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02-14-2010, 04:11 PM
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02-14-2010, 05:52 PM
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hey 09Cobalt, you don't know who has the Navy Blue Trailblazer SS with a skull on the trailer hitch do you? He had a 52 tag on his as well, we tied up today... it's modded, but don't know what all he has done to it... from a 40 to about 105-110ish I had about a car length on him... from about 20-100 we were door to door(I spun, he jumped me, I ran him down)... talked to him at a light and he was shocked I ran him like that, was expecting to put car lengths on me, lol... he was like "but I should have known it was fast, you don't have the ricer wing"
02-14-2010, 11:00 PM
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No man i dont never have seen it. Plus i really havent looked for one but i will keep my eye out for it. Its amazing what a turbo or supercharger will do to a 4 cylinder
02-16-2010, 09:40 PM
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Heh, tomorrow is suppose to be low 40's and Thursday mid 40's, I plan on bolting my down pipe on one of those. I couldn't imagine not having the daylight hours to put stuff on right now, to damn cold once the sun goes down.
02-17-2010, 12:05 AM
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yea i know it cold outside what sucks is i dont get off work till 6 so its already getting cold before i get off.
08INBAMA is your car turbo model if so i dont think they make it for that model. you might call megan racing and see. I got mine for $288.00 shipped, which is the cheapest i have found.
08INBAMA is your car turbo model if so i dont think they make it for that model. you might call megan racing and see. I got mine for $288.00 shipped, which is the cheapest i have found.
02-17-2010, 09:29 AM
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yea i know it cold outside what sucks is i dont get off work till 6 so its already getting cold before i get off.
08INBAMA is your car turbo model if so i dont think they make it for that model. you might call megan racing and see. I got mine for $288.00 shipped, which is the cheapest i have found.
08INBAMA is your car turbo model if so i dont think they make it for that model. you might call megan racing and see. I got mine for $288.00 shipped, which is the cheapest i have found.
Got my SSR center caps back from "its not paint" powder coating (in Huntsville) yesterday, overall there paint quality looks great and it only took them 1 day to do it. I had them powder coated gloss black to match my lug nuts, they were polished aluminum but it didn't flow well with the rims and rest of the car.
02-17-2010, 11:51 PM
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I'm going to get my exhaust from Mandrel Exhaust Systems... the only kicker is, they send you the pieces, has to be welded together.... but I got a price on that from the guy who does my exhaust work and he's only going to charge me $75... well, I can get the exhaust for $440 shipped, so i'll have about $500 in it, the closest vendor is like $560 on their exhaust, minus shipping, and then I STILL have to get it hung(which would run around $30 alone)... that'd be around $650 at the cheapest
I don't understand why companies mark exhaust up so much, if Megan and Mandrel can put out exhaust for $350-400(while still making money), why can't everyone? its ******* 3" pipe with some bends, a flange, a resonator, and a muffler:
flanges aren't high, resonators aren't high, mufflers aren't high... is $150 worth of tubing and materials and some bends really worth $600? hell no, that is a ridiculous markup... if a person had the means of doing their own bends they could easily make a full catback for less than $200, of course you need a bender which is expensive, but you can't tell me Corsa and others don't sell enough exhaust systems to cover the cost of a bender or two... and honestly, the Cobalt's catbacks are CHEAPER than most, catbacks for Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, GTOs, etc. COMMONLY run $1100-1200, which is crazy
just like turbos, most of the cost associated with turbos is in the piping... and its a ridiculous mark up, no way kits should cost $3-4000.. I mean wastegates, the actual turbos, blow off valves, you can have all that for a little over $1000... its why most of the import guys build their own turbo setups, because people have started selling the tubing alone for A LOT cheaper than kits made by vendors and you can build a home build for less than half of the going rate of a kit and still make as much whp
part markup pisses me off, if I ever win the lottery i'm making my own exhaust company... lol
I don't understand why companies mark exhaust up so much, if Megan and Mandrel can put out exhaust for $350-400(while still making money), why can't everyone? its ******* 3" pipe with some bends, a flange, a resonator, and a muffler:
flanges aren't high, resonators aren't high, mufflers aren't high... is $150 worth of tubing and materials and some bends really worth $600? hell no, that is a ridiculous markup... if a person had the means of doing their own bends they could easily make a full catback for less than $200, of course you need a bender which is expensive, but you can't tell me Corsa and others don't sell enough exhaust systems to cover the cost of a bender or two... and honestly, the Cobalt's catbacks are CHEAPER than most, catbacks for Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, GTOs, etc. COMMONLY run $1100-1200, which is crazy
just like turbos, most of the cost associated with turbos is in the piping... and its a ridiculous mark up, no way kits should cost $3-4000.. I mean wastegates, the actual turbos, blow off valves, you can have all that for a little over $1000... its why most of the import guys build their own turbo setups, because people have started selling the tubing alone for A LOT cheaper than kits made by vendors and you can build a home build for less than half of the going rate of a kit and still make as much whp
part markup pisses me off, if I ever win the lottery i'm making my own exhaust company... lol
02-17-2010, 11:56 PM
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that sucks put at least your getting a good exhaust. I got my exhaust on like an hour ago easy bolt on. I took the end cap out of it and i will just say loud as ****. so i am going to leave it in
02-18-2010, 06:18 AM
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me and HHRSouth... we're planning on meeting up and following each other I guess, the rest of the bastards(and bitches, lol) are lazy...
