Well... it's done. *pic*

[Myco]

120$ total

Car is MUCH quieter. I am surprised. A bit deeper but very quiet.

Now waiting on new MAF to show in the mail today...

 

[Marcus]

That clean Texas undercarriage makes the baby Jesus weep.

 

[Lownslowlsc]

That don't look right...

 

[95mark8newyork]

gen 1 or 2? is that an x-pipe resonator to make a true dual?

 

[LowLincoln]

looks like a Bassani X chamber.

But what do you mean by quieter, did you have a leak before or somethin'?

 

[Myco]

looks like a Bassani X chamber.

But what do you mean by quieter, did you have a leak before or somethin'?

Not that I knew of, just suspected the 3rd cat of being clogged. The h-pipe was the shop's. They said it was a performance piece that came off a 6.4L engine(I think).

 

[Mark8Murder]

They just shove the pipes in the X or is it welded somewhere that I'm not seeing???

 

[Right on the Mark]

That looks like a X-pipe and a H-pipe had a baby to make that XH pipe or HX pipe.

 

[Lownslowlsc]

That don't look right...

And I'd be asking for my money back. Unless for whatever reason you said "just do it", idgaf.

 

[warrioralumni08]

That looks like a X-pipe and a H-pipe had a baby to make that XH pipe or HX pipe.

Lmao! Yeah, it doesn't look right though. :shifty:

 

[LowLincoln]

Not that I knew of, just suspected the 3rd cat of being clogged. The h-pipe was the shop's. They said it was a performance piece that came off a 6.4L engine(I think).

Well that looks like either a Bassani or BBK x-pipe:

BBK

Bassani

 

[BAD97LSC]

are those pipes just shoved into the X? wtf there is no weld on them.

 

[lincolnboy]

Hack job.

 

[UltimateSVT]

IMHO I think this picture was taken right before it was welded. The pipe stand is still under the car, you can see it right there a little off to the lower left.

 

[Myco]

Well that looks like either a Bassani or BBK x-pipe:

BBK

Bassani

Looks like the first one. Yea it's a hack job. They cut the O2 sensor holes off the x-pipe and welded on some new tubes to make it fit but for 120$ out the door I'm not complaining... yet.

 

[BAD97LSC]

$120 dollars to weld in an x-pipe????????????????????? and i assume they kept your 3rd cat too, thats another $60 bucks they just got for scrap thats outrageous man you got screwed hard. i had an entire true dual exhaust custom bent and welded onto my 98 lsc with bullet mufflers and they put the stock tips back on for $200 bucks, all 2 1/2 inch and it was clean as hell.

 

[lsc 98 f100]

$70 and i keep my 3rd cat and it is ss of of a 08 mustang

 

[Right on the Mark]

The $120 was for all parts and labor he stated.

 

[Big Mike]

...Still sounds like a rip-off. Exhaust work is not as expensive as one who hasn't had much done may first think. I had a custom downpipe fabbed for a 3800 series II in a lumina, the stock peice had a bad flex and because aftermarket pipes wouldn't fit the gen1.5 w-body platform they have I went custom. It was 3'', SS, and had a flex and 3 mandrel bends, ran me $125 welded up and out the door, I kept the cat attached to the old one (think it was a cat, may have been a resonator).

 

[MediumD]

That clean Texas undercarriage makes the baby Jesus weep.

What? Don't they all look like that?

Sometimes I forget how nice it can be to live in the desert...

 

[Myco]

$120 dollars to weld in an x-pipe????????????????????? and i assume they kept your 3rd cat too, thats another $60 bucks they just got for scrap thats outrageous man you got screwed hard. i had an entire true dual exhaust custom bent and welded onto my 98 lsc with bullet mufflers and they put the stock tips back on for $200 bucks, all 2 1/2 inch and it was clean as hell.

Hey man I priced around and this place my mechanic knew and will stand behind the work.

I knew he would keep the cat. Maybe I should have talked him down but ordering an h-pipe or x-pipe and then taking it too him would have only been a 20-30$ difference.

I've had entire exhaust systems put on cars for 200$ so I understand the but I have the piece of mind knowing that if anything happens I can take it back and it's all good. I don't NEED the 3rd cat. (unless to sell it) After all my experiences with mechanics the piece of mind is worth the money.

 

[Lownslowlsc]

Right, but if you ordered one it would've been the right size. General consensus is that you got ripped in more ways then 1.

 

[Myco]

Right, but if you ordered one it would've been the right size. General consensus is that you got ripped in more ways then 1.

Maybe, what I was looking at was 30$ shipped from amazon. The guy who put this on charges 60$ a side for a all work. He didn't charge me for the x-pipe. Just the welding. Plus I was really hesitant about going to any 'new' mechanic shop considering what luck i've had.

But, I'm no so blind as to not understand the opposite point of view.

 

[CobraStar_LS8]

from what i learned and seen, a lot of shops here in houston are scandalous...