Wow, people still griping about the downpipe design that SLP came up with 10yrs ago. It was done that way to provide a smoother transition with the long rear primaries in that design, and SSAC just chose to clone that design (using a better grade of stainless). Is it perfect - no. Are any new people going about making their own design for mass production at a similar cost using stainless - no.
(also, dunno how one of my project pictures got on someone else's photobucket to be hosted, but whatever, the more the merrier... and FWIW, I point at my laptop and laugh when I see most mod lists & the corresponding ET's)
- Dave