Not much of a market for the stock exhaust and maybe a little value in the stock air intake, but not much.
Any Value?
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19
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Any Value?
So I'm replacing the stock airbox, H pipe and exhaust today with a Vararam, xpipe, and Corsa Indy Pace. (Can't wait for it to be done!)
Do my stock components have any value? They are off a 2002 coupe with 18k miles...
Thanks,
MacNH
Do my stock components have any value? They are off a 2002 coupe with 18k miles...
Thanks,
MacNH
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Keep it. Will be of value to the next owner. In the past I required a seller to relocate the original parts on a car he was selling in order to complete the deal. It was a 69 and he had alum manifold, holley carb and headers. I returned the vehicle to stock and increased the value, and sold the stuff to others
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19
I believe in the Beer Fairy
Thanks guys.... Drove it for about 90 minutes this afternoon after picking it up at the shop. Outstanding! Zero drone, quiet in the cabin and a great growl when I get on it. Little bit of pop and gurgle on decel. I can definitely feel a difference in throttle response.
I really don't have room to store the stock parts, so if anyone is interested and in the S. New Hampshire area, lemme know.....
MacNH
I really don't have room to store the stock parts, so if anyone is interested and in the S. New Hampshire area, lemme know.....
MacNH
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Burning Brakes
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Make a post in the for sale section, the local/regional section, put it on Ebay, and Craig's list.
The combination of the 4 brought me around 20 responses within a week and allowed me to earn a bit of $ instead of trashing the parts.
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St. Jude Donor '14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19
I believe in the Beer Fairy
I couldn't be happier. Originally I was going with the Corsa Touring, but sincethey were discontinued I ended up with the Sport (Indy Pace).
With the nice clear day we had in New England today, I got to spend a good amount of time driving today. At idle and low RPM's, I'd say the Sport is just a little louder than stock with much better tone. At higher RPM's, it roars. Sounds so sweet. Even with the xpipe, there is a fair amount of burble and pop on decel. The look of the Tiger Shark tips is very nice, such an upgrade from stock. As far as the Vararam, I cannot hear it at all, obviously because of where it is drawing from. Throttle response is absolutely improved.
Here's a quick picture from this morning:
With the nice clear day we had in New England today, I got to spend a good amount of time driving today. At idle and low RPM's, I'd say the Sport is just a little louder than stock with much better tone. At higher RPM's, it roars. Sounds so sweet. Even with the xpipe, there is a fair amount of burble and pop on decel. The look of the Tiger Shark tips is very nice, such an upgrade from stock. As far as the Vararam, I cannot hear it at all, obviously because of where it is drawing from. Throttle response is absolutely improved.
Here's a quick picture from this morning:
