I'm just wondering if I went to my local exhaust shop and asked how much for a "u bend delete" if they would even know what in the heck I'm talking about. That's the only thing I'm worried about. I have a feeling that they're not cheap around here.

If you go to a muffler shop and they don't know what you're talking about, get the heck out of there! Go to another muffler shop.

Price depends on location. On aveage, I would around $60.

Best thing to do is to goto PFYC print out a pic of the Ubend delete. Take that to the shop show them the pic (make sure the price isn't on it)then ask them how much would it be to make that part and install it on your car. The muffler shop might not know what a "u-bend delete" is. But with the pic it will make things much easier.

I cold-called about seven places when I was looking for my u-bend delete done. One out of the seven knew what I was talking about. Later, when looking for a buddy of mine, I came across three different places all recommended by ClubGP members in my area, and I recommend that you do the same Nad. I paid $35 for my u-bend delete, and my buddy only had to pay $30 when we found a great local shop that looked like a hole-in-the-wall but thanks to ClubGP recommending us we got a great price and very high quality work.

Hello,

Here's the way I approach it....
I inform the mechanic that...
"Just after the Cat, the pipe turns up and goes flat, then turns back down and goes round again. The O2 sensor is mounted on the flat portion, so a new O2 bung would have to be incorporated into a straigt piece of round pipe. I've been informed by others that it takes less then an hour."

This usually get's them to give me a price.......Usually it's around $70.

Oh, and preceding the price, I usually get the..."Why would they do that???" My response....."My only guess it to protect the O2 sensor from damage"....This usually quiets them down if they might think I'm unknowledgable....Or maybe it's because I've explained something that they can envision, but, have never seen...who knows.

Later now,
Clint

here is a pic i took after I cut mine out. im lucky enough to have access to a welder and tools so it only cost me about $10

you can try printing this up and showing them exactly what it is.

Does the U-bend delete purchased from the GP store overlap the cat pipe so the weld is a lap weld or do you have to butt weld the pipe on?

even if its not expanded for a lap weld you can take it to an exhaust shop and probably have them expand it for free

Sorry I didn't get back to you about the hood.
Running the stock Ram air hood (and air box), you pick up 10 HP over stock. CAI gives you around 20 to 25. So that made up my mind.
Hood sold for a good price. When I first repainted it, left the tags off, because of everyone asking the same thing.
When they were off, I had every SE and GT wanting to race. That got old. Now I get evry Mustang GT wanting to run. That's getting old too.

Been kicking around selling it. Buy a mini van.

Yea right.

Hope that helps.

By the way the "ram air" does 0 for hp gains on the S/C'd cars. The S/C pulls in more air then you can "ram" into the intake. 20-25hp gains from a CAI? I highly doubt that unless you can prove that with a dyno sheet.

See if you can find places that provide free estimates. The place I went to here did, and they jacked the car up, and saying "ubend delete" when you're all looking at it is a little more obvious. If they don't know -then- .. tell them to go back to highschool and learn the alphabet.

Since I got more than the ubend taken out, I can't give you an estimate of what it would cost, but take this: I had a bend delete, res delete, muffs put on, tips put on, and a straight pipe fabricated from the cat back .. and it was a little over 100 bucks. I'm willing to bet a shorter and easier task of taking out the ubend wouldn't cost you more than 50-65 dollars.

Oh, also. If you can find a place that specializes in these things, it'll make it alot easier for you. Where I went here was a custom muffler place, so hopefully you can be that lucky and have something similar.