sleeper
Former LOD President
My previous exhaust had become a bit of a hack job over the years, what with assorted modifications that have been done to it after it's original installation.
So, today, i took my car to Performance Fabrication and Engineering for a custom, mandrel bent exhaust. They kept the original crush-bent tubing in front of the new muffler, but that is two slight bends on each side that really won't cost any hp anyway. They reused my stock tips and two rear mufflers, and replaced my x-pipe and dual in / dual out muffler with an x-pipe muffler. Then they did beautiful work from there back, TIG welded dual 2.5" pipes with proper clearances around all the underbody stuff.
The guy doing the work had some previous mark viii experience. He was talking about working on the bonneville car, said he did headers and exhaust for that car. Also said they got it up to 200 mph (almost 201) with enough run-up, on an unofficial run. He said he also owned a mark viii previously, an exec car that beat his '94 cobra but that he never took to the track.
Also in the shop was a C6, a nice burnt orange one with black wheels with silver rims. Very sharp car. They said it had a blown rear end, and possibly other issues resulting from the blown rear end. Then there was an LS1-powered fox body, a couple of other fox bodies, and some other serious project cars. Couple of other vettes in there too. They do some damn good work in there, from what i can tell.
This is the same shop that i had re-modify my headers. They did good work on that, so i brought the car in for the exhaust. The exhaust is now much louder. I might have to add that dual in/ dual out muffler back in there to quiet things back down again. But, no more money going into the lincoln this year.
Planning on hitting Ubly next weekend (22nd or 23rd) to try to get a new best time.
So, today, i took my car to Performance Fabrication and Engineering for a custom, mandrel bent exhaust. They kept the original crush-bent tubing in front of the new muffler, but that is two slight bends on each side that really won't cost any hp anyway. They reused my stock tips and two rear mufflers, and replaced my x-pipe and dual in / dual out muffler with an x-pipe muffler. Then they did beautiful work from there back, TIG welded dual 2.5" pipes with proper clearances around all the underbody stuff.
The guy doing the work had some previous mark viii experience. He was talking about working on the bonneville car, said he did headers and exhaust for that car. Also said they got it up to 200 mph (almost 201) with enough run-up, on an unofficial run. He said he also owned a mark viii previously, an exec car that beat his '94 cobra but that he never took to the track.
Also in the shop was a C6, a nice burnt orange one with black wheels with silver rims. Very sharp car. They said it had a blown rear end, and possibly other issues resulting from the blown rear end. Then there was an LS1-powered fox body, a couple of other fox bodies, and some other serious project cars. Couple of other vettes in there too. They do some damn good work in there, from what i can tell.
This is the same shop that i had re-modify my headers. They did good work on that, so i brought the car in for the exhaust. The exhaust is now much louder. I might have to add that dual in/ dual out muffler back in there to quiet things back down again. But, no more money going into the lincoln this year.
Planning on hitting Ubly next weekend (22nd or 23rd) to try to get a new best time.
