M.A.V.
01-16-2012, 07:42 PM
Bought my suburban back in 06 at 17 years old, first thing I did was order an all new exhaust kit. It's the the 454 Vortec and I replaced the stock manifolds with some cheap knock off shorty headers, then followed them with 3" pipe to some gutted cats and flow 40's. Last year, I started to get a nasty exhaust leak, and I kept searching and searching for it but couldn't find it.
Took it into emissions today, and it failed the visual because of the exhaust leak.
I searched for the leak, and found it. I've spent hours trying to relocate a set of shorty's because like an idiot I threw out the manifolds like 3 years ago. The cheapest set I can find is ranging from $460-$1000+ and I don't roll in the dough. I did a search on here, but either the links everyone has posted have gone bad, or they're just as expensive as this.
Anyone know where I can find a set of shorty's or stock manifolds for a decent price? I find small block stuff all the time, and even big block but nothing with the forced air adapter crap or whatever the parts store asked me about for less than $460.
Mine are rusted out at the collector. I even drew an awesome picture that shows off my paint skilllz. According to the shop here, they're not repairable, and they quoted me almost $700 to replace them with another set of shorty's, or $900 to cut the piping and replace them with full length.
Red = Rust = Bad
http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy300/DarkSeeker454/Header.png
Took it into emissions today, and it failed the visual because of the exhaust leak.
I searched for the leak, and found it. I've spent hours trying to relocate a set of shorty's because like an idiot I threw out the manifolds like 3 years ago. The cheapest set I can find is ranging from $460-$1000+ and I don't roll in the dough. I did a search on here, but either the links everyone has posted have gone bad, or they're just as expensive as this.
Anyone know where I can find a set of shorty's or stock manifolds for a decent price? I find small block stuff all the time, and even big block but nothing with the forced air adapter crap or whatever the parts store asked me about for less than $460.
Mine are rusted out at the collector. I even drew an awesome picture that shows off my paint skilllz. According to the shop here, they're not repairable, and they quoted me almost $700 to replace them with another set of shorty's, or $900 to cut the piping and replace them with full length.
Red = Rust = Bad
http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy300/DarkSeeker454/Header.png