Exhaust options
#1
Exhaust options
My y-pipe split in two. I bought a WSP Y-pipe. I drove my car to the exhaust shop about 2-3 miles away. When I got there and they said my whole exhaust was pretty much shot except the cat and the portion of my y-pipe still attached to my car. I showed them the WSP Y-pipe and they said my y-pipe was still good, and that they could weld in a new pipe and flex section, and make a whole new exhaust system. They also said the y-pipe currently on my car is better than the WSP I brought to them b/c it is stainless steel and the WSP is aluminized steel. Now I cant tell whether or not it is stainless or not, but the previous owner did say the car had a WSP y-pipe already, I just have no way of verifying it. They said the cost to make a new exhaust system would be $375. My question is should I let them make a whole new system w/o the WSP I just bought, or have them use the WSP? What size should I go with? Is 2.5 ok for the whole exhaust system or should I go with 2.25?
#2
Ok, if theres to bulges in the y pipe you have on, then its stock/OEM. If its not there (or espessially if they are) id just put that new one on (unless you have harsh winters). I got my whole exhaust from the cat back in 2.5 with a magnaflow muffler and 4in tip for about $350 bc I had a discount, so thats a resonalble price, and go with the 2.5, it fits, it looks good, and mine is SS, so see if yours would be to, but, all in all, its ur call.
#3
Yea, but are the gains the same if I went with, say a Cattman midpipe instead of a custom made one? Or are all of the gains b/c of the y-pipe itself? And Im in Atlanta for now so now harsh winters, but the car came from Mass. And where on the y-pipe are these bulges?
#4
as the two come off the to manifolds, where they just bind together, there should be bulges, almost the size of the main cat, these are the pre-cats, and if you look at the WSP one, it is just one piece of aluminumized steel. The main power comes from the Y pipe, for the most part the rest of it exhaust gives little power upgrades, and mostly gives sound. But the B pipe and Cat together some will argue ~1-2 HP increase.
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