Well, because this has been an issue for hmmm 4-5 years now, people have gone and done it. Sorry to disagree, but it can be done cheaper locally. There is nothing special about the parts used. Simple tubing, a collector, a flange and a muffler with hangers welded on it. Not exactly rocket science and not really all that tough for any shop with a pipe bender and welder. Even if it was the same cost, if you could do it locally, one would not have to pay shipping for parts you could get locally. It seems like every exhaust the guys out west get need modification to fit or the quality of the build just doesn’t show.
Oddly, when someone like Robert speaks up, he is quickly told how wrong he is and that he doesn’t deserve to approach that topic. Even funnier is the suggestion to propose the idea to someone. A second vendor was suggested, identified and was willing to both produce and distribute the spec exhaust following Pauls exact specifications. Their information was submitted already and nothing was ever done about the request. The request was basically quashed.
Fundamentally, the bigger picture is this: Why not open the exhaust up to the racers? If that is not a viable option, why not just simplify the rules and state: The exhaust must be mfg’d from the exit of the stock H pipe. The exhaust tubing shall be cut and fed to a 2 to 1 collector pipe narrowing to a single pipe 2 1/2" in diamiter and made of 16-gauge aluminized or 304 stainless steel and shall feed into a manufacturer XYZ, model # 123 muffler with a single exit pipe mounted to stock hanger positions. The exhaust pipe shall terminate no shorter than 12 inches from the final stock hanger point and no longer than the leading edge of the rear bumper of the vehicle." Now this is just off he top of my head, but it would seem to be a simple thing to do and it would help keep the costs down. Isn’t that a basis of this series?