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Amish Elegance
09-21-2012, 09:12 AM
Or maybe I just didn't find it.

You were my Obie-wan Kenobie, man. I went through your pickup and medium duty catalog and didn't find what I was looking for.

"You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope some day that you'll make this, so my exhaust doesn't need to exit as one."

To continue my copyright infringement, a competitor makes something that looks like this:
http://mbrpautomotive.com/products/images/thumbs/MDDS927.jpg

I want something like that with a 5" inlet that splits to dual four inch outlets, please.

Did I miss it? :doh:

Lemmie know, Man.

TravisG
09-21-2012, 09:24 AM
Josh sat down at his desk this morning hoping for a nice easy day while he listened to Rebecca Black, Carly Jepsen and me hossing the gas on him repeatedly.

That's all out the window now. Good job Amish!!

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 09:28 AM
Or maybe I just didn't find it.

You were my Obie-wan Kenobie, man. I went through your pickup and medium duty catalog and didn't find what I was looking for.

"You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope some day that you'll make this, so my exhaust doesn't need to exit as one."

To continue my copyright infringement, a competitor makes something that looks like this:
http://mbrpautomotive.com/products/images/thumbs/MDDS927.jpg

I want something like that with a 5" inlet that splits to dual four inch outlets, please.

Did I miss it? :doh:

Lemmie know, Man.

Buddy...I wish I could say I make these all day long. However that is not the case. As much as I try to push what the end users want, I have been met with some resistance. I'm fairly sure we can build such a beast, probably not in 304 yet, but it will be an Aluminized 409.

I'm truely trying to push more...and better products for the end users, and also offer more "Freedom" in creating custom exhaust options while keeping the cost to a minimum...which we all know is difficult to do sometimes here state side...

I will say this much...if there is ANYTHING you think would be an item that would sell well...or an item others have not been able to produce...I encourage emails to me joshuas@grandrock.com, or sales@grandrock.com requesting them. The only way I will be able to show them there are demands like this in this industry is through visible demands. The more emails I get the better. I print them out, and I present them to the owner of the company, and the upper managment.

Thanks for the request, and I will see if there is anything I can do to make this dream of yours a reality! LOL

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 09:31 AM
Josh sat down at his desk this morning hoping for a nice easy day while he listened to Rebecca Black, Carly Jepsen and me hossing the gas on him repeatedly.

That's all out the window now. Good job Amish!!

LOL yeah...what Travis said...

I did however "Hoss the Gas" on someone while out on the production floor...:badidea: they were upset with me for doing so...LOL

TravisG
09-21-2012, 09:33 AM
Cropdusting ftw!!!

And did I read that right? You want a BUNCH of e-mails?

oldestof11
09-21-2012, 09:34 AM
I would love 4" to dual 3"

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crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 09:37 AM
Cropdusting ftw!!!

:evil That's not what they thought... LOL

And did I read that right? You want a BUNCH of e-mails?

As long as it's about products that would like to be seen...yes...
As long as it's about ways to improve current products...yes...
If it's about random BS things...get my personal email...LOL

TravisG
09-21-2012, 09:38 AM
Gotcha. I think that would look pretty cool with the dual fours.

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 09:38 AM
I would love 4" to dual 3"

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Interesting...wouldn't that be a bit restrictive though?

oldestof11
09-21-2012, 09:43 AM
I would not think so. Triple guys are running 3"i believe

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crackerman
09-21-2012, 11:35 AM
Interesting...wouldn't that be a bit restrictive though?

Dual three's flow more than a single 4". Should be good to around 800 hp worth of exhaust flow.

Amish Elegance
09-21-2012, 11:36 AM
Buddy...I wish I could say I make these all day long. However that is not the case. As much as I try to push what the end users want, I have been met with some resistance. I'm fairly sure we can build such a beast, probably not in 304 yet, but it will be an Aluminized 409.

I'm truely trying to push more...and better products for the end users, and also offer more "Freedom" in creating custom exhaust options while keeping the cost to a minimum...which we all know is difficult to do sometimes here state side...

I will say this much...if there is ANYTHING you think would be an item that would sell well...or an item others have not been able to produce...I encourage emails to me joshuas@grandrock.com, or sales@grandrock.com requesting them. The only way I will be able to show them there are demands like this in this industry is through visible demands. The more emails I get the better. I print them out, and I present them to the owner of the company, and the upper managment.

Thanks for the request, and I will see if there is anything I can do to make this dream of yours a reality! LOL

Dude, you almost sound a little defensive. No need, brotha. My day job has familiarized me with the plight faced by anyone manufacturing in the USA; I know its challenging.

That said, you have nothing to defend. I was impressed with the depth and breadth of your product offerings... I swear I looked at over 500 pages of catalogs. Y'all make some weird chit. LOL I just wondered if I missed it.

