pacesetter exhausts

[blk_srt]

Originally Posted by bryan_bigd

hey i got a pacesetter turbo manifold off ebay and payed 350 for it. i thought that is was nice as crap and it would be a great upgrade from my first gen manifold. it turned out to be a peace of crap. i only had it for 6 months and it cracked and i could not get ahold of the guy that i bought it from. so be careful. my best bet turned out to be the second gen ported manifold. it works alot better.

Thats what I was saying. What I've heard is that they cant support the weight of the turbo and will eventually break under stress but for just header/s they are great. My buddy actually has a set on his maro(450whp/600whp on nitrous)

[Shpyder]

Originally Posted by gthompson97

I support Borla and the price of theirs, they make some badass exhaust systems. They're not like Greddy and do a half-ass test of the product and way over-charge, they test their shit time and time again before they get it right. Granted Borla may be spendy, you get top quality from them.

Meh... It's been said before: "a pipe's a pipe!". After a certain threshold, I can't really justify the price. E.g., even though Injen makes relatively expensive intakes, their legitimacy lies in the fact that their intakes are CARB certified or pending. One mendrel's just as good as another, so the only thing that would make a difference to me, personally, would be the way it sounds (via choice of brand and positioning of the muffler and cat) and the way it looks (the tips). I'd be very suprised if my car didnt get equal or greater performance numbers (as laughable as they are for an NT DOHC car) on the exhaust I got locally, compared to a Borla. Sound and looks are completely subjective, so to each their own.

[cantgo2fast]

Well i have a cat, muffler and DP i wanted the cat-back section custom fabbed and i got quoted $725 in all stainless including flanges pipe, rods everything. Where the hell did you guys take yours?

[Shpyder]

Originally Posted by cantgo2fast

Well i have a cat, muffler and DP i wanted the cat-back section custom fabbed and i got quoted $725 in all stainless including flanges pipe, rods everything. Where the hell did you guys take yours?

Wow. Ouch. On my Spyder, the guys did a completely custom dual-exhaust, with two mufflers, chrome double-walled tips, and really, really elaborate piping (I wish I had taken a pic, they really tucked in the piping perfectly, desipite it being a tight squeeze, all mendrel)) for $600 out the door. I imagine that for a single exhaust it should be way cheaper. So I definitely think youre getting screwed at $725 for single out catback!

[gthompson97]

I agree with you Shpyder, but I will vouche for Borla for many reasons. You're right, a "bend is a bend," but how and where those bends are made make a huge impact on exactly how the exhaust flows. The only exhaust system I will "overpay" for is Borla, but not only because of looks and sound, but also because of performance. I bet if you took a custom mandrel-bent exhaust and a mandrel-bent Borla exhaust, I can almost gurantee you that the Borla will out-perform the custom exhaust, solely based on their test and experience trials. I will never pay $900 for a GReddy exhaust, but I'd pay $900 for a complete Borla exhaust any day.

[Mikelb]

I had complete custom exhaust on the Stealth (dual exhaust BTW)... and that costed less than $800(retail, for piping and all the custom work involved)... it actually cost a/b $400, but I didn't pay for it... the previous owner did, and he got it all at cost, b/c he was a mechanic and raced the car...

[vanilla gorilla]

Originally Posted by bryan_bigd

hey i got a pacesetter turbo manifold off ebay and payed 350 for it.

You got shitted. They only cost $150 brand new.


Oh yea. We put pacesetter headers on my friend's 95 z28 camaro and they are pretty decent. The only problem was that one of the tubes would rub the steering shaft making it hard to turn.

[Blackcrow64]

Geez, you guys get raped on exhausts... I just recently got the hook up for a new company and will soon have my full 3" stainless exhaust done for less than 200 bucks. Of course thats us welding it all outselves and shit. I would never pay some of these outragious prices for exhausts... Custom exhausts for the win.

[blk_srt]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

Geez, you guys get raped on exhausts... I just recently got the hook up for a new company and will soon have my full 3" stainless exhaust done for less than 200 bucks. Of course thats us welding it all outselves and shit. I would never pay some of these outragious prices for exhausts... Custom exhausts for the win.

My exhaust was $16500, they even threw in a free neon

[gthompson97]

Ha. I would've taken the exhaust and told them they could keep the Neon.

[EDMUND65]

i had meghan sp* cat back with obx racing headers and wide open cat... sucked ass... no back pressure... way to loud to drive anywhere past 6 oclock. ...

[Mikelb]

Originally Posted by gthompson97

Ha. I would've taken the exhaust and told them they could keep the Neon.

shit, sell the neon...you could make back $20-30 if you part it out


(j/k, no offense...)