Bill Reid,
you got that right

 

Its sad brotha... I also heard Rath was purchased by a "banking firm"... hope its not Chinese owned. For those that don't know... Rath is American stainless...

China is buying anything and everything that is metal related... driving material costs through the roof. Here is another example... China is buying all of the concrete... so much so its driving the prices for conrete to more than double the going rate. Arizona is booming... and concrete prices have severely impacted directly the consumer and home builders...

Bill

 

Yah, that's not good to look at

 

Looks like you can shine up the Corsa system pretty easily and it would look like new!

 

I had experience with both companies on an OEM level. Magnaflow is ****. They are marketing experts. Corsa is real quality and performance driven by engineering and R&D.

 

Damn Mario Andretti and abusing my trust... i mean come on those commercials are the only reason any of us bought magnaflow...

 

Corsa is hand made and hand welded in Ohio

 

... and I am sure they will continue to do so... until the market makes it unprofitable. That may or may not happen... but it does constantly test business strategies including where materials are purchased from. I bought one of Corsa's systems certainly not for the price... but because I knew of the quality and support from being a past vendor for them.

Bill

 

Magnaflow mufflers are made of T409 - Corsa from T304 which is a chromium-nickel alloy ('austenitic'). A magnet will stick to 400-series stainless because it has more iron. ('ferritic' & 'Martensitic') T409 is a straight chromium alloy.

If an exhaust system supplier uses a higher grade of stainless, (eg., T304) they'll make sure you know it. (and the price will reflect it)

T409 isn't bad and Magnaflow makes a good muffler but it's more likely to rust in states where salt is used to keep the roads clear.

There are all sorts of stainless steel 'recipies' out there - something for every application.

Claiming a product is made of 'stainless steel' doesn't tell you enough.

Hope this helps.

 

... your right... and to add to that... consumers generally are not schooled in the "recipies" of stainless steel. They buy it because the assumption is that its not supposed to rust, flows and sounds better than stock, and will outlast mild aluminized steel. Magnaflow as well as other manu's of cheaply made and priced exhaust products are banking on assumptions. Just my opinion

Bill