<![CDATA[Mandrel Bender]]>Well today we finally got into our other shop (1 month late). So there is no more room for some more toys, and coincidentally i was speaking w/ one of my vendors i supply parts for and he was saying how they were sick of who the dealt w/ as far as getting exhaust done. W/ that said i think the time may have come a lot earlier to seriously look into one. Im going to call the company i get the majoruity of my equipment from and see what they have to say as far as cost and ETA. So there may just be one sittin in the shop in the REAL near future. Now w/ that said there is no excuses for everyone to not be building cars. We will have everything available in house/locally to do about anything. Also on a second note we will be looking for some cars to build jigs off of. So if anyone is looking for exhaust and has a somewhat popular vehicle this is your ticket for a damn good deal on some.

Stay tuned.......

Nick
SLS

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/1530/mandrel-benderRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 21:54:21 GMTWed, 02 Feb 2005 01:11:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:52:11 GMT]]>i was thinking about exhaust in the spring or very early summer..... 97 camaro definately a car that a lot of people do exhaust with. i'd be willing to let you dink around with my car tufte.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/28074https://fargostreet.com/post/28074Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:52:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Thu, 03 Feb 2005 01:30:40 GMT]]>Sounds badass nick. If you need a 2.3dohc 96 prelude to play with, my buddy has one that needs exhaust badly. Keep us informed.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/28046https://fargostreet.com/post/28046Thu, 03 Feb 2005 01:30:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 23:27:20 GMT]]>Just got off the phone w/ the manufacturer of the bender. The largest i would be doing is 3". To do anything larger than that you have to step up into a larger machine and the tooling and what not is just ridiculous and i dont really see it being feasble just to do 4". To do anything over 4" the machine alone would be well over $100k plus tooling. And just to give you an idea for the machine im looking @ tooling for 2.5" is $5500 and 3" is $6000, so i dont even wanna know what it cant get up to to do say 4" and 5". Its simply just not worth it. But he's gonna send me over a pricing guide and cost estimates and we'll go from there. Said it could take up to 8 weeks to get a machine as they have the tooling built and that has been known to take 6 weeks @ times. So as soon as i get the quote from him im gonna look it over see how things are and then go from there.

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Raider wrote:
"Im 23, not quite as old Dave, haha only about half way there :-p."
ya I think Dave is like 42 or something =P

nah, he's only 40

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/28006https://fargostreet.com/post/28006Wed, 02 Feb 2005 23:15:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:37:40 GMT]]>so does this mean that you guy's exhaust will cost even less?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27999https://fargostreet.com/post/27999Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:37:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:54:49 GMT]]>Well every header is gonna move the turbo slightly either way.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27982https://fargostreet.com/post/27982Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:54:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:36:54 GMT]]>Pretty sure the turbo sits in a slightly different position on my car.

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PSI2HI wrote:
Brett,
I thought your car sold?

Yeah, its sold twice actually 😛 The last guy was very reputable so I'm surprised he backed out - heck, he even talked to DH about my car.

Its sitting in Fargo in heated storage. I can pull it out if you want to mock up on it - keep in mind that its a stock twins and not a single setup. DH - does your turbo sit the same place as it would on a GTE Head??? Maybe that would be a better option for Nick

Brett

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27979https://fargostreet.com/post/27979Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:32:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:42:27 GMT]]>Im lookin for a "dual" catback...

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PSI2HI wrote:
What exhaust setup are you gonna be lookin for? I've done 3" over the axle on a CRX before, its a PITA, but do able.

I am gonna go 2.5"...I'd like to go over the axle just because it'd be more drivable.....but a big part of me just wants to do a single bend and go underneath the axle.

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PSI2HI wrote:
Yeah, im gonna start making those things again here soon once i get a little bit of time to start playing around w/ random stuff.
did you make that one off your talon that marc johnson has, and what was it aluminum or stainless? If you do make one for me you should find some couplers to go with it?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27962https://fargostreet.com/post/27962Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:04:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:02:35 GMT]]>"Im 23, not quite as old Dave, haha only about half way there :-p."
ya I think Dave is like 42 or something =P

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92TSIpos wrote:
Not to whore the thread nick but could you make me an aluminum upper radiator pipe like the one you had on your talon? I thought that looked badass.

Yeah, im gonna start making those things again here soon once i get a little bit of time to start playing around w/ random stuff.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27959https://fargostreet.com/post/27959Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:58:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:40:06 GMT]]>Not to whore the thread nick but could you make me an aluminum upper radiator pipe like the one you had on your talon? I thought that looked badass.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27948https://fargostreet.com/post/27948Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:40:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:36:42 GMT]]>Dave,
Thats pretty insane for a turboback but like Brety said your supra owners they see you coming and know you got $$. If people are paying it i'd be selling it for that much too.

Brett,
I thought your car sold?

ND DSM,
Im 23, not quite as old Dave, haha only about half way there :-p.

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DaveH wrote:
Ok, it looks like I was a little off... I just checked wotm.com and it's only $2550. 😛

Thats still outragous, If I were you I would just have nick build you something sweet.

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DaveH wrote:
Ok, it looks like I was a little off... I just checked wotm.com and it's only $2550. 😛

Nick, you can use my car for mock-up on this.

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nd_dsm wrote:
Nick, this has been bugging me for awhile. How old are you? How did you start this business, I can tell from the looks of it, your young, and your gonna retire early. Just wanted to know how you got your own business off the ground basically.

thread jack - send him a PM or call him

christ

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nd_dsm wrote:
Nick, this has been bugging me for awhile. How old are you? How did you start this business, I can tell from the looks of it, your young, and your gonna retire early. Just wanted to know how you got your own business off the ground basically.

He just looks young.... he's actually older than I am.

😉

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27929https://fargostreet.com/post/27929Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:22:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:25 GMT]]>Would you fabricate up a 3" for my 1g?

Do you just need cars to fabricate up exhausts for or will this be at an extremely low price.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27927https://fargostreet.com/post/27927Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:13:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:10:39 GMT]]>Nick, this has been bugging me for awhile. How old are you? How did you start this business, I can tell from the looks of it, your young, and your gonna retire early. Just wanted to know how you got your own business off the ground basically.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27926https://fargostreet.com/post/27926Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:56:49 GMT]]>Ok, it looks like I was a little off... I just checked wotm.com and it's only $2550. 😛

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DaveH wrote:
I think there is a good market for 5" exhaust for the Supra. Right now the only guys that make/sell it are just raping people on it. They are selling a 5" downpipe and exhaust for $3000.... and people are buying it!

thats a bunch of BS dave. I cant believe ppl would buy that crap. I hope its made of gold.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/27921https://fargostreet.com/post/27921Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:30:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mandrel Bender on Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:52:51 GMT]]>I think there is a good market for 5" exhaust for the Supra. Right now the only guys that make/sell it are just raping people on it. They are selling a 5" downpipe and exhaust for $3000.... and people are buying it!

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