Does anyone know if Budget's Piping for thier Y pipe as well as there B pipe is 2.5? I couldn't find it on thier website. Thanks!

JP

 

Budget is all 2.5". Their y-pipe is mandel-bent but their b-pipe is pressure-bent.
-Cyrus

 

Thanks Vyrus...

 

Not sure if things have changed, but my Budget B pipe is 2.5 mandrel bent.

 

Are you sure? Because mine is 3 months old, and I also thought it was mandrel bent. But if you look closely you will see it's all one big pipe, and their site never says its mandrel.
-Cyrus

 

http://maxmods.dyndns.org/?MaximaPerformance

 

According to the Max performance site above ^ and Jody from Budget Exhaust the Budget B is mandrel. I could be wrong, but that's what she told me. If it is pressure bent, it's one heck of a job, no change in pipe diameter throughout all the bends.

How do you like your b-pipe? I got one with no resonator running into the stock muffler. I was amazed at the restrictions in the stock pipe and love the sound of the new pipe. I was a little disapointed in the craftsmanship regarding the hanger, which I had to jimmy-rig so the b wouldn't hit the heat shields. Other than that, great product.

 

Mine is great. I got one with a Magnaflow resonator, but thanks to my huge Apexi dunk its pretty loud :-/ one think I can say is that it's a nice deep tone though, maybe the resonator played a role in that. Also my muffler is not lining up right (3" too left") after installing the b-pipe. When I go home (I'm at college) I'll attend to it and I think I can straighten it out.
-Cyrus

 

Budget's B-Pipes are all mandrel bent and have been from the beginning, the older y-pipes were crush bent but they have made nothing but mandrel bent y-pipes for well over a year now.