I need a new exhaust pipe from the cat back for my 97 SSEI. I've been to 5 parts stores and nobody has it. Everything is for the non-supercharged bonnies. The GM dealer want $300 for the exhaust pipe and $350 for the muffler. All I really need is the pipe, I'll use an aftermarket muffler. Does anybody make the pipe besides GM? Or how much will it cost to have a shop bend pipe?

Good luck finding a pipe. You'll probably end up getting one made if you need a replacement...the OEM part is mandrell bent stainless steel so why are you replacing it?

Cheers,

Try a wrecker, or get one from an SSE....not supercharged, but the same 2.5" pipe.

SE may be the same, Check it for diameter, but i bet you'll be fine Mine was 2.5, and so have others who didn't have the n10 exhaust.

mine is only 2.25 when did they switch the piping size? or does anyone really know?

Are the SSE and SSEI pipe the same? When I went to the parts store I told them I needed the pipe and muffler. I guess the routing for the pipe should be the same on both cars. I'm have to replace it because I removed the resonator and did a poor job welding. Then here in Massachusetts my flowmaster will not pass inspection, so during the winter I did a quick fix of putting the stock muffler on, that kind of hung low. Then the other day I ripped the exhaust apart going through a construction zone. So if I can use the pipe from the SSE, are there any aftermarket mufflers that are quieter than the flowmaster? I could probably even use one from a stock firebird. Because the stock GM muffler is $350.

You should have kept the resonator. Your flowmaster would have been a bit quieter, and you wouldn't lose any performance (not that you could feel, anyway).

I suggest using the SSE 2.5" pipe, put a resonator back in, and put your flowmaster back on.

Ya, I learned that the hard way.

Found the pipe online at http://www.buy-oem-parts.com/. $155 for the pipe, the dealer wanted $294. So I'm going to call them tomarrow and order it. I'll get a pipe to put where the resonator goes, and I'll do it right this time. Any suggestions on muffler type. This place sells it for $275, better than the dealers $342 but still alot. The flowmaster was too loud for Massachusetts inspection. Anything aftermarket that is a little quieter.

I'm about to have a Flowmaster installed... and I live in Massachusetts too!