PDA

View Full Version : My next very cheap adventure!


MoclovFlop
09-30-2007, 08:49 PM
Well, I just passed the one-year mark of owning my car, so it's about damn time I finally do something that's not a DIY (aside from my CAI). Recently I've come into possetion of some very cheap exhaust stuff so I thought I'd show it off before I get to welding it all together.

First things first...

I was able to get an STI catback with something like 10000 miles on it for 70 bucks locally...

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/cushmand/exhaust004.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/cushmand/exhaust003.jpg


And more importantly, I was lucky enough to get a set of Borla-knockoff headers for....FREE! They were in really good condition, and being that I have a blasting cabinet and industrial oven at my disposal, I decided to put a fresh coat of High-temp ceramic paint on them for protection.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/cushmand/exhaust002.jpg

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l168/cushmand/exhaust001.jpg

So in the next couple weeks when I get some free time I'll be mocking the system up and welding it on the car. I'll get some sound clips when it's all said and done.
Plays_with_Toys
09-30-2007, 09:12 PM
how the heck did you score those headers?!
MoclovFlop
09-30-2007, 09:41 PM
Haha, Matt Monson (a pretty well known local Suby guy for you non-Coloradans) on awdpirates. I got on his good side somehow and he told me that if I picked them up they were mine at no cost :lol: I had to cut them free from a custom 2.5" exhaust for a 2.5 RS, but I got to keep that too :twisted: I now have 3 complete exhaust systems sitting in my garage (including the one on my car).
dplacencia
09-30-2007, 10:18 PM
Now you have to weld a flange on those headers and your good to go. i also painted my headers and wrapped them too.
MoclovFlop
09-30-2007, 10:22 PM
Yea, I was actually thinking about just buying a high-flow cat and welding it straight to that, since they usually don't have flanges either.
Mr. Sociable
09-30-2007, 10:26 PM
Dang good score! Gotta love hookups, can't wait to hear how it turns out.
Plays_with_Toys
09-30-2007, 10:29 PM
Yeah if I can get my job back with masterdrive I'll be getting a block and heads from matt. If he has anymore, remember me ;)
dplacencia
09-30-2007, 10:37 PM
Yea, I was actually thinking about just buying a high-flow cat and welding it straight to that, since they usually don't have flanges either.

I have borla headers and a stromung high flow cat and they both have flanges. Are you talking about a universal high flow cat?
Mr. Sociable
09-30-2007, 10:41 PM
Yeah if I can get my job back with masterdrive I'll be getting a block and heads from matt. If he has anymore, remember me ;)

I learned to drive through masterdrive. :grin:
MoclovFlop
09-30-2007, 10:47 PM
Yea, I was actually thinking about just buying a high-flow cat and welding it straight to that, since they usually don't have flanges either.

I have borla headers and a stromung high flow cat and they both have flanges. Are you talking about a universal high flow cat?

Yea, this exhaust is going to be as cheap as possible, so a universal cat will help with that.