rt exhaust questions

pyroskater6912pyroskater6912 Wagonist
in Engine & Drivetrain
recently i noticed that my car has been a little louder than normal, sounding similar to my other car with a cat back on it, and today i noticed that my muffler has apparently rusted off from the rest of the piping, and is just hanging there by the hangers, not connected at all.

first of all, i'm wondering if the mufflers and piping on these were originally all one piece, because it looks like there is a flange where the muffler was bolted to the rest of the exhaust (this is where it rusted and broke off) or if a previous owner had done some for of exhaust work.

secondly i'm considering if i would be better off just buying a new muffler and attaching it to the old piping or if i should look into having an entire exhaust made. i know having one made will be a lot more costly, but i'm not sure if it would be worth mounting a new muffler on pipe that has already rusted through once

and does anyone have a general idea what a cat back would cost to have made, or a decent muffler would be to look at?

Comments

  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    The flange that you see at the rear crossmember/LCA is original. Did it rot off before the flange, or after?

    You can buy just the axle-back in either DX or RT version. (RT has the twin-tip muffler)

    To have a custom cat-back made, you're looking at 3 bills-ish
  • pyroskater6912pyroskater6912 Wagonist
    looks like it rotted off right at/after the flange, i'll look at a new axle back, but around 3ish bills isnt too bad. i was expecting it to be more than that to be honest, when i looked at a turbo build i was quoted over $800 to have something built up
  • 90shuttle90shuttle Senior Wagonist
    Thats a rip!! 800?
  • moff3ttmoff3tt Band Wagon
    Bosal makes OEM replacement exhausts for our wagons. You can still get everything including the catalytic converter back. It would cost me $360 from RockAuto to replace the catalytic converter, all the piping, muffler, gaskets and hardware including shipping. You can probably search around for other Bosal distributors to get a better deal maybe and eBay has some stuff as well.
  • pyroskater6912pyroskater6912 Wagonist
    90shuttle wrote:
    Thats a rip!! 800?
    i thought i was high too, but being a full exhaust from the turbo back i didnt know what to expect.

    i'm probably going to head out tomorrow and price having something built up for a cat-back, hopefully i'm going to be able to get started on a mild build shortly, so its a place to start. but its good to know that there are stock options if i go that route, thanks guys
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