I did the same thing with my stang... although I have a 2000. It cost me 300 bucks. I had a friend with the same model you had that had little welding knowledge, bought all the pipes out of the summit catalog and welded it all together himself. He hasnt had any problems with it yet so if your friend is as good as you say... you should be better off than he is.
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 JERRI
2000 V6 Stang
so far only exaust and BBK CAI
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