Old Aug 15, 2004 | 04:10 PM
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yeah I wanna see some pics. Oh btw bassplyr you should really have a shop make your exhuast stop leaking...you paid for good parts.
Actually I got them cheap second hand. They leak because niether piece, the cat-back nor the DP, are known for fitting well. The Helix V1 had some very common fitment issues, hence the creation of the V2. The Borla has no flex section and therefore is less accomodating of the V1's somewhat poor fit.

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