Originally posted by tour96se: not that it matters i guess but i'm going w/o any type of coating or ypipe.......
Cost of the Y-pipe by itself is $150. Not worth that, IMO, but...
Cost of optimizing the stock Y? I've heard figures anywhere from $50 to $105, and furthermore it either requires taking the car to a shop or buying a stock Y out of the classifieds or a junkyard and taking that to a shop, which adds to the cost.
So, you figure spending $40 now for an MSDS Y and you ought to be able to sell it for at least $50, if not more, depending on the cost of custom exhaust work in a given area, based on the fact that despite the kink and despite being "out-flowed" by an opti-stocker, the power figures are about the same, and based on the convenience of a quick bolt-on...
Function before fashion.
'96 Contour SE
"Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998
