Hi all......newbie here and I have a question about what kinda of pipe you guys with stacks are running. Are you guys running chrome elbows and "Y" pipe or the aluminzed stuff with chrome stacks? Also I am wondering if it's cheaper to buy the parts seperatly or get a kit like Grand Rock sells though one of their dealers?

 

Usually aluminum piping with a chrome stack. So a search on here for "stacks" and grab a cold one and sit and read.......... I was going to do a single 5" chrome turnout, put ended up needing a topper instead. Oh well. When the heart transplant on my 74 W250 goes through I'll stack that truck. If you like welding and have the equipment already, I would prolly buy the parts and build it. That is what I was going to do.

Nice duster, the wife also has a 73. Not nearly in as good a shape

 

Thanks......yeah I have a welder so that isn't a problem. I did do a search for stacks and found some good info. I've been pricing parts and kits and it seems like the kits are only $50 more and with all the seperate shipping and stuff it might be easier to just get a kit from somewhere like the Grand Rock......They are fairly close to me to but I don't think they will sell direct. Someone mentioned the stack kit from them was only $175 with out the stacks....thats what I need. I got the stacks off E-bay and I need the rest. Also what about my bedliner....shoud i pull it out or leave it in and notch around it so i can pull it with out dropping the exhaust?

 

my set up was pretty cheap. i got the 4'' downpipe and 4'' pipe to the front of the bed for round 100. My 'y' pipe was 135. and the stacks were round 100. the y pipe is acually a peice of 1/4 thick 4''x6'' steel.

 

 

Just got off the phone with Chrome Depot.....they sell the Grand Rock kits....$271 for the kit minus the stacks. This is for 5" stacks to 4" pipe. I can't buy all the pieces seperate for that.......

 

i did....

 

i got everything the chrome at a big rig wreckers for 20$ each and then i got some flex and piping from a local truck dealer..for 50$ total.....the rest is alot of adjusting and making things line up and straight

 

Now thats the way to do it right there.

 

man dont buy a splitter, way pay 90 bucks whe ya can make 1 for 60. buy 2 elbows and cut them down the middle get ta some steel and sandwitch it together and weld, look in my gallery, i got pics of a splitter, i was gonna do that but just got a set already made by mudcat.

 

i went to buy every thing for my stacks and it was going to cost me 350. SO then i decided to got with a 4 inch flex to a 90 elbow through the bed into a 4 inch square tubing then to five inch stacks that are BLACK soon to be powder coated black

 

oh yea the whole thing cost me 130 insted of 350

 

Make your own its cheap and easy. I built my first kit for 130 bucks total. I bought the bends from a local muffler supplier and the flex tubing I picked up with clamps for 5 bucks from a junkyard and the stacks from the same place where 50 bucks ( I think there are pics of this setup in my gallery). If you have a fleetpride in your city they have flex tube and clamp for real cheap. I have 6" stacks on my truck now which I aquired from a friend for free which cost him 600 to build

 

I can get most of the stuff from NAPA.....I have free reign going through their catalogs......I like the idea of making my own splitter too....looks like I have some welding and parts gathering to do. I'll definetly post pics when I get done.