Originally posted by 2112:
Spend the extra and get the stainless. Aluminized is plenty good but stainless is better. Just remove the stock res and replace with a straight pipe. Excellent mod. The money you save from getting the aftermarket res will offset the price dif. betwen the alum and stainless y. If you have not done already, you may want to drop in a KKM or K&N open air filter as well.
Talk about some serious rasp coming out of the exhaust...not to mention incredibly loud. Not the best idea to put str8 pipe in with Y-pipe.