well i just got off the phone with the muffler shop and listen to this load of BS he spewed.

"well sir the resonator is there for a reason and removing it will not add to sound or power in fact it will be quieter and cause engine problems, *me* umm ok yeah well what about re placing the u bend with a straight piece of pipe? *them* well sir that u bend is there to offset the size of the o2 sensor and if i put a straight pipe there ill have to drill though your floorboard to make clearance *me* well why cant you just put it on the side of the pipe then? *them* because sir theres not enough room* *me* *coughbull****cough* well sir ill let you know thanks


LMAO what kinda joke is this?

 

call another shop, thats rediculous...obviously he just didn't want to do it...you almost need to call the little exhaust shop guy that does all the stainless stuff on the older cars...they're usually the best

 

i got under my car and mine doesnt have the u bend between the cat and resonator, in fact the resonator is almost at the downpipe coming from th engine and the resonator is all the way in back right b4 it goes over the back axel. but good lord the resonator is probably 3 feet long. but yeah no u bend delete for me hahaha but resonator u gots to go

 

Actually it was a simple and decent idea at the time.... they wanted to protect the oxygen sensor mouted above it from debres on the road.

 

I think you are talking about the crossover pipe. The front manifold connectes to a crossover pipe (over the transmission). I beleive the rear manifold also connects to this pipe which connects to the downpipe. I am not positive on the rear manifold but will know this weekend when I get my SLP Headers on.

 

the Ubend is there to protect the O2 sensor. our older cars dont have the Ubend.

 

thats exactly it. any1 got pics of this?

 

Hear you can get some good looks at the crossover and some general good info on the exhaust.

http://www.zzperformance.com/downloa...omparison1.pdf