I know there are is a comparison picture around on this forum ..... I cant find it . Just wondering if some one could link it or send me the pictures ?
I was at a Exhaust shop looking to patch up my rotten 3 inch stuff till i get more bucks to buy a Stan's kit and told the guy what i was doing . WELLL he goes of and saz no friggin way can i put a 4 inch pipe in my first gen truck ..... Period i said yep you can .lol he saz no and you will burn up your T- case He said the pipe will be a mess going around the T-case and there was no such piping

 

I built my own 4" pipe around the transfer case from 4 45 degree mandrel bends I bought from ryderfleetproducts.com -

http://www.ryderfleetproducts.com/cg...uct_detail.jsp

I had to trim one of two of them, then pieced them together and welded it all up. It fits great and clears both the transfer case and frame by at least 3/4" to 1". Even if the pipe was right up against the transfer case, it doesn't get so hot that it could heat up that huge chunk of iron enough to cause any damage. Your exhaust guy is probably used to working on little trucks with aluminum transfer cases, or he's a complete idiot! LOL

 

this is the part around the t-case, with my home made system

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCF4694.jpg
from the rear of the system looking toward the down pipe.
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/DSCF4691.jpg

 

My stans kit with the HX40 flange to fit my S300.

 

Move on down the road... New shop. Go back after you have the 4" for the in-your-face stuff...

 

Sounds like i guy from work, he used to work at a monroe or meinekee... how ever you spell them. Anyways you tell him something you just did or a friend just did and he flipps out telling you how thats impossible, or just stupid because bla bla bla bla bla.... it gets annoying. Just SHUT UP and LISTEN DUMP EDIT !!! When you insult someones intelligence they get mean. Esp when they tell you no you can't first, and you do it anyways and prove them wrong :-D

 

It's not in his procedure manual or pre-programmed on his bender. Therefor it is impossible. Jeeeez, you guys just don't get it, do you?

 

Yeah thinking, commonsense creativity.... didn't they eliminate those years ago?

 

Heck tell him You can even fit 5 inch cause you can, I did. BUT you have to take that one support out by tansfer case lol

 

The guy who owns the local exhaust shop, has a full 2 1/4" crimped bend exhaust on his 55 Chevy' with a 383 stroker small block, 400+ hp "he says". says he likes the "bottom end" he gets from the small exhaust...and it goes back into cheap seamed together turbo mufflers

When he revs it up you can hear the poor 383 just crying for help.

 

Sweet thank you Richie and the rest of you all to.I was kinda surprised at his attitude Oh i will be spoolin up to his shop with the 4 inch soon Thank s again guys

 

Here are a few pics of stan's laying in place.

Adapter plate clearance

T-case shifter clearance

T-case clearance

Front drive flange clearance

Crossmember clearance

 

Cool thank you trooper I told him it was tight and then he said that I would burn up the T-case like some guy he knew who had put a flexx pipe in there ....... I said maybe the t case was pooched before he put the 4 inch flex in ???? . He swore up and down it was the flex pipe so needless to say i just left.....
His shop his opinion no point in telling him different

 

I ran flex pipe in a 89 I plowed with for 3 years.