Exhaust work should be much cheaper than that for a small part even in
stainless. If you can trailer it you may want to take it down to the
local muffler shop and see what kind of rates they quote you. I have a
lot of custom exhaust work done on various hot rod and 4x4 projects
and have never spent anywhere near that much.... As one of the other
posters said, you may be able to re-use your existing piece by just
having the proper ends welded on it if the dimensions are correct.
Even welding the correct ends onto the existing piece of tube
(assuming its dimensions are correct) shouldn't run more than about
$60.00 (an hour of shop time), and a good shop can expand or shrink
the tube down the correct diameter.


Kevin