custom exhaust place?

[TuRBoTaLooN95]

I was just wondering if anyone knew a good place that can fabricate a custom exhaust system. I found this place in NY called Kook's that has been fabbing exhaust for some time now. I am waiting to hear back from them, but I also wanted to see what other places are in the general area.

[T_K]

I'd also like to know the same, I want to get a muffler I've chosen, a resonator and highflow cat and have someone do the piping for me all the way to the turbo.

[gtluke]

lol "this place called kooks"
they are only like the best exhaust manufacturer on the planet.
they will build you an exhuast manifold that will make you wet your pants.
i doubt it worth going to them to do a undercar exhaust. any monkey can weld pipes together. its not rocket science.

[TuRBoTaLooN95]

lol "this place called kooks"
they are only like the best exhaust manufacturer on the planet.
they will build you an exhuast manifold that will make you wet your pants.
i doubt it worth going to them to do a undercar exhaust. any monkey can weld pipes together. its not rocket science.

I've heard good things about them, but I was not aware of their reputation. My friend referred me to them and sent them an e-mail. If they are that good, I might have them make me everything from the block back. That is unless I can find a good local shop to do a custom cat-back system.

[atc250r]

There's a place in Ramsey across the street from the Buger King just off the north bound side of Rt. 17 that I heard does great work. It's called KC's Kustom I think but I couldn't find their number on line. Also, since your in Madison there is a gas station is Summit on Broad St. called Brookside Svc. that used to do great work on custom exhausts. If you want me to go past the place in Ramsey and get the number shoot me a PM.

John

[billios996]

mufflex in Trenton
http://www.mufflex-performance.com

[mike radowski]

I can fabricate custom exhausts. I use stainless tube and mandrel bends. 732-259-9539

[TuRBoTaLooN95]

I can fabricate custom exhausts. I use stainless tube and mandrel bends. 732-259-9539

prices? for cat-back if i include muffler?

[TurboMike]

Kooks works on a lot of professional race cars, their prices are INSANELY rediculous. Nobody from NY DSM will go near that place except for the top dogs with money to burn (and they only go occasionally for something special). I'd only go to them if my race car needed some complicated intercooler pipes that had to wrap around something and there was very little clearance and I was willing to blow all my sponsorship money for the year to git-er-done. For something simple like an exhaust get ready to get bent over on the price and how long till they can "schedule you in". I called them once for a price quote on making intercooler pipes for my FMIC and the quote was about half what my car was worth.

ATX in Bergenfield built my exhaust and did it quick, cheap, and exactly the way I wanted it. Two resonators and flanges for a cat when its emissions time, turbo back. They mostly deal with Hondas/Nissans/DSMs. Good place. I think they're also a NJDSM vendor? Not sure.

[Muggus]

Raycos on route 18 does pretty good work. I know someone with there exhaust on and they fixed my flex section a while ago. They bend 3" pipe also, however it will be pressbent.

[garychios]

From the block back? WOW, insanely wealthy? I paid $400 from Kooks to weld me a Wastegate bracket and dump tube. That was when they were cheap. Expect to pay about 5 times what you pay a regular muffler shop. They quoted me once last year about $3000 for t4 headers. I hear the charge around $2000 for turbo back exhaust. of course, all is stainless etc.

[mike radowski]

I can fabricate custom exhausts. I use stainless tube and mandrel bends. 732-259-9539

prices? for cat-back if i include muffler?

Price obviously depends on complexity, and what materials I need to provide. It's more $ than a muffler shop with crap bends and aluminized steel tubing, but much cheaper than a big $$ race shop. I just do it on the side for some extra cash.

[iboostdoyou]

i dont care what materials are used to make an exhaust, for me no exhaust is worth a couple grand. Actually, now that i think about it, I dont think anyone in their right mind would pay that much for an exhaust. It is metal tubing that redirects exhaust gasses away from the motor, nothing more, how is that worth 5k? Jeff, forget about that garbage, go with someone local and cheap, you'll be much happier paying 1/10th the price.

[1gnasty]

in wallinton right in front of
acosta racing there is tony moffler shop
preaty sure a 3in cat back is like 200
bring ur own muffler

[T_K]

mike, I sent you a PM.

[puremx69]

Franks (maybe Franks Custom Exhaust or something like that) on Kinderkamack in River Edge / Oradell area. They bend pipes (press bent) they make reducers and that kinda stuff, I saw a turbocharged integra there one time they did all the fmic piping and exhaust piping it was real nice. I don't see why you don't just buy someone's used exhaust or buy the bends you need from summit and weld it together it's really not that hard. My friends and I built a turbo kid for a 99 grand am 3.4l v6 and that includes custom up pipe, custom down pipe, custom ic piping, custom exhaust piping, external wastegate piping etc.

[NitrousPete]

Kooks is awsome. I have seen very hit-and-miss work from Mufflex the last couple of years.

[TuRBoTaLooN95]

When I first posted about Kooks, I had no idea how expensive they were...obviously that's out of the question.

I can't buy someone's used exhaust because maybe 5% of SS owners have an aftermarket exhaust on their cars and not many are parting out cars. However, I did find a guy in cali that already fabbed the part of the exhaust from the muffler and goes over the axle (it gets a little complicated in that area). The rest should be pretty simple.

The reason I don't buy the parts and weld them together is because I don't have any access to a welder and it would just be easier to pay someone to do everything all together. I don't even have a good floor jack at the moment.

