okay i had bought a 97 camaro that was totaled and ive been rebuilding it - well im at school and my 94 camaro crapped out and i had to sell- well being at college my mom and dad made arrangements to have a mechanic finish all mechanical stuff and make sure it will pass inspection and a body shop to paint the car .

just got a phone call that mechanical and heres the qoute:

29 for new ebrake cable
60 for a sensor (parents didnt remember which one)
70 for rear brakes
and about 330 for right exhuastmanifold
and 330 for labor on the manifold

well thats 660 for a leaky manifold which is just going to be stock... i see no point in this seeing how soon as it passes inspection my SLP loudmouth cat back is going on and my offroad y-pipe... i would much rather put money to headers.

okay my question is this - i have a week to decide what to do - are there a set of headers on the market that will bolt to the stock y-pipe and pass a salvage inspection - if so how much

and do you think it would be worth doing the job ourselves?

im sold - just need to makes sure im not thinking about doing the wrong thing here

 

If you relocate the cats you will fail a strict emission test, so shorties may be your only answer. You need to do some research on what they look for. If it's just a sniffer, just get some LT's and throw a cat on there somewhere.

 

ya im calling the place tonight to find out what i have to do to be legal- and this isnt just an emmissions test- this is to get a salvage title so they go through everything-->ive been told by mechanics that here in connecticut to pass car has to be in better than stock condition

thats why im hesitant.....

just was wondering if anyone had any info

 

okay -- found these on ebay they are cheap enough i can convince parents its worth just to go with and i dont have enough money to front on quality headers right now- not gonna be home for couple weeks..

just wondering what the fitment or qaulity are - and ye i know not coated- but will get me through summer