XJ-SC 3.6 stainless steel exhaust

Hi Norman

I have had some good recommendations about a company called Longlife. They build bespoke systems and I have received a quote of £850 for a full system for mine.  They use a very good standard of stainless steel, this being 304 grade.  It is a franchised company, but if a local company goes out of business your exhaust will still be covered by another one that is the nearest to you.  It will take a day to fit it as the exhaust is manufactured during that period.  I have had a concern that the resonance of the new exhaust would sound tinny, but feedback that I have received has been good about this concern.  DMG off the shelf system is about £810 + delivery + fitting and I cannot see on their site what grade of steel they are made of.  My feedback is off the JEC site.

Alan

No it does not and I have yet to see a system that includes it.  No doubt someone will state otherwise.

Alan

Hi Norman,

i am asking this question to Longlife as they did say it included the front pipes, but not sure if this referred to the manifold.

Alan

Hi Norman @jnt78btinternet-com ,

The price includes the front down pipes but not the manifold. In the diagram mine is the pipes without the cat.

Sorry this picture shows the front pipes.

Hi Laurence,

I am going ahead with this but it will be in April when my car is back on the road.  This company have depots ( I need to inspect) all over the country and the nearest to me is Leeds & Hull so the car will be left there for a maximum of 2 days.  The next job for this year will be cooling system, fuel and breather pipe replacement, as I do not see any receipts for these in my car history. This will be done in the summer, as my brother who was a car mechanic and lives in Australia is stopping with us for 4 weeks so he will help with this. He is not aware of this yet, but I feel he needs to keep his hand in with car repairs ( his is only 72). He will like to go to the classic car shows as he would have worked on many of the cars on display.

Regards

Alan

Hi Steven,

i keep looking for a used 3.6 system but as yet not found one.  I know it takes time but there is a lot of luck involved.  Replacing the exhaust is on my list, but it depends on what other work crops up. I have just built some extended ramps so it will help me have a closer look at difficult central areas of the car.

Regards

Alan

Hi,

Just had my car fitted with a stainless steeel exhaust by Longlife in Hull.  I love the sporty, throaty sound of it now which gives you the impression of more power.   I retrieved most of the old system which consists of the front “Y” pipe, the 2 front boxes, the offside rear box and the offside over axle pile.  The rear box and pipe is only about 1 year old.  If anyone needs these please make me an offer.  My car is a 3.6 manual.

Alan