09-08-2009, 01:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2009, 09:44 AM by Concillian.)
exhaust shops, especially those in areas with that much snow (and therefore experienced in dealing with rusty exhausts) should be able to weld that up pretty decent.
I was into car performance for a while and if you find a local Honda / Subaru / Toyota / whatever performance car club forum ("enthusiast" is often used to describe them), you can ask them about an exhaust shop that will do work like that cheap (the performance guys will know the cheap shops, other avenues are pretty hit and miss on prices). Local shop here was $40 a weld on a single stainless weld. Dunno what it was on mild steel, which is probably what yours is, should be less, should also be less, but you'll need 2 welds.
Anyway, find a matching flange online (just the flange) and he should have some pipe the right diameter to weld it to. He may have the right flange too. He'll cut out the rusted section and weld the pipes together. Should be around $100 at most, I'd think.
You can remove the muffler and drive around with just that pipe like that (will be LOUD in a normally aspirated car though). Driving without the muffler short distances is okay, but long term, the real issue with it is that you'll potentially be dumping all the heat in the exhaust someplace you don't want it the rear footwell, the brake lines, the rear tires... it might go to an okay place, but it might not too.
I was into car performance for a while and if you find a local Honda / Subaru / Toyota / whatever performance car club forum ("enthusiast" is often used to describe them), you can ask them about an exhaust shop that will do work like that cheap (the performance guys will know the cheap shops, other avenues are pretty hit and miss on prices). Local shop here was $40 a weld on a single stainless weld. Dunno what it was on mild steel, which is probably what yours is, should be less, should also be less, but you'll need 2 welds.
Anyway, find a matching flange online (just the flange) and he should have some pipe the right diameter to weld it to. He may have the right flange too. He'll cut out the rusted section and weld the pipes together. Should be around $100 at most, I'd think.
You can remove the muffler and drive around with just that pipe like that (will be LOUD in a normally aspirated car though). Driving without the muffler short distances is okay, but long term, the real issue with it is that you'll potentially be dumping all the heat in the exhaust someplace you don't want it the rear footwell, the brake lines, the rear tires... it might go to an okay place, but it might not too.
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Terenas WoW player... while we waited for Diablo III.
And it came... and it went... and I played Hearthstone longer than Diablo III.