If you are putting them back together, they should be fine.

Better solution......Headers.

 

I reused mine 3 times and had no leaks.

 

Awesome, lol...ya I would like to do headers! Was just curious of they were supposed to be reusable.


Im not putting them back on yet...Im trying to pick up some mufflers and see what that sounds like.

 

Im not putting them back on yet...Im trying to pick up some mufflers and see what that sounds like.

Just weld in some straight pipes and call it a day.

 

Down pipes are on turbo cars

 

Well first I would like to say, lame ass comment.

Then I would like to say you're wrong.

Down pipe is just a term to identify a piece of piping that comes after a turbo or manifold that goes down into a mid section.

Just cause its a more common term in the turbo world doesnt mean it only applies to turbo cars, jeez.

Even ZZP sells down pipes for supercharged 3800 series GM cars.....http://shop.zzperformance.com/store/p/249-ZZP-Downpipes.aspx

 

The general car world especially on the LS side will not call it that. But your choice. Just like people calling nitrous NOS because they don't know any better.

 

So what would "they" call it?

That's crazy that we have a spokesman for the entire general car world here at CTS-VOwners.com!

About the NOS thing, its the same as calling a tissue a kleenex or cotton swap a qtip....It's called a brandnomer or generic trademark. It's pretty common when a company dominates a market for this to happen although I don't see how this is relevant here.

I didnt call it a flowmaster, I called it a downpipe.

 

NOS used to stand for Nitrous Oxide Systems, the company, when they owned 90% of the market in the 80's.

 

all you had to do was ask

 

So can we conclude that the lack of you naming this piece that the only possible name is a downpipe? lol

 

manifold to cats to midpipe to catback

 

Yea the cats are located on the down pipes

 

Lol sure