Magnaflow 16605
10-05-2011, 08:02 PM
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Magnaflow 16605
I went to a yard today to see If I could get some exhaust hangers and found that the car had a magnaflow exhaust 16605, Which is the reverse y pipe system to convert a v6 to dual exhaust. I grabbed the y pipe and mid pipes for $25 figuring that I could use my GT take off mufflers with it. I got home and realized that the mid pipes are shorter than they need to be to run the GT mufflers with out fabbing a peice of pipe on each side to make it work. So my question is, should I go back and grab the glasspack style axel backs that go with it? Or see if an exhaust shop can fab up sections of pipes to run my GT mufflers? I dont want the car too sound too loud or ricey so I dont think I will like the glass packs. How hard would it be for a shop to fab up the pipes? They need to be about 7" long and bend slightly to fit the mufflers. advice?
10-05-2011, 08:13 PM
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are the mufflers you have the fatory style? or the glasspack style like the ones i may get. You car looks great btw I got a GT rear bumper on the back too with one muffler so it looks kinda dumb and i want duals
10-05-2011, 10:41 PM
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thank yours looks like a Gt mine are glasspacks they sound deep and throaty when in lower gears but quiet hardly noticable at highway speeds. If you can pick them up for $50 or so i say do it if you dont like them you could always sell them. and double your money
10-05-2011, 11:24 PM
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I will go and get them tomorrow and try them out, we will see what happens with them. It looks like this is a 500 dollar system I can get for less than $100. BTW this is the car I got it off of, pretty much the only good thing left on it..
10-06-2011, 12:31 AM
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Wow I have never seen a s197 that destroyed if you can get the magnaflows that cheap your definatly getting a bargain too bad it didn't havve the x pipe setup the added horsepower is nice they should still look and sound good though
10-06-2011, 01:57 PM
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As the day goes on I am leaning more and more towards just saving up and getting the exhaust set up I wanted because It really will not be much more expensive. What I want to do is get the pypes cut and clamp X pipe, for $140, Then go to the parts store and get the drivers side intermediate pipe for $50. And I already have pretty much brand new manual GT mufflers. I can install it all myself, that's no issue. I think that's what I am going to do because I really don't want to pay $80 for a set of used probably beat up glass packs then try and put it all together and see that it doesn't fit right because the pipes are tweaked. Plus I dont really want the car louder than it already is with the one GT muffler on it. I am sure when I get my CAI and tune the true duals will help some too.
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10-06-2011, 02:30 PM
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As the day goes on I am leaning more and more towards just saving up and getting the exhaust set up I wanted because It really will not be much more expensive. What I want to do is get the pypes cut and clamp X pipe, for $140, Then go to the parts store and get the drivers side intermediate pipe for $50. And I already have pretty much brand new manual GT mufflers. I can install it all myself, that's no issue. I think that's what I am going to do because I really don't want to pay $80 for a set of used probably beat up glass packs then try and put it all together and see that it doesn't fit right because the pipes are tweaked. Plus I dont really want the car louder than it already is with the one GT muffler on it. I am sure when I get my CAI and tune the true duals will help some too.