I ordered some tires but don't have them on yet, so any "fun" I have is going to have to be from 50, lol.. and I will bet i have the baldest tires at the meet
ended up buying these:
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=false&cs=245
I ordered some tires but don't have them on yet, so any "fun" I have is going to have to be from 50, lol.. and I will bet i have the baldest tires at the meet
ended up buying these:
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=false&cs=245
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02-18-2010, 09:56 AM
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no sir lol my front right tire(which sucks being front wheel drive lol) is probably balder then any of your tires i was only able to afford 3 at the time and its gone the front one
gonna go today and see about some free tires lol
gonna go today and see about some free tires lol
02-18-2010, 10:33 AM
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I also have 2 peps riding with me. There was another guy from Bama going in the Nashville thread. Lets hope the rain chance only stays at 40%, to bad we aren't getting Nashville's Friday weather for Saturday.
About ready to go out and strap the new DP on in another 30 min to 1 hr.
About ready to go out and strap the new DP on in another 30 min to 1 hr.
02-18-2010, 10:37 AM
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**** i'd say i would help you but thats alil ways haha, but yeah its still 40%, last year it rained well more like misted and then stopped, but yeah its clear blue skies out right now
02-18-2010, 10:43 AM
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I'm going to get my exhaust from Mandrel Exhaust Systems... the only kicker is, they send you the pieces, has to be welded together.... but I got a price on that from the guy who does my exhaust work and he's only going to charge me $75... well, I can get the exhaust for $440 shipped, so i'll have about $500 in it, the closest vendor is like $560 on their exhaust, minus shipping, and then I STILL have to get it hung(which would run around $30 alone)... that'd be around $650 at the cheapest
I don't understand why companies mark exhaust up so much, if Megan and Mandrel can put out exhaust for $350-400(while still making money), why can't everyone? its ******* 3" pipe with some bends, a flange, a resonator, and a muffler:
flanges aren't high, resonators aren't high, mufflers aren't high... is $150 worth of tubing and materials and some bends really worth $600? hell no, that is a ridiculous markup... if a person had the means of doing their own bends they could easily make a full catback for less than $200, of course you need a bender which is expensive, but you can't tell me Corsa and others don't sell enough exhaust systems to cover the cost of a bender or two... and honestly, the Cobalt's catbacks are CHEAPER than most, catbacks for Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, GTOs, etc. COMMONLY run $1100-1200, which is crazy
just like turbos, most of the cost associated with turbos is in the piping... and its a ridiculous mark up, no way kits should cost $3-4000.. I mean wastegates, the actual turbos, blow off valves, you can have all that for a little over $1000... its why most of the import guys build their own turbo setups, because people have started selling the tubing alone for A LOT cheaper than kits made by vendors and you can build a home build for less than half of the going rate of a kit and still make as much whp
part markup pisses me off, if I ever win the lottery i'm making my own exhaust company... lol
I don't understand why companies mark exhaust up so much, if Megan and Mandrel can put out exhaust for $350-400(while still making money), why can't everyone? its ******* 3" pipe with some bends, a flange, a resonator, and a muffler:
flanges aren't high, resonators aren't high, mufflers aren't high... is $150 worth of tubing and materials and some bends really worth $600? hell no, that is a ridiculous markup... if a person had the means of doing their own bends they could easily make a full catback for less than $200, of course you need a bender which is expensive, but you can't tell me Corsa and others don't sell enough exhaust systems to cover the cost of a bender or two... and honestly, the Cobalt's catbacks are CHEAPER than most, catbacks for Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, GTOs, etc. COMMONLY run $1100-1200, which is crazy
just like turbos, most of the cost associated with turbos is in the piping... and its a ridiculous mark up, no way kits should cost $3-4000.. I mean wastegates, the actual turbos, blow off valves, you can have all that for a little over $1000... its why most of the import guys build their own turbo setups, because people have started selling the tubing alone for A LOT cheaper than kits made by vendors and you can build a home build for less than half of the going rate of a kit and still make as much whp
part markup pisses me off, if I ever win the lottery i'm making my own exhaust company... lol
There are just regular Hydraulic benders but you can't get any real production out of them.
I bet most of those Vendors you mentioned contract there work out to someone else, heck maybe the same company, then mark them up. I would imagine the people that actually do it in house and sell are by far cheaper.
Well you get the idea.
