SUSPECT: RE: [Shotimes] yet another muffler question

[Leigh Smith]

Diito;
I'll ditto the stock stainless exhaust pipes for having a lot of longeveity.
My 'ol '89 had 280k on the original front pipe, cats, & mid-pipe up to the
muffler entrance.
IIRC only 1 or 2 sets of replacement mufflers from muffler shop..
I did have to weld on a new flange between pipe 1 & 2,
and I got a new resonator with the rod shifter conversion kit.
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Fisher" <dataflash@yahoo.com>
To: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@comcast.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: SUSPECT: RE: [Shotimes] yet another muffler question


> 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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