2 3/4" exhaust...........

[1997redchevycamarors]

went to the exhaust shop and had a rattle fixed and the guy that fixed it was real enthused about trying to make my car louder(dont know if he was putting on a show or what), but he quoted me a price of $430 for a 2 3/4" high flow cat, 2 3/4" pipe all the way out, a new 80 series flowmaster muffler, and tips of my choice... i was wondering if this would be a good upgrade for the price? and also would 80 series be the best way to go?

[KBeezy]

WOW! :eek:


Mine was 220 installed, 3" pipes from the cat back too the flowmaster 80 series 3" inlet dual 2.5" outlets. I don't see a high flow cat costing that much! :eek: BUT it all depends on where you're located. A lot of people think I got a kick *** deal, so dont take a WHOLE lot of value in what I paid .... I'm just saying, $400+ bucks does sound like quite a bit if you ask me!

[2002firebirdguy]

that's about what I paid. It was 230 for the cat back system and then 200 for installation since they had to custom weld the dynomax in-place of the cat

[SilverTAWS6]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 1997redchevycamarors:
went to the exhaust shop and had a rattle fixed and the guy that fixed it was real enthused about trying to make my car louder(dont know if he was putting on a show or what), but he quoted me a price of $430 for a 2 3/4" high flow cat, 2 3/4" pipe all the way out, a new 80 series flowmaster muffler, and tips of my choice... i was wondering if this would be a good upgrade for the price? and also would 80 series be the best way to go?<hr></blockquote>

Mandrel bent or crush bent pipe?

Chris

[98Firebird]

thats not that bad. i bought the cat, pipes, muffler, and tips all separate, which was in the $200-$250 range, then had them welded up. installation cost almost $250 because they had to custom make a 3" pipe from the Y-pipe to the cat, as well as other little tweaks here and there.

[ January 22, 2004: Message edited by: 98Firebird ]</p>

[1997redchevycamarors]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by SilverTAWS6:


Mandrel bent or crush bent pipe?

Chris<hr></blockquote>

they are going to custom bend it, so i geuss it would be cruch bent

[ReodDai]

I got 3"cutout welded to trimmed y-pipe, 3" highflow cat, 3" mandrel bent piping to where the I-pipe starts for $310

[SilverTAWS6]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 1997redchevycamarors:


they are going to custom bend it, so i geuss it would be cruch bent<hr></blockquote>


Then I would say don't do it. Mandrel bent is the way to go so that it keeps the same overall size through the whole pipe. Although they might have a mandrel bending machine, although usually that's pretty big money to get it bent on that.

Chris