how many miles out of your exhaust systems?

[NovaSS]

I have had a few festivas and they all had one thing in common, they eat mufflers. I am luckly if I get a year and a half out of a muffler /main pipe. What kind of of milage are you guys getting??

Right now Im thinking about saying the heck with it and building a stainless pipe and muffler set up. It will cost me twice as much as a standard "rusto-special" but it should last as long as the car does.

[elcamino1]

I had the whole exhaust system replaced 5 yrs ago from down pipe back,the only problem I've had was flex joint started leaking!

[Slyder]

ive repaired my exhaust pipe twice in a year and have gotten a new muffler.

[collegeboi]

I'm pretty sure I got a hole in my piping because of a wierd whistling sound. The previous owner bought a new exhaust system about a year ago.

[hotfordcat]

Third year on muffler and tailpipe

[bhazard]

Im pretty sure my exhaust is all factory. Muffler has a little surface rust and minimal leaks around where its crimped together but nothing major.

[CharlieZ]

I have had a few festivas and they all had one thing in common, they eat mufflers. I am luckly if I get a year and a half out of a muffler /main pipe. What kind of of milage are you guys getting??
Right now Im thinking about saying the heck with it and building a stainless pipe and muffler set up. It will cost me twice as much as a standard "rusto-special" but it should last as long as the car does.

SS is by far the best way to go. Those SS mufflers are higher than a camel's hump though.

[FB71]

4 years now on a Maremont system, not a cheapo Walker...

[jglutz]

4 years now on a Maremont system, not a cheapo Walker...

+150K
Factory A pipe still in place.
Factory cat still in place
2nd B Pipe....with some welding on the later.
5th Muffler (1 factory and 4 Walkers).....life time warranty from Big-A.
They are terrible!!

[88FestivaLX]

Mines all factory from 88, ha. Although, since its been sitting since October, I just start it up to move it around. I noticed a trail of rust spots on the ground the last time I moved it. Its dripping rusty water from where the pipe meets the muffler. Am I about to lose mine?

[Damkid]

i had a stainless steel exhaust installed probably about 5 years ago and just this week the one pipe rotted out where it broke

[elcamino1]

Real Stainless Steel won't rust or rot!

[Tim]

I put a new exhaust from the cat back on my first Festiva at 176k.

At 200k, when I sold it, the car exhaust was still going strong.

Could be that I used stainless for the piping, or just got lucky...

[Damkid]

Real Stainless Steel won't rust or rot!

it rotted out at the clamp, the rest of the pipe is still in great shape