New exhaust system cost..

[coolchrisp]

Tomorrow im going to get a new exhaust system for my GT and i have 2 questions

1. What will be a good size pipe for a 1.9L with 32/36 webber, header, electronic ignition?

2. What kind of price will i be looking at?... and if i took it in the AM, about how long would they have it for?(i dont like leaving it over night some where )

THANKS!!

[MICAH1]

Chris,
Check this form..... more than enough information to help you out....

[coolchrisp]

what form?

[spdkilz02]

prolly forum...

[coolchrisp]

im lost...

[spdkilz02]

search the exhaust forum...i remember it being discussed like a month or so ago...

[coolchrisp]

ya i saw those but i was leaning tords the loud side but not a burner sound. there was one GT at carlisle this year and for the life of me i cant remember the owners name, that had the sound i was looking for.


The car it was on was a flat black primer GT with i believe 17 inch wheels. he was the guy who used the top front of a GT, like the air scoops, for his belly pan. he stayed at the hotel with us.

...and i stood and talked to this guy for a while!

that is the sound im lookin for!

[soybean]

Try searching here. Lots of good reading. Hth, Jarrell
http://www.opelgt.com/forums/search.php?searchid=161990

[bosco]

use 2 inch piping and there is a magnaflow muffler that will fit under your passenger seat where the original muffler went. I "think" the Magnaflow number for that muffler is 12237.

for 2 inch pipe back from the headpipe, a muffler, twin chrome tips (later replaced by these http://www.opelgt.com/rp/showproduct.php/product/43) it cost me $160 and took maybe 60 - 90 min to complete.

...and Jarrell is right, there is a ton of exhaust and muffler info on here.

HTH

[coolchrisp]

ya now taht i learned th use teh search thre is, but im having trouble finding all teh exhaust sound clips.

as for that price and time, that is alot cheaper and less time then i thought

[baz]

been a member for almost 2 years and only just learnt to use the search engine aaaaaaaaaaarrrrggggghhhhhh

some one needs to watch the vid in the link
http://www.opelgt.com/forums/45189-post1.html

a look at where to start a thread would not go amiss either this one moved to exhaust forum

[jordan]

Originally Posted by coolchrisp ya i saw those but i was leaning tords the loud side but not a burner sound. there was one GT at carlisle this year and for the life of me i cant remember the owners name, that had the sound i was looking for. The car it was on was a flat black primer GT with i believe 17 inch wheels. he was the guy who used the top front of a GT, like the air scoops, for his belly pan. he stayed at the hotel with us. ...and i stood and talked to this guy for a while! that is the sound im lookin for!

You would be thinking of dennis (NHopel) with the primer black fuel injected GT I think he had stainless steel headers going to a 2.5" exhaust pipe going to a turbo through muffler ending up with a split pipe and 2 tips.

[coolchrisp]

well its all done, they did 2 1/4 pipe all teh way witha thrush glasspack muffler, and of course the 2 chrome tips. its really nice, and sounds good, low tone with out the "fart". it might be a bit loud for some , but i like it.

Also the owner of the shop makes a new t-shirt every year for his business and sells them at car shows and gives them to his customers. he saw my car and took pictures of it and said he might use my car for his shirt this year!!

i thought that would be awsome!

[rowdygt]

Did you go with the resonator tips or regular tips ??

[coolchrisp]

regular chrome weldons. but i was lookin for sound!

[kent]

How much did you end up spending?

[GT Tim]

That's cool that he wants to use your car.When I picked mine up from paint he said that he was going to use mine for his bussiness cards.

[GTJIM]

Nice that people want to use the image of our GTs for their businesses - BUT let them use it for free and that sets the value of the GT => $zero!!
Should have at least got a free job in exchange for the image of your GT

[coolchrisp]

the total was $196. witch i thought was fair, seeing how he did it all in about an hour and a half.

But i told him he could use the picture if he wants, i just thought it would be cool to see peple on the street mabey with a picture of my car on it!

but he gave me a couple Top Value shirts and some hats so that was nice to!

[rockytopmark]

Originally Posted by coolchrisp the total was $196

Do happen to have a breakdown of the costs, say via the bill of sale? I had a rough estimate given to me of $400, and I would love to find out if they'd match the price you got. I will be adding a flexpipe to the forward portion between the muffler and the headpipe, so I expect my price to be a little higher. Also, do you have the part number of the muffler they installed?

Thanks,

[opelwasp]

Originally Posted by rockytopmark Do happen to have a breakdown of the costs, say via the bill of sale? I had a rough estimate given to me of $400, and I would love to find out if they'd match the price you got. I will be adding a flexpipe to the forward portion between the muffler and the headpipe, so I expect my price to be a little higher. Also, do you have the part number of the muffler they installed? Thanks,

what are they smoking, crack? thats outragous. I had mine done for $200 and it was all 14 gauge. I did supply the muffler myself though. But $400, I'd tell them !@#$ %^&.

[RallyBob]

Originally Posted by opelwasp what are they smoking, crack? thats outragous. I had mine done for $200 and it was all 14 gauge. I did supply the muffler myself though. But $400, I'd tell them !@#$ %^&.

Boy, you'd hate to buy parts for new cars then! I see young guys buying $1500 headers and $800 exhaust systems (one muffler, almost no bends, mass produced) on new Subaru STI's and they don't blink an eye when the bill comes up! I personally don't see where they get their money from, I've seen people buy a brand new $30,000 car and a month later they spend $40k in modifications on the same car. Go figure.

[coolchrisp]

well bob, i believe they get the old, Five Finger Discount..haha

[coolchrisp]

Originally Posted by rockytopmark

Do happen to have a breakdown of the costs, say via the bill of sale? I had a rough estimate given to me of $400, and I would love to find out if they'd match the price you got. I will be adding a flexpipe to the forward portion between the muffler and the headpipe, so I expect my price to be a little higher. Also, do you have the part number of the muffler they installed? Thanks,

The muffler ive had for a while and it cost me $20, its a thrush turbo glasspack with 2.25 inch ends and 25 inches long.


This is what the bill says:

1. Ext. Pipe-$25
2. Tail Pipe-$45
3. Rear Splitter-$30
4. Chrome Tip_$10 X 2=$20
5. Labor- 1hr = $76

Total $196

And then theres tax, so the total was $207.76


not to shabby!

[opelwasp]

Originally Posted by RallyBob Boy, you'd hate to buy parts for new cars then! I see young guys buying $1500 headers and $800 exhaust systems (one muffler, almost no bends, mass produced) on new Subaru STI's and they don't blink an eye when the bill comes up! I personally don't see where they get their money from, I've seen people buy a brand new $30,000 car and a month later they spend $40k in modifications on the same car. Go figure.

thats why i drive an Opel.