From what you describe, it doesn't sound like you NEED a 3" exhaust. But, none of us actually NEED one, just some of us have to have one. The general consensus seems to be that the biggest performance gain from a 3" exhaust is in the downpipe. I think the 3" catback mostly just adds noise, which some people like, and some people don't. If you buy an entire JT system it's not bad value ($500-ish), though you will need to add a cat - $50-100. The life of a JT downpipe seems to be about 4 years in MA. Here's what I did, take it for what it's worth...

JT downpipe ($275), Jet-Hot coated ($110) for longevity, Catco cat ($50 new on auction), Simons sport 2 1/2" exhaust ($250) and stock flex pipe ($90) modified to tie everything together plus 2 1/2 hours labor to install. So, everything came to close to $1,000 installed. The Simons system is normally $350 from one of the site sponsors, I bought elesewhere and saved $100 because I could wait, which you really can't right now. It also doesn't come with the flex pipe part, which you need to add. My thought is the cheapest/fastest/most sensible solution for you would be to replace with a stock catback from eeuro for around $350 + an hour labor to install. There's no knowing how long your current cat/downpipe will last. But, if you can give it a visual and see if it looks ok, then it probably is ok. They seem to last around 170,000... Replacing the stock downpipe/cat with a stock downpipe & cat is expensive - a performance option is probably more cost effective. Taliaferro/GenuineSaab has some nice complete exhaust options - I think a full stainless system is about $1,000, and shouldn't be more than 2 hours to install, since it's a nice kit. If this was available when I did mine, this is probably what I would have done. It wasn't, and I got tired of waiting to get it from Engstrom (after 6 months of "it's on the ship... should be arriving any day").

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• dont think I need 3"...what do you think?, RedAeroGirl, Tue, 8 May 2007 09:24:43
  • Re: dont think I need 3"...what do you think?, Craig, Thu, 10 May 2007 11:48:22
  • Thanks everyone for helpful answers, RedAeroGirl, Thu, 10 May 2007 06:13:33
    • Re: Thanks everyone for helpful answers, jdlincoln , Thu, 10 May 2007 07:53:19
  • absolutely!, fieldsc, Wed, 9 May 2007 18:25:40
    • Re: absolutely!, RedAeroGirl, Thu, 10 May 2007 05:58:58
  • stainless, jp, Wed, 9 May 2007 13:18:25
  • Re: dont think I need 3"...what do you think?, Mike C, Tue, 8 May 2007 12:49:19
  • full 3-inch was too loud for my tastes . . ., geoguy , Tue, 8 May 2007 11:15:44
    • Re: full 3-inch was too loud for my tastes . . ., Steve 97 9K Aero, Wed, 9 May 2007 20:08:07
    • Geoguy, I'm sending you a PM about this n/m, RedAeroGirl, Wed, 9 May 2007 05:56:25
  • Re: dont think I need 3"...what do you think?, TML , Tue, 8 May 2007 11:12:55
  • Re: dont think I need 3"...what do you think?, PT, Tue, 8 May 2007 10:20:58 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Custom, PT, Tue, 8 May 2007 10:27:21
      • yeah, that's the place, RedAeroGirl, Wed, 9 May 2007 08:10:45

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