Our modest manufacturing facility is staffed by a team of 12 machinists, metal fabricators, and TIG welders trained to work in exacting precision. When necessary to outsource, we start with American companies that manufacture their products in the USA. We use high-quality American-made materials throughout our products, manufacturing in-house every component possible. From exhaust and intakes to custom catch cans and billet aluminum engine parts, 42 Draft Designs covers it all and prides themselves on never cutting corners, always delivering the best possible products to enthusiasts.Ĥ2 Draft Designs products are manufactured from scratch in Millersville, MD.
#Magna flow prototype 3 series#
Street series downpipes include a high-flow cat. Our 3" downpipe is available in 6 configurations. At any time he can reinstall the cat or stock exhaust by simply swapping out hardware.
#Magna flow prototype 3 install#
By purchasing our 2.5" adaptor the customer can install the exhaust without additional adaptors, completely avoiding any unnecessary restrictions. Later, he decides to install a 2.5" cat-back. The next summer he discovers the local drag strip and purchases our test pipe to gain some speed on the track. The customer purchases our street series downpipe with the stock adaptor. The vehicle is a 2005 GTI with stock exhaust. For example, let's profile a typical customer. The modular nature of our downpipe allows the user to change configurations at any time. We use triple layer graphite gaskets and grade 5 locking hardware for the best fit. The whole downpipe bolts together to ensure zero leaks and zero problems. We offer adaptors for stock sized exhausts, 2.5" and 3". After the cat, a custom adaptor allows perfect bolt-on fitment to any aftermarket cat-back. We use Magnaflow catalytic converters for all of our downpipes. After the flex section a CNC machined flange allows a 3" high-flow cat to be installed. A stainless steel flex section is used to absorb engine movement. Our downpipe is bent in one piece to add strength and eliminate unnecessary welds.
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Our 3" downpipe begins at the turbo with a CNC machined turbo flange and a smooth transition to 3" CNC mandrel bent piping. 2.5" downpipes are popular and often less expensive, but why not go all out? It has been proven that downpipe upgrades provide healthy power increases on all 1.8T motors. Reducing backpressure at the turbo exit increases turbo response, horsepower and torque. The factory downpipe and cat is incredibly restrictive. Replacing the factory downpipe and catalytic converter is an important step when upgrading a 1.8T. The first step in the re-release of our 3" turbo-backs is our 3" downpipe.
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All suggestions were noted and we got to work. Others wanted the option to buy a quality 3" downpipe with the same modular design suited to their current cat-back exhaust. By far the most popular request we had was more options! Customers and current prototype owners wanted the option to swap out the high flow cat on race day. After giving the prototype systems some time to prove themselves we went back to the drawing board. The popularity of our prototype 3" turbo-back exhaust systems certainly took us by surprise.