The car is stronger. It isn't as neck snapping as yours, but then you have that 5 speed
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The system I took off was 2/3 stock svx, and 1/3 "hey, lets weld this on!!". It hurt the performance. But..... I believe it was a matter of economy, and not performance the previous owner was after.
Hey, I feel for our northern brothers. They have to deal with those salted roads. Think about it, for us, an exhaust lasts for the life of the vehicle. We rarely even replace a cat before a couple of hundred thousand.