The basis behind this request may not be that applicable here, as many couldn't give a rats ass about dual exhaust given the added weight. I bought mine back in '04 when, I believe, Silverline was the only game in town making stainless dual exhaust for diesel trucks. I spend the extra coin for it because up until that point, I had only seen 1 other diesel truck with dual exhaust.

Fast forward 8 years, now they're everywhere. My intent is to keep my Silverline dual OTA pipes, but instead of necking down to 4" after my 5" down pipe, I want to run 5" through the muffler then split to my 4"duals.

I guess triple guys could turn the thing around and take 2 4" S300 discharges and combine them into 1 five inch cat back system too.

BigPapa
09-21-2012, 11:57 AM
How about an IC pipe to run a 3rd Gen turbo on a 2nd Gen? Any interest there?

3" bent similar to this:

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r508/BigPapa53/cacpipe_zps7c70be26.jpg

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 12:08 PM
Dual three's flow more than a single 4". Should be good to around 800 hp worth of exhaust flow.

Interesting...

Dude, you almost sound a little defensive. No need, brotha. My day job has familiarized me with the plight faced by anyone manufacturing in the USA; I know its challenging.

That said, you have nothing to defend. I was impressed with the depth and breadth of your product offerings... I swear I looked at over 500 pages of catalogs. Y'all make some weird chit. LOL I just wondered if I missed it.

The basis behind this request may not be that applicable here, as many couldn't give a rats ass about dual exhaust given the added weight. I bought mine back in '04 when, I believe, Silverline was the only game in town making stainless dual exhaust for diesel trucks. I spend the extra coin for it because up until that point, I had only seen 1 other diesel truck with dual exhaust.

Fast forward 8 years, now they're everywhere. My intent is to keep my Silverline dual OTA pipes, but instead of necking down to 4" after my 5" down pipe, I want to run 5" through the muffler then split to my 4"duals.

I guess triple guys could turn the thing around and take 2 4" S300 discharges and combine them into 1 five inch cat back system too.

Sorry if I sounded a bit defensive. Really I wasn't, I just wanted to vent a little at the same time answer your question I guess. I am serious regarding products you'd like to see offered though...feed them to me and I'll present them!

How about an IC pipe to run a 3rd Gen turbo on a 2nd Gen? Any interest there?

3" bent similar to this:

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r508/BigPapa53/cacpipe_zps7c70be26.jpg

You know...been asked a couple times regarding these. I think if we do air to air we should be ok. Our 304SS bending abilities are not there as of yet, so we would have to use our standard mild steel or 409 Aluminized stainless steel tubing.

Snedge
09-21-2012, 12:11 PM
Enough with the excuses Josh. Amish wants it. Nuff said.?

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 12:13 PM
Enough with the excuses Josh. Amish wants it. Nuff said.?

:doh: Thanks Jeff...I almost forgot...I'll get right on that man...

BigPapa
09-21-2012, 12:14 PM
we would have to use our standard mild steel or 409 Aluminized stainless steel tubing.

Factory tubing is mild steel, right? I'd think that would be fine.

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 12:21 PM
Factory tubing is mild steel, right? I'd think that would be fine.

Possible. I've never had a factory one in my hands to see. It could be a mild steel or a low grade stainless. I've made a set of custom ones for a local pulling truck we sponsored, and they were mild steel he had coated blue to match the color on the truck.

jamesl
09-21-2012, 12:27 PM
How about an IC pipe to run a 3rd Gen turbo on a 2nd Gen? Any interest there?

3" bent similar to this:

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/r508/BigPapa53/cacpipe_zps7c70be26.jpg

something kinda like this? price is a little hard to swallow though


STAINLESS DIESEL PIPE (http://www.cumminsperformanceparts.com/stdipi.html)

Amish Elegance
09-21-2012, 12:54 PM
Enough with the excuses Josh. Amish wants it. Nuff said.?

Thanks for the backup, Jeff. Nice to know I got some muscle on my side out there. :D

Snedge
09-21-2012, 02:23 PM
You may not know this, but Grand rock has a custom shop that will build you almost anything you want one off. It'll cost a little more and take a little time, but...

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 02:38 PM
You may not know this, but Grand rock has a custom shop that will build you almost anything you want one off. It'll cost a little more and take a little time, but...

We do have limitations...and they have to go through a dealer...like you Jeff! We have our ways...LOL

Snedge
09-21-2012, 02:53 PM
I did say "almost". lol

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 02:54 PM
I did say "almost". lol

You did...and I was agreeing...

RacinDuallie
09-21-2012, 03:52 PM
We do have limitations...and they have to go through a dealer...like you Jeff! We have our ways...LOLCan't complain about the flyweight exhaust divider y-all did for me.......$.02

Come on Josh- go into production and roll some heads.:pop:

crzycowboy
09-21-2012, 06:21 PM
We did do that didn't we...lol I forgot...been a while.

