We had a guy w/o a Pancreas that could fumigate an arena whenever he went. It's a great life if you don't weaken.

 

Thanks man. Definitely happy. It wasn't an easy ride though. The hardest year of mt life for sure. But if I got through this, I can get through just about anything.

Already done. Lol.

 

Join the club. Time for headers!

 

Headers? No...

Probably going to go with a Warpspeed Y. It's a 2000 Fed spec, so it removes the entire pre-cat assembly and bolts directly to the exhaust manifolds on both sides.

 

time to put work in

 

just wait till she hits that age

 

Yup. I'm debating whether to get the Y with or without a Magnaflow cat. If I do get one with a new cat, i'll have to change out the cat-back since I had the resonator deleted and a new pipe was welded to be back of the cat.

 

maxima - $80

 

make your own magnaflow 2.5 SS cat $50 plus 2 SS flanges $15

 

NISMO grill for INFINITI G35

 

CJ, this will appeal to your geekness. I'm psyched because my friend the sys admin. got all the parts in for my new computer yesterday. He gets shop price deals etc. & saved me some bucks.

Parts list;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157266
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819106011
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231562
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129174
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371032
2x SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814162085
3x RAID 5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148840

Big improvement over the Dinosaur I've been running for the past 10yrs. Athlon XP 2400+ on ABit KR7A RAID w/3GB. There's Smartphones w/more power than this rig.

 

Only issue i see you having chipset vs. grafix cards

Chipsets
North BridgeAMD 990FXSouth BridgeAMD SB950

turn your old box into a Windows Home Server for $50 and use it to stream video,backup and host your own website/blog

 

MB supports Xfire 2/3/4 & SLI 2/4. All current & legacy interfaces. It's even got ATA133 & floppy controllers. Does all kinds of ish. I could probably even access 360K floppies if need be.
It's got XP Pro SP3 on it now, probably won't cost a dime to keep using the old box. Just a XP re-install & setup for that purpose.

 

'Tuner' should see this!

 

home server is some good ish just load it install the client software on your new pc put the old box in the basement or closet and go it does alot of crap

 

1 of these.
http://www.mandrelbendingsolutions.c...High%2C/Detail
2 of these & a bit of SSpipe welded on.
http://www.mandrelbendingsolutions.c...High%2C/Detail
$150 roughly. MBS might even do it for you.

Magnaflow $$$
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MPE-93230/

 

A Warpspeed Y is $199, and it's $319 with a Magnaflow cat, and includes new bolts, gaskets, and a hangar. Not bad.

I'm leaning towards just getting a Y for now, and worrying about the rest of the exhaust later since it's still in good shape. The factory muffler actually has a nice subtle tone to it with the resonater deleted, and I want to see how it sounds after the Y since it won't have pre-cats anymore.

 

IIRC, doesn't XP Pro have the SOHO client/server ish, XP home didn't?
I'm toying w/the idea of using it as a Linux box. Make a better server that way.

 

wont sound as pleasing as you would think lol... unless you enjoy a louder and more "rough" tone

 

Good price, just don't like Magnaflow ceramic core cats. Spring ~$250 for an SRS catback when the time comes, you'll be good for the duration.

 

That's an idea, and in the future i might hit up Cj for one of those Megan's he's got collecting dust.

 

Got my new blue LED Bose headunit and had something bizarre happen. When you start the car, all the lights in the HU come on. When you turn the lights on, they shut off. WTH???

 

True! = Y-Pipe sounds > =/= Y-Pipe.
BTW; 'T_B' I got a Monroe OEM B-Pipe/Resonator (used 2 mos) sitting in the garage collecting dust.

 

assuming T-behr still has a stock catback and thinking of going with a Y-pipe and high flow cat or test pipe, i can tell him for a sure fact that the "subtle" tone he thinks that factory exhaust have can be thrown out the window lol... it will be a deep, louder, and raspy tone... for $319 he might as well, either get a catback or save the extra and get OBX headers... there is far less "fitment" issues than others make it out to be... the absolute only con to the OBX headers from my experience was the location of the rear o2 sensor... the sound is far more superb than any Y-pipe on the market, including cattman's Y.... sound is similar if not the same as cattman headers... in todays day, y-pipes are becoming more pointless as headers offer more power and definately a more tolerable sound over an unequal length Y-pipe

 

I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. If it doesn't sound how I like, i'll add a resonator of some sorts. Manny likes the Moroso spiral flow he installed on his car.

 

strange...

 

From the research i've done, a Y for the 3.0 sees pretty good gains. And i'm on a budget so headers aren't gonna happen at the moment. It's also a daily, so i'm not looking to extract maximum power, either.

Right now i just want to get rid of the rotting stock Y to get rid of the rattle/clunk i'm getting from it, and the Warpspeed Y seems to be a cost effective replacement/upgrade.

 

he also had headers... not just a Y-pipe... but hey... goodluck on that purchase

 

Magnaflow i got was #54306M $49.99 on amazon it SS mirror finish and i welded 2 Vibrant SS 2.5" flanges on it and called it a day

 

I haven't purchased anything yet. Once I get a Y and get it installed, i'll take it from there.

 

nope on the xp but you can always DL a WHS bootleg edition to try out first

 

make your own Y pipe you slacker!stop Fappin and do some work

 

That will be something i'll keep into consideration.

 

lol so is 95% the cars here with headers.. they are daily... im just trying to help prevent the mistake i made but i guess everyone has their own preferences... i would never recommend y-pipe to anybody simply because to me its less than settling, if the power gains outweighs driving around sounding like a staight piped v6 camaro then sure go for it... ive owned 4 VQ30's... 3 of which was modded

 

ill be using a magnaflow 10436 res when i get off my laxy **** and do something

 

If I had a gararge/workspace and a welder that would be an option.

 

That's less than the ~$50=shipping a Moroso costs in mild steel. Moroso SS $100. + shipping. Nice muffler but IDK if it's worth the $$$.

 

http://onyx-sales.amazonwebstore.com...B000CCFZZ6.htm

 

Headers aren't in the budget at the moment. Perhaps one day.

 

how many times i post them HF welders everyone needs a basic welder