Donzo7

How many hours on average will a good speed shop charge to install headers and x pipe to stock exhaust? Thanks

leadfart

My shop charged me 600 to do the header install. I had other work done as well.

Donzo7

[QUOTE=leadfart;1602883083]My shop charged me 600 to do the header install. I had other work . Thanks. So about 6 hrs labor than🤔

Verrückt ZR1

Shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours of labor, tops.

Donzo7

Hmmm. So Ive got one 3 hour and one 6 hour 🤔 Is there alot of stuff in the way that must be disconnected and than reconnected?

Xander617

For headers to be “worth it” you need to be over 800 rear wheel or so. Therefore labor would be negligible because the heads and blower will already be off anyway.

drewz06

ahhh..... about 4 if i had a lift.....

Donzo7

I have heard that before. Im just concerned about melting the cats and possibly causing engine damage with a 650 whp build. Gutting the cats or cutting them out and straight piping it is an option. I had a zo6 that was catless with a stage 3 cam and it smelled like a gas bomb. Dont want that again.

449er

Kooks has a "green" catted X pipe that is a OEM quality cat, not cheap but you get what you pay for

Donzo7

Thanks.

Xander617

with a cam, sure it’s going to smell. For a pulley/isolator/bricks/e/tune 650 build just gut the stock cats. With the stock cam, it’s not going to smell. And it’s so easy to just take a metal Rod and break the cats out. Then if you decide in the future to add headers/mid, spend the 3k to do it.

Donzo7

Thanks. Do you have any idea how much a shop would charge to gut the cats if im having the other work done as well? They wanted 400 to cut the cats out and straight pipe it....🤔

Xander617

I’d guess two hours Labor.


I searched and it looks like you have a 2009, does it have only two cats or four?

captain vette

2009-10-11 = two cats

Donzo7

Yes 2 cats.

longrodlx

Just gut the cats/ cut out and replace for anything under 800hp

phils C5 vette

That is NOT correct.

Donzo7

I have a 09. I believe they have 2 cats. Not sure about latter years?

captain vette

Yes it is, all C6 Corvette went from
2 to 4 cats in 2012

phils C5 vette

My 2010 has one on each bank if that's what your talking about a total of two.
Not two on each bank equaling four