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Old May 22, 2014 | 05:52 PM
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Can someone ID these for me? Look like Cattman to me. I found them at a junkyard.

[IMG]Cattman? by Barristan, on Flickr[/IMG]

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Old May 22, 2014 | 09:32 PM
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Those look like a gen 1 or 2 Cattman headers and it has a egr port
Old May 22, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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Guessing either hotshots or gen1 cattman because I don't see a skid plate on the loop.
Old May 23, 2014 | 04:42 AM
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nice find!
Old May 23, 2014 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Fakie J Farkerton
Guessing either hotshots or gen1 cattman because I don't see a skid plate on the loop.
Cattman. Hotshots loop is longer and more U shaped.
Old May 23, 2014 | 09:36 AM
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Nice find. How much were they at the junkyard?
Old May 23, 2014 | 02:54 PM
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I actually got them off craigslist. I was still debating when I posted and didn't want anyone to ****** them out from under me.
I picked them up today for $180. The guy thought they were stillen. I talked to a custom muffler shop today(fixed the holes;free) about installing them. He said he could do it for $400. I'm going to have them sandblasted and painted first before I do anything.
Old May 23, 2014 | 03:13 PM
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Old May 27, 2014 | 08:15 AM
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What a deal, here I am buying ****ty ebay headers for the same damn price!
Old May 28, 2014 | 07:54 AM
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Cattman Gen 1's are 4 piece and have external EGR.

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Old May 28, 2014 | 02:40 PM
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So, what am I looking at here? Please don't tell me these are Stillen. I can't find any Stillen pics.
Old May 28, 2014 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by barristan
So, what am I looking at here? Please don't tell me these are Stillen. I can't find any Stillen pics.
Looks like cattman to me
Old May 28, 2014 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by barristan
So, what am I looking at here? Please don't tell me these are Stillen. I can't find any Stillen pics.


Looks like the ones that came off the blu maxima on the original fast and the furious
Old May 29, 2014 | 07:16 AM
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So, what am I looking at here? .
A decent set of headers that need a flange welded for the cat.
Old May 29, 2014 | 12:36 PM
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Not Stillen? They were shortys, right?
Old May 29, 2014 | 01:06 PM
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Not Stillen? They were shortys, right?
That coupled with the fact that Stillen tends to brand their name everywhere. They look like Cattman Gen II's with out the flat metal piece under the initial Y, and the flex pipe looks smaller in your pic.
Old May 30, 2014 | 04:12 AM
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Don't hotshots have a badge on them usually?

I think they are Cattman by the style of the lop on the y
Old May 31, 2014 | 12:07 PM
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[IMG]IMG_20140531_112305_793 by Barristan, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]IMG_20140531_112342_089 by Barristan, on Flickr[/IMG]


I still need to fix the hole where the skid plate was and add another one. Next step is paint.

Yeah, I know I need to paint my deck too. I power washed it a few weeks ago. Now waiting for a dry spell. May in New England is very wet.

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Old Jun 1, 2014 | 04:07 AM
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Great find. I bought a set of gen.2 or gen.3 cattman headers with the y for 280 on Craigslist back in novemberish just getting them on today. You made out a little better. Mine has plate and no egr but two small dings on one header. All in all though I'm happy. Good luck.
Old Jun 2, 2014 | 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by barristan
Can someone ID these for me? Look like Cattman to me. I found them at a junkyard.

[IMG]Cattman? by Barristan, on Flickr[/IMG]

AWESOME FIND!!!!! That my pal is Cattman Gen 3 Header assy!!! It had a skid plate and it apparently fell off (The welds were too small) you can still see the tack weld on the loop portion! The Gen 3"s incorporated the 3 fancy high velocity merger sections which is visible!!!! Wow hard is it to believe someone would leave them on the car and junk it!!! Wowwwww!! Even though the flex section is shorter they're still Gen 3's! I thought I was doing good, finding 4th Gen Maxima Progress Sport Springs, DC Honda Headers, and a 4th Gen Maxima w/ customized Dynomax 17747 performance muffler in the boneyard...Man you got to keep your eyes open! Out there in the boneyard and on Craigslist....

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Old Jun 3, 2014 | 12:45 AM
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Great find. Not that it may matter much, but the flex section on CMax's header does look a bit longer than the craigslist one, though.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 05:32 AM
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Thanks all!

Say that I decided to attempt the install myself, how would I go about having the missing flange replaced? Meaning, how would they get the length and angle correct?
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 06:35 AM
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The rear exhaust flange is no big deal. if you can weld, it's an easy fix. If not, get everything else done then take the car to a muffler shop and they can weld on a couple flanges for you.

Worst case scenario, get the mating 2-bolt flange to your cat and a section of pipe long enough to join the two pieces. expand the pipe so that it slides over the back of the y pipe and then trim the end so all of the flanges line up properly on the car. mark all of the parts, pull it off the car, and take it to a muffler shop to have them weld it up.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 06:59 AM
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I like the fact that they have 4 O2 ports.
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by dwapenyi
Great find. Not that it may matter much, but the flex section on CMax's header does look a bit longer than the craigslist one, though.
Cattman has a tendency to change vendors from group to group....Such on the Catbacks must have seen 3-4 difference resonator styles....
Old Jun 3, 2014 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by CMax03
Cattman has a tendency to change vendors from group to group....Such on the Catbacks must have seen 3-4 difference resonator styles....
OK. Makes sense. Thanks
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