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    Requesting Knowledge

    I need a manifold, headers, catalytic converter, muffler and tail pipe. Each is roughly $200 a piece. So that's $800. Isn't there a performance system I can get for that price?
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    Less posting, more wheeling! Krod's Avatar
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    Call Gale Banks. They are probably the only guys that have a full exhaust system (if they even have a catback for the XJ's) And even then, you'll need a new cat-converter (summit has cat-co's )

    I know BANKS makes a 4.0L header and downpipe, But I dont remember seeing anything about a cat-back system.

    The other option would probably be a Borla.
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    I have the Banks Cat-Back system on my TJ (4.0L) and I am very happy with it. Very nice product. Well built, sounds great...
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    Yeh I see borla but is it worth the price?
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    I've never personally had a Borla...but from their reputation on Jeeps, I would never put one on mine.

    For muscle cars and ricers, I'm sure they are fine...i just keep hearing bad things about them on Jeeps that see trails...IDK
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    Im happy with my flowmaster. They have great reputation in the offroad industry too.

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    call junior's automative in creghton, pa he can get u a cat converter performence for around a hundred and a cat back by gibsion for around 200. get a header on ebay

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    This is the header you want:
    -It's a Banks look alike for $130...I run this on my jeep.

    http://www.automotivepartsnetwork.co...dproduct=20009
    I've done the header swap a few times and the last time I did it, it only took alittle over 2 hours.

    Check out Rustys FM40 catback:
    -These sound DEEP for a 4.0...if thats what your looking for...anything else I've ever heard usually has a slight ricer sound or isn't much louder than stock.
    www.rustysoffroad.com

    I just have the universal cat from advance on mine...all newer cats should be high-flow.
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    I have a borla cat-back on my TJ and have never had any issues with it whatsoever, plus it's stainless. At the same time though, I had a pacesetter deal on my YJ and didn't have any problems neither, I think it's all in your luck......
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    I have Borla on my 5.2 ZJ... I love them since I only paid $150.

    BUT: I broke off the exhaust hanger, which caused a lot of cracks in the rest of the system. Since it was so cheap I don't mind and I build another hanger, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone else. It broke even before it was a buggy, so this was a trail/street rig (not beaten QUITE to hell.)

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    go with a pacesetter header, my buddy from nc has been rockin his for 4-5 years n he swears by it...for the small gain ya get out of it the banks just doesnt seem to add up for the pennies ya drop for it...my room mates got a magna flow straight through muffler on his xj, n im pretty sure just a 2.5" tail pipe, thing sounds NASTY when its wound out...just get all the angles n pipe ya need n get a friend or a friend of a friend that can weld n have em fab ya up an exhaust, throw em some $$ n or beer n make a saturday out of it...also if ures isnt n H.O., look into junkyard'n an h.o. intake...its a bolt on n all the runners are equal length, cheap easy mod n it really makes a difference in the powerband...

    porting ure head makes a HUGE difference too...and an air raid intake( or a piece of 3" 90 degree exhaust tubing n a cone filter will make a difference) n throttle body spacer... think of wat u can make w/ stuff from a parts store or hardware store before ya plunk down a bunch of $$... dont have to be a big fabricator to do it either, just some ingenuity...plus it adds to the "cool factor"

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    also an OEM cat for a larger displacement motor(somethin close to the 4.0) , perhaps a chrysler, (maybe a 4.7 dakota) would open up the exhaust, n still pass emissions n inspection...

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    im looking towards pace setter or dynomax. most the manifolds are ugly as shit
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    231 transfer case
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