My guy has some of the worst welding I ever saw on the exhaust. You are going to lose performance on a rigged job. You would probably be better off with stock. Remember if you race or drift you are putting incredible stress on all of the cars components. You need the best possible parts. Remember for the lack of a nail the shoe was lost, the lack of a shoe the horse was lost and the lack of a horse the battle was lost.

You will save money, why not work a few extra hours and do it right?

yea the guy who will be welding makes exhaust and lots of custom stuff. He owns Defined Autoworks here in ohio lol so its going to be perfect welding, so not worried. He does roll cages etc etc so not worried.

And im not a drifter lol my supra is too clean to have the % chance to hit a wall, ditch etc lol

Ranma,
Mandrel bending hudraulic tubing can not be compared with bending aluminum pipe.
Heavy walled steel hydraulic tubing, is a far diffrent anminal, to work with, than 2.5" alumunum pipe.
Bending pipe, with the proper tooling and training, is a piece of cake. I have done it for 27 years.
I attempted to lead Awyman away from bending his own pipe, without affending.
Awyman, discuss you requirements with the people at Defined Autoworks. I suspect they will be able to build what you need.

Do not consider my words offensive, how can you do a hard job with no training or experience? Some things are good for the new mechanic but a lot is not good. Doing a great job with pipe is not a one time thing but a passion.

It is different but my other experience would help. I use to bend steel tubing as well. My point is if I would have trouble with training and experience, what are his chances?

I think the nice way to put it is like with all tasks, without experience there will be a learning curve involved resulting in many mistakes before perfection is achieved.

You are so right, if you want to learn something get tougher with an expert. Looked at a post, I use to bend much more than some O type aluminum tubing *grins* There is different hardness in this plus add steel and titanium tubing. Some of the lines feed the thirsty F110 GE engines. We are talking about fuel flow in the thousands of pounds. Having said that I have not done in in 26 years. My current job is at a desk :( It pays the bills and for fun.

I am not saying not to do it but to do it well. Also you do not have to drift to put a lot of stress on a car. Outstanding parts will get you through the worse of time making them good. A cheap part will not only fail but make good components fail.

Try to think about how great it will be instead of just getting by :)

Here is a place I know a good many people to buy ic piping from. Its pretty nice stuff.

http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...rcooler+Piping

i would have no idea which pieces to order from that tho...lol considering ive never done a fmic i have no idea how much/little or wat i need for the piping.

I bought a kit off eBay once for the MKIII. The make was CXRacing; I can't remember who the vendor was. The setup it was going on wasn't entirely stock so a couple pieces had to be cut and a couple others had to be purchased individually. It's pretty thick walled pipe and has bead rolled ends to help ensure a solid seal.

yea ive heard great things about cxracing's intercoolers and piping. My friend has a red top sr20 in his s13 and thats wat he used. Dont think it was too expensive either