I am going to install mine Thursday and I don't want surprises.

J-Rod

 

good question...I should be ordering mine soon.

 

You will need 3 in all.

My budget pipe came with 2 crush ring seal/gaskets (for the front and rear banks). However, it didn't come with the gasket for the main cat. You may be able to reuse the main cat gasket (depending on its condition) but it is always good to use a new one. If you didn't get the 2 crush ring gaskets then you MUST get new ones. Those cannot be reused (will cause leaking).

If you haven't removed the bubble wrapping yet then do that and check to see what you have. In any event, the 3 gaskets can be obtained from any Nissan parts dealer for less than $20 total.

 

thanks for the info!

how do YOU like your budget y btw?

 

So far so good. The power increase is definitely there. To be honest though, there is a little hiss (only when you get on it and is caused by the fact that the flex is not lined inside) but for $160 shipped, I'll take it any day of the week.

 

Thanks for Replying. On your hiss commnent, Do you think that is going to lead to the flex problem that some cattman y-pipes where having? The flex would cave in and block the exhaust from flowing. I hope not.

 

No, I don't think so. My old cattman pipe had the collapsing flex problem (see my homepage) and that flex was lined inside as well as outside. The new flexes that I've seen, including my budget pipe, is not lined inside but has a "coiled" look (like a set of concentric cirles, as ICEY2K1 put it) and is made of steel. So I'm pretty confident that it won't collapse. When you get the bubble wrap off (that's a task in itself - they wrap that sucker tight!! )look at the inside of the flex and you'll see what I mean.

 

That makes me feel much better, thank you again.