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Old 12-13-2012, 08:41 PM
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I want to know what's the cheapest way I can make my Pony sound gritty, rough, or throaty. I heard about the magnaflows. I have a broken cat and a messed up 02 sensor. What should I do? I'm 17 and I need to know the cheapest ways to make this happen.
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Old 12-13-2012, 10:03 PM
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There are two cats per side (4 total), two O2 sensors per side(4 total).
Any work to be done, if not by yourself, should be done by a garage that is a custom to welding (Not Midas, ect..).
-You will need to take care of replacing both O2 sensors or at least the one gone bad.
-Here is an option to replace all 4 cats for just two:
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-The very cheapest way would be replace the single cat and single O2 sensor, then install one Flowmaster muffler. Off set inlet/outlet 2.25 muffler will slide right on.
-Go to youtube and listen to all the different mufflers. for the V6, usually a "chamberd" muffler sounds best. With Flowmaster, the lowere the series number, the louder it is. Example: FM Series 10= loudest. FM Series 50=quietest. The 10 sounds great, the 44 is great, the 40 is nice, and so on.
-The cheapest way to get a dual exhaust could be to replace the O2 sensors, cut out the two "after cats", and run straight pipe to two mufflers of choice.
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Old 12-14-2012, 05:30 PM
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Thanks! I really appreciate it. But I got a question. I have a really bad Cat Converter, which one should I get? I have a the bad cat and my o2 sensor is out, so what do you suggest I do?
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Old 12-14-2012, 05:39 PM
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Oh, and how much do you think the cheapest way would cost?
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Old 12-14-2012, 05:50 PM
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I called a local shop here in Vegas and they offered a Flowmaster cat converter for 180. Is that reasonable?
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:00 PM
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Don't buy parts from a shop, order them online at summitracing.com or jegs for the best price. Shops will charge the base MSRP price plus a premium of 10-25% or more.
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jthorn9
Don't buy parts from a shop, order them online at summitracing.com or jegs for the best price. Shops will charge the base MSRP price plus a premium of 10-25% or more.
Yeah, but how much would it cost to install? I don't know how to do it myself
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Old 12-14-2012, 07:24 PM
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Your not gonna be able to do it alone. Go to a few different shops and get price quotes.
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Make sure you tell them to are supplying the parts though.
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Old 12-14-2012, 07:33 PM
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Cool, thanks guys!
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