I have a 89zx and want a good free flowing exhaust system. I don't have to have a cat. What do you recomend?

 

This is by far the best option. Not the cheapest but the most popular among performance minded Z owners.

http://cmperformanceexhaust.com/

 

for $735.00 build your own or if you cant have a reputable shop do it, it sure as hell woulnt cost you $7-800 for a nice 3in set up.

 

If you or your local shop has a mandral bending machine thats great.

 

I bought a cat back for my 1981 280zx for 207 with shipping free. It was a monza with dual chrome outlets. It is a little loud, but that's ok and it bolted right on. Cheap and easy.

 

Sorry, I bought the monza from JC Whitney.

 

Monza exhaust is a crappy system. It will rust out in a couple years. I had it on one of my cars (87T) and I couldn't wait to rip it out. Go cheap if you want but you'll pay later.

 

you can buy individual mandral bends - here

 

Have you ever seen someone who has pieced together their exhaust using mandrel bends and welding it? It looks like $h!t. Not that you're going to be looking under the car all the time, but when you do, it's horrible.

One thing that you might not think about....

The CM exhaust bolts together just like the original. So any time you have to drop the transmission or pull the motor, you aren't hacking apart your exhaust and welding it back together.

When I asked a local exhaust shop to make me an exhaust, the cost was originally going to be less than the CM system. But once we started talking about the flanges for the cat and different sections, the price jumped by $30 per flange. So an extra $60 per segment! In the end, the local shop would have wanted $200 MORE than the proven CM exhaust.

 

lol unless you can weld if you can lay down a nice bead it looks great

 

Gee thats to bad. i have a Monza exhaust on one of my cars, the 87T. It sounds and performs like the cheap system it is.

It was on there when I bought the car 2 years ago and it's almost rusted out already. CM next time for sure.