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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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I've got a P1 procharger setup that I'll be installing in the coming months after I gather all my parts. I currently have pacesetter shortie headers. They were on the truck when I bought it.

Last weekend I accidentally ripped off 1/2 of my exhaust pulling out somebody that was stuck. So now I have an opportunity to repair/upgrade my exhaust.

What would you guys recommend? I'm in Oregon so I don't have emissions to worry about.

Should I just go with long tubes, a magnaflow muffler and have custom pipes ran? If so, what headers and what muffler?

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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 02:01 PM
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I would definatly go with long tubes. Wich headers/exhaust depends on your budget and what you want. Do you want stainless steel headers, loud or quiet exhaust? American racing, and kooks are your more top of the line headers and are made in the USA.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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This is my daily driver so I don't want anything with an annoying drone at 55. I don't really need anything that's stainless.

I'm wondering if I should piece together my exhaust or look into a kit of some sort. I don't know if there are headers that respond better to superchargers than others.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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I would definitely look for stainless if you are in Oregon. The pacesetters have a tendency to rust fairly quickly in any amount of moisture.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 09:08 PM
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Whoa, whoa, hold up a minute; nobody give this guy any more advice until we hear how he ripped off the exhaust pulling somebody out
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Agreed, stainless headers is the ONLY way to go in my op.. Depending on your power level, a single 3 or dual 2.5 would work fine..
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rjwz28
Whoa, whoa, hold up a minute; nobody give this guy any more advice until we hear how he ripped off the exhaust pulling somebody out
Hooked the tow hook to his x-pipe?
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucille
Hooked the tow hook to his x-pipe?
How did you know? LOL.

Nah, I caught the passenger side on a dirt pile/stump.

I haven't looked under there in a while but I think it goes from pacesetter shorties to stock crossover to magnaflow muffler to dual exhaust that exits under the bumper.

It seems like kind of a silly setup, but I didn't design it. I think they guy before me installed it so it would sound cool. I'm mostly concerned with performance.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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Hmm... I'll have to look under there, but now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder if I distroyed this:

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...ne=all&id=1960
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just buy a muffler and have a exhaust shop make some pipes for ya. then dump it out the rear, save you some cash
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