looking for y pipe pics..mine is broken and melting passnger side carpet..

[turbot4]

ok, i am buying a sho, it's a 97...the y-pipe under the passenger floor board is blowing hot gasses against the floor.....
i want to buy this car, but the carpet is melted from the heat.....
does anybody have any pic of what this looks like or where to get one?....is it a ford oem piece or can any exhaust shop take care of it?...

 

[NWGRN94MTX]

V-8 Gen 3 "Y" pipe

 

[turbot4]

ok, i seen that before....i was just shocked when the passenger side gloor near the front the carpet had melted....i guess i'm goin gto pick it up...

 

[sandrew]

I bought the Magnaflow Y-pipe and had a local muffler shop install it. Also bought new oxygen sensors and had them installed at the same time.

Besides being a LOT cheaper than an OEM Ford piece it sounds better, too. I had to replace the flex pipe at the same time, though, so I removed the 3rd cat as well. That could have a little to do with the nicer sound.

 

[turbot4]

Ok, thanks....the sho needs some work...but for the price i can't pass it up...

 

[bacernate]

Does it run ok? Sounds like maybe the cats are plugged, or car is running very rich. Never seen an exhaust leak melt carpet. Run the car for a while and make sure the cats aren't glowing. Yes you'll need to replace the y anyways but if they're glowing then the car is runni9ng very rich or misfiring badly.

 

[turbot4]

seemed to run ok....i think it was run for a long time hence the melted carpet...due to long exposure of heat..

 

[venom]

I bought the Magnaflow Y-pipe and had a local muffler shop install it. Also bought new oxygen sensors and had them installed at the same time.

Besides being a LOT cheaper than an OEM Ford piece it sounds better, too. I had to replace the flex pipe at the same time, though, so I removed the 3rd cat as well. That could have a little to do with the nicer sound.

I'll second the Magnaflow Y-Pipe if you want cats. The price is right - it includes cats too. FPS sells them off the shelf I am sure they can be found elsewhere too.

If you wanted to go catless I know NESHO makes those.

Good luck,

 

[turbot4]

we'll see, i gotta get the car here first...

 

[FlaSho]

my magnaflow