Exhaust system

steven d. ferguson

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Will you share the cost of this masterpiece with us? And will he do
similar
work for other GMCers at the same price? Inquiring minds want to know.

$550.00. All of the tubing is aluminized, (lasts forever) and all of
the inline clamps are the twin screw stainless steel band type. All of
the hangars are replaced with new rubber reinforced ones. Everything aft
of the holding tank is painted with hi-temp black paint. He also sells
industrial chrome plated Thorley Tri-y headers at cost if he does the
install.
Motorhome owners and dealerships throughout the SoCal area bring their
coaches to Ed for exhaust systems. The usual procedure is to bring your
coach in (by appt. only) the night before. It will be locked up inside
overnight, pick up time is late in the afternoon. Ed does most of the
motorhomes himself although he has top shelf seasoned employees who do
coach installs also. Ed and his staff build "systems". This place is
much more than your usual rank & file muffler shop. His prices are no
higher than anyone elses and the quality of his product is head and
shoulders above any I've ever experienced.
BTW, he took some measurements off my 6KW onan and will be working out
an inexpensive replacement when he has time. It would be nice if it
were a little quieter and the exhaust ran out the back more. He has a
computer tubing bender and once he has fabbed up a system he can make a
"tape" and duplicate the bends so all are exactly the same.
I did get a chance to spend a day "testing" the new system after
replacing my clutch fan. I can't believe how quiet it is and like I
said before, the throttle response is much better. Pulled the Alpine
grade at 60 mph and the coach never came close to downshifting. The new
trans cooler worked teriffic also, instead of the usual 225 deg on the
grade, it never got higher than 190.
Steve Ferguson
San Diego
 
> BTW, he took some measurements off my 6KW onan and will be working out
>an inexpensive replacement when he has time. It would be nice if it
>were a little quieter and the exhaust ran out the back more

FWIW, the SS muffler that Golby sells ($157 + S/H) comes with a 21" SS tail
pipe that runs rearward. I can't attest to noise reduction, as I have not
installed yet.

Chuck
77 Kingsley
North Idaho - (Experience record highs [weather] here) Will be a shorter
winter this year :-))
 
What would it sound like without the resonator?

I don't know since I've only operated the coach with it. Ed does a lot
of these GMC's and if he feel's there's necessity of adding something up
front I've always gone with his recommendations and never been
disappointed. I've had around 14 show cars done by Ed and his penchant
for detail has always gained points for me in judged events. He also
does some incredible performance work. When GMC was experimenting with
the turbo-V6 in the small trucks, they shipped the units to Ed for the
prototype exhaust systems.
BTW, since the resonator was his idea, he didn't charge me for it.
Steve Ferguson
San Diego
 
Greetings. Well I got home from New Mexico Balloon Festival with no
problems, other than no air conditioning. Emery Stoa took care of
that. Mr. C identified that my exhaust system had not been connected to
the mufflers. I found out that it was just pushed into the muffler
tube. Now I nee three inch tail pipe. Recommendations, aluminum or
stainless steel or regular steel and estimated costs. Please Chuck
 
Now I nee three inch tail pipe. Recommendations, aluminum or
stainless steel or regular steel and estimated costs. Please Chuck

Chuck,
I went with 3" aluminized tubing because it lasts forever. I also
eliminated the two front mounted mufflers and went with a single 3"
inlet/outlet Camaro Dynamax muffler mounted in the rear. Lost some
pounds, gained some longevity, sounds great!
Gene will be posting the photos when he returns from his trip.
HTH,
Steve Ferguson
San Diego