Her ya' go...

 

Short radius cut down and butt welded.

-Richard

 

sweet... and like you said, only one extra elbow needed

I guess if that last connection to the Y-pipe was welded, you could suck the last elbow up really close to the bed and have the thing totally centered, but it'd be a pain to work around down the road if it needed to come apart, and if you're getting totally equal smoke w/ it moved one rib off center, I'm totally cool w/ that!

****, now a few hundred of my clutch money is gonna have to go to stacks... I'm gettin' antsy to get 'em back on!!!

Forrest

 

WOW! You guys have been busy on this one today! Thanks for all the input!

I don't have the invoices handy, but will post all the parts and numbers. I got everything from Truck Pro in Indy. Now I am really antsy to get going on the install. I am still waiting to get the liner shot in the bed. Was hoping they could get me in sooner, but no luck today.

Matt

 

I just added everything up... for the stacks, the y-pipe, and the 4 elbows, I've got 278.74... that includes shipping on the stacks... I figure another $10-20 shipping on the elbows and y-pipe, and I'll need to get a couple clamps local, but I've got everything else...

sad thing is I spent $330 on my 5" exhaust not too long ago! LOL! oh well, it's only money.

Forrest

 

Richard,

one more question... what style clamps are you using to mount the crossover pipe to the bed? I used regular old clamps, but yours appear to have nuts at the top as well. where did you score those or did you make 'em?

Forrest

 

Really?? Where are you stealing, uh, I mean, getting your parts? I got well over twice that into the set-up.

Thanks!

Matt

 

I used the lower section of 4 plated clamps and some threaded rod to get the length to go through my spacers and the front bed support brace.

-Richard

 

**** good idea Richard!!

Matt, I'm going to be running 36" stacks... with 19.5" legs on the elbows, it'll put the stacks well above the cab line. there's a guy on ebay who sells stacks for ~$100 a pair... the shorter ones are even cheaper. these are $75 and $20 shipping.

this place seems to have the best prices on elbows, y-pipes, and clamps... and they have lots of different elbows available, so you can pick your radius and leg length.

http://www.usatruckpartsonline.com/e....html?branch=3

Forrest

 

Fun fun!

Matt

 

Sweeeeeettt!!!!!! Another one joins the dark side of new truck cutting....

-Richard

 

Looks great, Matt!!
Chris

 

looks great! have fun washing it next time it rains

Forrest

 

Rain caps are available for miter cuts, too...Ben

 

yeah, but they look kinda funky when you're going down the road, and they're like $90 a piece!

I think when I do my stacks, I'm gonna mod the elbows so that they have a recessed area right at the curve and put a little 1/16-1/8" hole at the bottom to aid drainage...

Forrest