SUSPECT: RE: [Shotimes] yet another muffler question

[Ian Fisher]

Yeah, but you live in CA. I live in NJ. :)

I was referring to the 2nd gen pipe but the 1st gen
pipe wasn't much better. I shouldn't have posted this
because it's going to turn into another "shoshop y
pipe thread".

But yeah, back to the main point, the stock exhaust is
pretty durable. When I was trying to adjust my catback
to the Y pipe when the flange broke, I noticed that
the weld at the rear of the mid pipe had broken as I
was able to rotate the midpipe around in the catback.
So, the welds may not be the greatest but the mild
stainless will last quite  awhile. I think I had 120K
on the car at that point.

Ian
--- George Fourchy <krazgeo@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 08:20:45 -0800 (PST), Ian Fisher
> wrote:
> 
> >It lasts forever until you install a SHOshop Y pipe
> >that rusts and spreads to the catback. The flange
> on
> >the Y pipe (paper thin to begin with) rusted out
> which
> >rusted out the flange on the stock midpipe and
> caused
> >it to break.
> 
> I guess maybe there are different versions of that
> early one piece Y-pipe (if that's
> what you are talking about).  Mine (Lowrider's) has
> been on since it had about 90K
> miles, in 1996 or so.  It's still there, but with
> cats that were new in 1999.  Comes
> off easy, when necessary.
> 
> Only surface rust at the joint...nothing eating
> holes in anything...the nuts and
> springs come off easily....and it does rain here...a
> lot.
> 
> 288,062 miles as of yesterday's fill-up (calculating
> at 23 mpg on the commute).
> 
> George
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