Hi everyone,

I wanted to share this build with you. My brother and I (well mostly my brother) built this setup yesterday at his performance shop. He mainly does work on domestics but is a very good fabricator, as you will see from the pictures.

I was looking at full exhaust systems and just couldn't justify spending so much. That being said, I have about $700 in this set up, not counting labor.

Here is a parts list:

- 2.5 to 3 cone reducers

- 3in v-bands

- 3in stainless piping kit

- 2, 3in vibrant bottle type resonators

- 3in inlet RS style stainless tips

- 2, 3in stainless flex pipes

If anyone is interested I can give links to all the parts I used.

Started out by cutting off the exhaust just in front of the secondary cats. This allowed me to gut the pre cats with the downpipes still in the car. I used a 12in 5/8 concrete bit, a hammer drill, and a pry bar and made pretty quick work of the cats.

Next we welded on the 2.5in to 3in adapters to the down pipes. I chose not to do 3in downpipes just yet as I didn't feel like dropping the engine or subframe.

Next we welded the v-bands to adapters and the flex pipe for easy removal and install.

Next came fabbing up the exhaust. Overall it went pretty smoothly, and we did not run into any hangups. We used the factory exhaust hanger locations, and essentially followed the factory routing. The piping is ran back to 2 resonators and then tips. No mufflers and no cats at all. Because of this we saved about 60lbs over the stock system. Everything clears perfectly and there are no rattles.

Below is an album with the pics as well as a few videos. If anyone is interested I will make some better videos to show how it sounds in and outside of the car.

Link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hfXZreGV4NkUQLHU2


Thanks for looking!