Valigrunt Performance

Putting the Muscle back into Classic Cars

New mandrel bent stainless steel exhaust and replaced brake lines

March 29, 2024

Originally I had the exhaust replaced by an exhaust "specialist" but was never very happy with it. After consulting with Shane it was decided to place in a custom made dual 2.5 inch mandrel bent stainless steel exhaust system that was perfectly siamese matched. As you can see on the photos above it was discovered that when we removed the old exhaust system the joins internally were not smooth and there was actually a lip where one pipe joined into the other, thus creating an air buffer and making me loose power. The new stainless system that Shane custom made is smooth inside allowing the air to escape easily and efficiently. The new system, complemented with pacemaker extractors, has given me increased power and a much better exhaust note. Wile making the exhaust we noticed that the brake lines weren't the best and were leaking quite substantially so they were replaced and the whole braking system re-bled.