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hey guys,
here is my dilemma, right now i have stock exhaust manifolds on my 02 firebird, the car has 70k on it and the catalytic converter is completely messed up, rattles like crazy. Took it to GM because they have a 8 yr 80k mile warranty on their catalytic converters but they said it went bad because of my magnaflow cat back exhaust... So the option for the new free cat is gone, and a new one would cost me around 200 doing it myself, so i decided to look into another options to create a complete exhaust
I have my S pipe from my magnaflow that i never used before and i was thinking of buying the cheaper pacesetter headers, non ceramic coated, found them for about 250 shipped brand new. and then just straight pipe it to the s bend and get rid of the cat all together. Then throw one of those O2 simulators in to get rid of the code.
my questions are, would that work well? how much extra hp gain would i get from that? (the only other mods i have are whisper lid and ignition coils) should i go with the abbott gasket if i get the headers? how hard and long does it take to install? Is it bad to get headers that are not ceramic coated? what is the difference? i have a buddy who has 2 lifts in his garage and we would be doing it there. My main concern is with the removal because i do not want to crack one of those bolts! Thanks for your help guys!
here is my dilemma, right now i have stock exhaust manifolds on my 02 firebird, the car has 70k on it and the catalytic converter is completely messed up, rattles like crazy. Took it to GM because they have a 8 yr 80k mile warranty on their catalytic converters but they said it went bad because of my magnaflow cat back exhaust... So the option for the new free cat is gone, and a new one would cost me around 200 doing it myself, so i decided to look into another options to create a complete exhaust
I have my S pipe from my magnaflow that i never used before and i was thinking of buying the cheaper pacesetter headers, non ceramic coated, found them for about 250 shipped brand new. and then just straight pipe it to the s bend and get rid of the cat all together. Then throw one of those O2 simulators in to get rid of the code.
my questions are, would that work well? how much extra hp gain would i get from that? (the only other mods i have are whisper lid and ignition coils) should i go with the abbott gasket if i get the headers? how hard and long does it take to install? Is it bad to get headers that are not ceramic coated? what is the difference? i have a buddy who has 2 lifts in his garage and we would be doing it there. My main concern is with the removal because i do not want to crack one of those bolts! Thanks for your help guys!
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