Crawling around under old denty I've been noticing that the pipe between the manifold and cat seems to be the biggest bottleneck of all.  So the question is:  Do I toss $900+ on a good catback and bolt it up behind the bottleneck or spend around the same having an exhaust shop bend me up a bigger, straighter section of pipe from front to back (with a somewhat cheaper muffler) 
 
Ideas? 
 
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it shouldnt cost near $900 at an exhaust shop
 
 
$900?  that pipe better be made out of gold or something

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hmm.. solid gold pipe you say?
 
Cat-back is not worth it.
 
Is $900 with header and cat and what not?
 
 
Well there is a yes and no to that IMO....For me buying a cat-back online and getting it shipped to my house was convienient for me....Yea I had to invest a lil more on the cat-back rather than going to an exhaust shop and having it done BUT I do not have the time to go to an exhaust shop....BUT I would suggest if you have the time go to an exhaust shop and have your exhaust redone.... 
 
 
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yeah - it was roughly $900 with some cheapy Pacesetters and a larger cat - 2.25" stainless and whatever their house stainless 1piece muffler/tip is. 
 
ThE03FiRe: 
 
..as I am currently garage-less and we just got a nice dumping of snow.......I'll make the time to take the car in for the work..hehe
 
look like he is from Canada. so $900 US
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mylife75 you prolli ment 900CAD.
I was quoted about the same price for pacesetter header, ultraflow catalyst, ultraflow muffler (dual)  and a resonator.  Thats a fairely good price imo IF IT'S IN CAD if not IT'S A STEAL!
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-What's that noise?
-nutting, it's just my neighbour racing can (read civic).
 
Just to clarify my point. 900 CAD for headers cat muffler, resonator and custom bent 2.5"piping
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-What's that noise?
-nutting, it's just my neighbour racing can (read civic).
 
well......if you need just an exhaust system(piping muffler etc...)then check out rk sport....they use magnaflow mufflers, and from canada i only paid $550 cdn. when it showed up everything looked real good the mufflers are 4" ovals, and the stainless piping looks good...and i didn't cost no $900...check ou their site rksport.com
 
I say buy the header, cat, and muffler, then take it to an exhaust shop and have them put everything on. 
Midas only wanted $90.00 US for a cat back 2.5", but they won't do a full exhaust (with header and cat) unless I buy the cat from them. Stupid American laws or something.
Definitely take it to a shop, but not Midas. You won't spend nearly as much money that way.
 
 
....its all about the Canadian Tire!
(j/k - i wouldn't let them patch my spare)