Full systems built from the manifold back, with routing, hangers and tips made for the vehicle rather than adapted from a kit.
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Rated with the BBBArc Wheels Welding LLC, since 2023
Black ownedIndependent shop on Cleveland's southeast side
Custom exhaust work splits into two reasons. Either nothing fits, because the engine is not the one the car came with or the vehicle is old enough that no system is made for it any more, or something fits but sounds wrong and the owner wants it changed.
Both end up at the same place, which is bending and welding pipe to suit the car in front of you. The difference between that and bolting on a kit is that every hanger, every clearance and every joint gets decided on the vehicle rather than assumed by somebody who never saw it.
Full systems for engine swaps, where the manifold outlets are nowhere near where the original system started.
Replacement systems for older vehicles where nothing is manufactured any more and the used options are as rotten as the one coming off.
Sound changes, from quieting a system that drones to opening one up, using muffler and resonator choice rather than just diameter.
Sections and mid pipes to marry a stock front end to an aftermarket rear, which is where most badly fitting kits end up needing help.
Tips and tailpipe routing, which is the visible part and the part most likely to be done badly.
Clearance is decided at full suspension travel and full steering lock, not with the car parked. Systems that were fine on the lift and rattle over bumps were routed on the lift.
Hangers get placed so the system carries its own weight without loading the joints, and so it can expand. An exhaust grows measurably when hot and a system hung rigidly cracks at whichever joint is least able to move.
Sound comes from muffler and resonator selection and from length, not just from pipe diameter. Going bigger everywhere is how people end up with a car that drones at highway speed and gives back low end torque.
Every joint gets welded rather than clamped where it is not a service point, because clamps on a system that heats and cools daily eventually weep.
Removing emissions equipment. Converters stay, and we will not build a system that deletes them. That is not a judgement about your car, it is the law and it is an inspection failure waiting to happen.
Yes, and it is one of the more common reasons for custom work. When the manifold outlets are not where the original system started, nothing off a shelf is going to fit and the system has to be built on the car.
Not automatically, and often the opposite on a street car. Oversizing everywhere costs low end torque and adds drone. Sound and power come from choosing the right diameter, length and muffler for the engine, not the biggest of each.
Yes. Drone is usually a resonance problem rather than a volume problem, and it is fixed with a resonator in the right place more often than with a bigger muffler.
No. Converters stay. Removing them is illegal, fails inspection and is not something this shop does regardless of how the request is framed.
Most quotes come back the same day the shop is open. Free, no obligation, and if it cannot be repaired you will hear that straight.
