My Gen 2.5 build and Custom fabrication

[jeep-N-montero]

Jeep-n-montero I'm actually going to fab up a 3 inch mandrel exhaust here shortly, getting rid of the cat all together. I'm pretty sure my cat is clogged up anyway. I love the sound of borla, so I've chosen the borla xs 3 inch in/out offset design. I'll post more pics this week of some of the trucks progress


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3 inch is actually too free flowing and will run too cool, you need some heat in the exhaust flow or you will actually lose hp, stick with 2.5 inch piping.

 

[Mudrunner]

Old man Emu and Ironman4x4 sell them as well.

 

[GFO]

SlickRicksBricks,

Love your rig so far. I'm a fan of all the non-conventional builds/ideas you 'do-it-yourself' types come up with.

 

[SlickRicksBricks]

Jeep -n-montero - thanks for the input, I wasn't quite sure if a 3 inch was overkill or not. Have you done a 2.5 inch on your montero? And if so how noticeable were the gains?

Mudrunner - thanks man!

GFO- thanks for the positive vibes bro


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[Toasty]

I've got 2.5" exhaust, high flow Magnaflow cats and muffler. The only noticeable gain is exhaust ground clearance, i had it moved up 2" from stock. The hard part about having a shop do your exhaust is getting them to make it high enough over the rear axle to not get bent up there. Performance wise maybe i gained something, maybe not but it makes good niose. Not so loud that i have droning on the highway but it has a good healthy sound especially in the low end.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Jeep -n-montero - thanks for the input, I wasn't quite sure if a 3 inch was overkill or not. Have you done a 2.5 inch on your montero? And if so how noticeable were the gains?

Mudrunner - thanks man!

GFO- thanks for the positive vibes bro


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I haven't done mine yet but will be using 2.5 inch piping, and there will definitely be some gains to be had over a 16 year old factory exhaust.

 

[SlickRicksBricks]

Thank for the input guys on the exhaust ^^^

I plan on running a borla muffler like I said previously, with no cat, or added resonators :O. I want as little flow restriction as possible. The good thing is, my county doesn't have smog so I can get away with a lot more out here. It's going to sound rowdy haha



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[SlickRicksBricks]

Here's how the truck sits now. I will be removing the winch plate soon, and at that time design and fab up the front bumper.


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[SlickRicksBricks]

Cut the rear frames shorter, capped them, and welded on the new D-hooks

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[SlickRicksBricks]

Here is a picture of the finished intake setup for the snorkel. A simple 45 degree 3.5 inch coupler mated to a ford intake box. Sounds good and will keep water out.

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[SlickRicksBricks]

The joke you see at the top has been capped btw


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[SlickRicksBricks]

here is a picture of the inside of the air box


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[SlickRicksBricks]

Old exhaust had to go. When I pulled it off I saw that the previous owner had gutted the cat. That explains the beefier sounding stock exhaust.

I went with 2.5 inch mandrel bends and cut them accordingly. Turned out very nice and no crushed bends. Sounds great! More beastly. I'll post video soon.

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[jeep-N-montero]

Old exhaust had to go. When I pulled it off I saw that the previous owner had gutted the cat. That explains the beefier sounding stock exhaust.

I went with 2.5 inch mandrel bends and cut them accordingly. Turned out very nice and no crushed bends. Sounds great! More beastly. I'll post video soon.

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Did you modify one of the exhaust builder kits or make your own?

 

[SlickRicksBricks]

I just bought the mandrel bends and cut/welded them together.


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