my pacesetter headers and y-pipe just came in so its time to put them but the local muffler shop wants to charge me $85/HR. plus $425 for a new converter[sm=yikesomg.gif]. so to save somemoney i decided to install them myself but i heard its a pain in the a$$, is this true? as far as the converter goes its shot so it has to go no matter what so i was thinking of gutting it out (we dont have emissions test) but how would that effect the sound and the engine.

 

its not too bad, you just will have to remove the starter, steering shaft

you may have to cut the old cat off, and depending on the headers you got you may have to do some welding, but 85 an hour is pretty normal, why did they say you need a new converter ? is yours bad ?

 

I didn't have to pull my starter or steering shaft, but then again, I have a 96. It was harder getting the old manifolds off in my opinion.

 

Too hard of a job to install them yourself. They charged me 350 for headers and converter installation. Do it that way.

 

I did mine myself... I don't trust anybody else :$

 

check out camarov6.com theres a step by step guide on there if i can get ahold of a good cam im going to essentally do the same thing when i install mine

 

yeah my cat is bad the insides are broke so it rattles and sounds like crap i was gonna take it off completely but i decided to do it right so i just ordered the magnaflow converter. i have a pit so gettin under the is no problem. about how much time should i expect it to take to get the new headers on.