Well, I may have been stupid, but I sold my Pete and made money on it, now I have a Kenworth W900L, 6nz 18sp 3.36 rears. The only thing that I have found that I dont like on it so far is the exhaust. For 1, I hate the muffler, its still stock so it will have a horse shoe put in. For 2, I think that this truck sat through all of Katrina, everything below the bottom of the battery box is rusty especially the exhaust, so bad that I put my thumb through the Y pipe just climbing around under it.
My question is... where can I find aftermarket exhaust parts? The 2 places that I have looked are Grand Rock and 4states. The expansion pipes are no problem, I have a roll of that stuff, its the funky bent parts that I cant make and will have to purchase. Any and all ideas will be great.
Kenworth exhaust
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by haystack, Jun 1, 2010.
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Why does it have to be aftermarket? All the undercab pipes are pretty cheap at a KW dealer.
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I never even thought about OEM, I assumed, and ya know what happens when you assume...... that the factory parts (like the pete) were higher'n a cats back. I will give them a shot tomorrow.
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Last week I bought the 2' bent section that comes of the flex pipe on my T6 for $30. I didn't think that was too bad.
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Have a 2000 900B Aerodyne cab here. The clowns at KW must have stayed up all night to come up with such a muffler. Muffler under the cab, inlet and outlet on the same end...
. I have revamped some, but still not exactly what i would like...
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KW wanted $160 for just the Y, I can get the Y and the leg that goes to the left side from 4states for like 110, havent priced shipping yet, that may be the catch. I did get the horse shoe, no more muffler under, its all rusted out on the back side, just like everything else below the battery box. Going to give the straight a try for a few days, I may be back in the shop fabricating something like superhauler is talking about.
I agreee with blackdog.... who ever designed this was smokin something, there is nothing universal about any of it, it all has to be fabricated or bought from kw or for a kw. -
I bought one of Bruce's big U shaped mufflers. once i had it under truck it was to long to clear wet system etc. A guy close to me does alot of custom machine work and metal work. He shortened muffler so it would fit. He said next time he would make me a good muffler...
. He is a very clever and smart SOB. I am sure it will be a work of art.
My radiator water pipes were getting rusty and he made me some beautiful stainless replacements. They will outlive the truck many times over. -
haystack, dont feel too bad, the y-pipe for my t6 was $350, and the down pipe was $400
im thinking about getting a marmon so i can make whatever i want......LOL -
And I thought my parts were expensive.... I like the idea of a Marmon or an Autocar, I will have to ponder on that one while camping this weekend. Talk to yall next week.
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