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We don’t generally see retired grocery getters turned street warriors here at the shop. If we do it is not an 88′ Honda Accord with a turbo kit. In this case that is exactly what we have. This customer is a member of the ASAP car club and is a familiar face even though we had not done much of anything for him up to this point. He has installed a turbo kit  on the OE motor and was running an open down pipe. While this is pretty cool for a little while, it does tend to wear off and become annoying. Not to mention it can be detrimental to your motor if it is too short.

Our customer wanted to install a 3″, down pipe back, exhaust. He ordered a Vibrant Performance, 3″ inlet 3″ outlet, oval Stealth Series (black finish) muffler. He also provided us with the 3″ tubing we would need to get the job done. There was one problem though. After getting the car racked and looking at what I was working with, the down pipe was not fully complete. It cut off prior to the oil pan and had been crushed a little for clearance of the cross member. This was out of the realm of what I had estimated and would required some extra work if I were to complete it. Unfortunately it was beyond his budget and would have to wait for another day. No worries though, because I could still finish the exhaust and simply mate it to the down pipe later.

In general this was a fairly straight forward exhaust system. A long straight down the middle of the car, a couple 90 degree bends, a little kink and another couple short 90′s. Getting the 3″ pipe centered in the stock location turned out to be the most difficult thing to do. When the stock exhaust piping is a mere 1 3/4″ it is easy to see why it could be a bit of a hurdle. After getting the pipe centered and tacked into place, all that was left was to finish the welding and hang it back up. Even though I couldn’t get the entire exhaust done, the fabricated and installed unit looks great and is in perfect position.

We should be seeing this customer again in the next couple of weeks to finish the job and take care of a few other minor issues with the car. Then everyone can rest easy in his neighborhood, there will be no more rude awakenings at 2 a.m.

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