price check

hondakillerZX · Jul 27th, 2005, 02:00 AM

hey guys i went down to a muffler shop for an estimate on a 3'' turbo back with a highflow cat and a borla straight through muffler ( he told me this was my best choice for a straight through muffler, let me know if this is good or not). anyway he gave me an estimate of $375.00. is this a good price. and he also told me they can't bend 3'' pipe 90 degrees, is that going to be a problem ? thanks guys.

Xorti7 · Jul 27th, 2005, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by hondakillerZX

hey guys i went down to a muffler shop for an estimate on a 3'' turbo back with a highflow cat and a borla straight through muffler ( he told me this was my best choice for a straight through muffler, let me know if this is good or not). anyway he gave me an estimate of $375.00. is this a good price. and he also told me they can't bend 3'' pipe 90 degrees, is that going to be a problem ? thanks guys.

I was quoted $375 for just 3" catback with highflow cat so that sounds like a good deal to me. Certified Muffler is doing their %15 off sale this month. Mandrel bends for the same price sounds better to me if your looking for performance.

hondakillerZX · Jul 28th, 2005, 12:29 AM

these guys do mandrels too man, cool im gonna go get it done this week.

Xorti7 · Jul 28th, 2005, 12:44 AM

Wow, sounds like a pretty good deal then. Go for it.

hondakillerZX · Jul 28th, 2005, 12:52 AM

ya dude for sure ill put some pics up when i get it on

Xorti7 · Jul 29th, 2005, 11:04 AM

Consider yourself lucky, I just got a quote this morning for a cat-back 3" for $360, and its like the only mandrel bending store in my area. Maybe even my state.

Zen31ZR · Jul 29th, 2005, 11:35 AM

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Consider yourself lucky, I just got a quote this morning for a cat-back 3" for $360, and its like the only mandrel bending store in my area. Maybe even my state.

Heck the one from Certified was $300 shipped to my door........

Xorti7 · Jul 29th, 2005, 02:50 PM

Yea, thats what im just gonna do. Did you cut the lip of the cat's heat sheild? or does it come off easily?

hondakillerZX · Jul 30th, 2005, 02:04 AM

hey will the heay sheilds still be effective or do i need to wrap up my differential with that thermal stuff

Zen31ZR · Jul 30th, 2005, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by hondakillerZX

hey will the heat sheilds still be effective or do i need to wrap up my differential with that thermal stuff

The heat shields should still be able to stay in place. I had a touch of rattling around the muffler with mine, but I simply bent it away a bit, problem solved.

I wouldn't worry about the diff so much as the fuel tank, for the heat shields. Heat expansion of gasoline can cause problems if you keep your tank at or near full. Diffs are pretty tough, especially the R200.

That far back past the cat, heat loss through the pipe walls is at about 70%. Unless you're at WOT a lot, but 70% or better when idling or at cruise. So heat shouldn't really be an issue.