So I think I'm going to get this part of the exhaust from this guy in cali and have a local shop tube up the rest. From the rear axle to the cat should be pretty straightforward. And Mike...I sent you a PM.

[TurboMike]

I had Franks put a bung for my wideband in and wanted some other stuff done. They didnt have the time or patience to do what I wanted. Basically its the old dude who owns the place who knows his shit and is willing to listen to any problem but is old, and the young guys who do most of the work and just want to push cars out the door and keep the place in business. They seem to be in conflict on anything modern and custom. I took my car elsewhere. But if I had an old American classic/muscle car, thats where I'd go.

[gvr4737]

me and joe ( twizzle) made his full exhaust... bends and all at my house in my basement.. after buying the piping from bruces speedshop and me welding it.. costed like $190 for everything.. full 3 inch exhaust... im sure his flows just as good or even better than a $3,000 exhaust

[REDTINCAN]

They do great work they have done a few things for me in the past but when its time to pay you will cry like a little girl. but if you must have some of the best work down to the undercarriage then it must be KROOKS.....

if you are located on LI they are a lot of places that you can get quality welding work, even withing the same area has KROOKS.... :shock: :shock:

[TuRBoTaLooN95]

ok...well thanks for all the help guys...but I found out some interesting information today about my cobalt. apparently the exhaust on my car goes from 3" from the downpipe to the cat, then 2.5" from the cat to the rear axle, then 2.25" from the rear axle to the muffler. I found a pre-fabbed 2.5" setup w/ a magnaflow muffler that replaces all of the 2.25" piping on my car. I am going to just buy that setup and leave the rest stock for now...maybe replace the cat w/ a high flow cat, but thats it. When it comes time to upgrade to a full 3" exhaust, I'll call up some of these local places you've mentioned. 8)

[helite99]

whats the point ur still not gunna beat me :wink:

[Bean]

When it comes to an exhaust....I would recommend going with stainless and mandrel bent pipe. If you go with crap pipe then your going to be repairing rusty holes, etc in a year two. Not worth it IMHO. IF your going to have someone custom make you an exhaust then just make sure that they do good work. Remember....you get what you pay for. You don't want an exhaust that hits the underside of your car when you hit a bump or a muffler that sits real low/crooked, etc. Just do your research. I would spend the extra $ and have Mike make you one. He uses stainless, mandrel bends and does great work. In the end you will have a nice exhaust that will not only look/fit good but stay shiny....not rusty.

[Muggus]

I probably wouldnt pay alot for a 2.5" exhaust especially if your planning and upgrading even further in the future. My friend and i made a 2.5" cat-back from just straight 2.5" pep boys pipe for his 240. Came out pretty nice with the nice n1 bend at the end. Pipe was like $40 and muffler was like $65. Find a friend with a welder and give it a shot. Cant really fuck up, just have to cut and reweld.

[TuRBoTaLooN95]

well as it turns out...a full 3" system is coming out in about a month or two, so I'm waiting on a price for that first. might as well get it now if its available rather than upgrading twice.

[iboostdoyou]

upgrading twice? jeff, honestly, your never gonna need a full 3" exhaust. And if by some chance of hell you do reach 350whp in that thing, it wont be for like 10 years. How about you pay off the actual car first, before you go and make plans for that much power, break it, and have to pay another 10k on a car that doesnt run.

[gtluke]

listen, you can't possibly go fast with the correct parts. you need the biggest and most ridiculous shit on the market.
thats just the way it is.

[T_K]

what's so bad about 3" exhausts?? :? :P

[gtluke]

RICE

[iboostdoyou]

my knowledge on the matter is that unless you are making over about 400hp, you can do fine with a 2.5" exhaust. Forced induction or not, its a 4cyl that doesnt put out enormous quantities of air in exhaust, no need for enormous exhaust's when the power wont be there. its not necessary... wont exactly hurt your performance, but to only look for 3" is rediculous

[gtluke]

a turbo car can benifit from an overly large exhaust.
but not a saturn

[helite99]

a turbo car can benifit from an overly large exhaust.
but not a saturn


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[TuRBoTaLooN95]

a turbo car can benifit from an overly large exhaust.
but not a saturn


BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

first of all its not a saturn....

second, i'm not ONLY looking for a 3" exhaust. it's just that the majority of exhaust systems for my car are in the $400-$600 dollar range for cat-backs. so if I'm going to spend that much money, I might as well get the 3" stainless steel system instead of a 2.5". That is unless I can find someone to make a similar system for cheaper.

[gtluke]

oh sorry, its a cavalier

[helite99]

its more saturn than cavalier. they put the same motor in a saturn SUV!

[T_K]

RICE

how is it rice if you put an unpolished, dual tip muffler with small tips (2.25 or 2.5). That's what I plan and it should look completely stock and sound quietish enough.

[iboostdoyou]

i think he was semi-joking. dont take offense to it kiddo

then again, you have a non-turbo :lol:

[T_K]

It will be a yes-turbo soon enough :P

[Big Block DSM]

mtk welding 908 966 1446 ask for mark

[blcknspo0ln]

don't know why mike won't get back to me.. anyone call him ??

anyway, where's mtk welding located? i'll be dropping the beastly beater off on tuesday..

[Big Block DSM]

roselle

[mike radowski]

don't know why mike won't get back to me.. anyone call him ??

anyway, where's mtk welding located? i'll be dropping the beastly beater off on tuesday..

pm sent, sorry i thought i replied.