Pretty tight on cash right now, but I'm dying to get a louder set-up. The car is an 86' 305- and needs too many other things done to allow me to spend much over $200-250 USD. Is it worth doing, if that's all I can afford? How many hours of installation (by a mechanic) does this kind of thing take to set up?

I've taken quick looks at some prices on summitracing.com, but I'm not real sure what all I'll need to get the job done.

 

hooker is cheap and i've heard its excellent and sounds very aggressive and loud and stuff.....if your strapped on cash, but want a loud and cheap sound, get an electric cutout for less than 50 bucks, a few minutes to install, and the ability to open the headers right up :-D
may wanna get a high lift cam too...they make it sound REAL mean

 

friend of mine gutted out glass packs, and he had no cats.

it was pretty loud

 

Come on man, try doing it yourself. An exhaust is something good to learn on because it doesn't involve removing a lot of extra crap. The incentive to save on labor costs should be enough to make you wanna saw that bad boy out with your own two hands anyway. Besides... it'll sound 10x better when it's done when you hear it and know that you did it yourself.

Just my $.02

 

yea, i did my hooker cat back myself.. then took it to midas to get it welded up... it cost me 130 to just get it welded... not put it together... just weld... so if you go to a shop, PLEASE make sure that they are a relative or somebody... im still feeling that hit... fuggin midas aholes...

 

If you can, I'd just run turn downs off your headers or exhaust manifolds.