RacinDuallie
09-21-2012, 06:50 PM
We did do that didn't we...lol I forgot...been a while.

Yes- I put forth a formal request and you went into production and made it happen. Sweet piece too b.t.w.

I'm sure your guys could tool the above up easily. :rockwoot:

Smoken Gun
09-22-2012, 02:36 AM
Or maybe I just didn't find it.

You were my Obie-wan Kenobie, man. I went through your pickup and medium duty catalog and didn't find what I was looking for.

"You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope some day that you'll make this, so my exhaust doesn't need to exit as one."

To continue my copyright infringement, a competitor makes something that looks like this:
http://mbrpautomotive.com/products/images/thumbs/MDDS927.jpg

I want something like that with a 5" inlet that splits to dual four inch outlets, please.

Did I miss it? :doh:

Lemmie know, Man.You worked a John Lennon song lyric/quote into a thread asking about a piece of exhaust piping, then modified that lyric/quote into a statement about your exhaust wants/needs............................................. ......Amish....................................... .................................have I ever told you that you are my fukking hero:bow::bow::bow:!!!

If can work Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd lyrics into a question/thread about injectors, turbos, or wheels I think I will explode.

That is all.

Edit: Add Black Sabbath to that list also.

RacinDuallie
09-22-2012, 04:13 AM
You worked a John Lennon song lyric/quote into a thread asking about a piece of exhaust piping, then modified that lyric/quote into a statement about your exhaust wants/needs............................................. ......Amish....................................... .................................have I ever told you that you are my fukking hero:bow::bow::bow:!!!

If can work Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd lyrics into a question/thread about injectors, turbos, or wheels I think I will explode.

That is all.

Edit: Add Black Sabbath to that list also.ok ok your startin to sound a lil lite in the loafers now.........:hehe:




Amish- don't drop the soap

Smoken Gun
09-22-2012, 04:19 AM
Hey, I'm just appreciating Amish's wordsmithing skillz is allLOL.

crackerman
09-22-2012, 10:25 AM
I looked at building one out of 304 ss, it will be close to 280 bucks in parts alone... Waaaay less if it was aluminized mild.

crzycowboy
09-22-2012, 02:35 PM
Yep...304 is expensive...then add in the time to form it...$$$. Industry is going that direction...and we will be as well.

HightechRedneck
09-22-2012, 03:49 PM
What about the chrome depot in mantua? I know they are a warehouse for you guys but they also make custom products.

I would call them and look into it. They have built me a few things over the year.

crzycowboy
09-24-2012, 05:35 AM
What about the chrome depot in mantua? I know they are a warehouse for you guys but they also make custom products.

I would call them and look into it. They have built me a few things over the year.

They are our single largest dealer we have. Mostly because he comes up here to pick up 2x a week. LOL we sometimes call them our sister company...or Grand Rock South...LOL Anyways...Mark there is a good fab guy...They can do one off fab stuff there...and the ceramic coat there as well now.

Amish Elegance
09-25-2012, 08:48 AM
ok ok your startin to sound a lil lite in the loafers now.........:hehe:




Amish- don't drop the soap

Duallie, no worries man. I could lose both thumbs in an industrial accident and still have a better chance of holding on to a wet bar of soap than you do of finishing that street rod project. :poke: LOL



Josh, as much as I'd love to have that piece in stainless, I have come to realize that since I dont ever drive the thing in winter anymore, it doesn't really matter.

I'll take a look at fabbing up one myself. Question: Why do you employ dividers with some of your "y"s?

RacinDuallie
09-25-2012, 01:40 PM
Duallie, no worries man. I could lose both thumbs in an industrial accident and still have a better chance of holding on to a wet bar of soap than you do of finishing that street rod project. :poke: LOL YEW PHUCKER!!!!!:hehe::hehe:

crzycowboy
09-25-2012, 07:54 PM
Duallie, no worries man. I could lose both thumbs in an industrial accident and still have a better chance of holding on to a wet bar of soap than you do of finishing that street rod project. :poke: LOL



Josh, as much as I'd love to have that piece in stainless, I have come to realize that since I dont ever drive the thing in winter anymore, it doesn't really matter.

I'll take a look at fabbing up one myself. Question: Why do you employ dividers with some of your "y"s?

YEW PHUCKER!!!!!:hehe::hehe:

Ok...first things first...

[in the best Kelso voice from that 70's show]

BURN!!


Now with that out of the way. The reason for the divider in some of our universal y-pipes is to provide even amount of exhuast flow. Now with that said...there are many therories on if that actually works. I've heard from some dealers who install these actually tell me they do not work like most people think. I don't know first hand, as I have never seen one with it installed on if it helps with exhaust flowing evenly....