well the iroc failed emissions test again this morning. did worse after the tune-up parts were installed. so i hit the muffler shop to get a quick weld job on my leaking exhuast sys, come to find out this is the scenario

rusted out y-pipe for the edelbrock long tubes

HOLLOWED OUT cat

y-pipe commin out of cat

intermediate pipe crushed above the rear suspension

and cat-back system cracked and severely rusted at ALL the welds


so i got a lot of$$to kick out for exhaust parts. yall can probably understand my frustration right now.

but i refrained from parting out the car because of this issue. needless to say it is gonna sit in the garage for quite some time.

 

p.s the discount muffler shop i usually use want a cool grand to do the repairs yep $1000.00

 

sounds like that might be a prob.....

 

emissions test suck!!!!

 

wow...not good..


is it possible to get a new cat back + cat + Y pipe?? all that will probabaly run less then a grand.

 

For a discount Muffler Shop that don't sound like a discount. Do you at least get a Jar of Vasoline with it??

You should get the Cat back from Flowmaster. Summit Racing I think sells it for about $250.00. The converter couldn't be more than $150.00. The Y pipe is the real uncertainty. Call edelbrock and see if you can buy a new Y pipe. I couldn't imagine them charging more that $200.00 for that. If you buy all the parts, You could put them on yourself. Cut out Bennie the Butcher. What ever they give you is bound to suck.



Here are some parts I just looked up. Looks like you can save even more money than I thought. If you order, double check the P/N's

Catco Converter P/N CTO-9118 Cost $127.99

Flowmaster Force II Cat Back P/N FLO-17151 Cost $239.95

Edelbrock Y Pipe P/N EDL-25-9509 Cost $63.39 or

Edelbrock Y Pipe P/N EDL-25-9508 Cost $63.39

 

$1000 for an exhuast, gimme a break.

You could buy brand new headers/ypipe/cat/catback and still only spend about $800, with the headers being the expensive part.

cat and catback should be no more than $350-400 tops installed for brand new top shelf stuff. Anything else and they are trying to bend you over and do you dry.

Did you change the o2?

 

i know tell me about it. i told the guy when i was leaving the muff. shop hey thanx for letting me use your lift. 800.00 for all that i guess the other 200 goes to buying vaseline for other customers , cause he sure wasn't gonna use any for me.

i have another month to deal with the prob . i'm hav'n my neighbor write me a receipt 300.00 +waiv+2years of freedom
i kinda like the sound of the busted y-pipe tho

o2 sensor gimme a break the car has a freakin rubber hose comin out of the fake converter.

i think the nationals is the only use this car will see this year.