If you're really selling the truck, you could slap on the magnaflows and go. If you're keeping it, you'd be better off with Cajun. Welding is a 50-50 that you'll be back in the within the year, based on my experiences with welding manifolds over the years on various vehicles.

 

Thanks for the advise. How about now? I updated the prices.

 

Cajun Stage 1 is $1315-$1550 and a heck of a lot more reliable, you will be glad you did longtubes trust me. NO manifold made will hold up its a design issue.

 

At those cost points, I'd strongly consider Cajun. But it depends on whether you're really going to get rid of the truck within a year.

What year is the truck? Mileage? Overall condition? Any other significant issues? Why do you want to change vehicles within the year?

Ultimately, if you're within a year and dead set on changing vehicles, welding might do the trick. It might not, so I'd get some pretty strong assurances from the shop what they're proposing to do will fix the issue or you won't be charged. Otherwise, Cajun, if Magnaflow is just as expensive. Why the big change in the cost of the magnaflow?

 

What year is the truck? Mileage? Overall condition? Any other significant issues? Why do you want to change vehicles within the year?
Why the big change in the cost of the magnaflow?

2006; 191k; good condition; defects - leak on rear side of roof (silicon partial and minimized leak but will need to silicon whole area), radio center dash cracks, radio CD many times works, roof and hood paint faded, 2 upper center storage hangs becuase latch broke to keep them closed, front cup holder on floor below radio broken.

Need another vehicle (Cadilac Escalade (salvaged)-I will fix up a crashed one) because challenging to put kids inside with their backpacks.

Soon as I get or fix up a Cadi, the titan is gone.

Cost of increase price due to seeing the non-legal CA prices (cheaper) instead of the CA legal ones which cost $700 on ebay.

 

Understood. In your shoes, I don't know that I'd pay much to fix it. Are any of the other aftermarket manifolds CARB EO'd? Like Dorman or such?

 

I am not sure of any other aftermarket? Do you know of any?

 

If your not going to keep it don't waist the money. What is the warranty on Magnaflow they are a pretty reputable company. Call them and see if they can do anything for you. The only risk with the Cajun is you might want to keep to the truck after you install it, great stuff.

 

I called Cajun and what I forgot to mention on my post is that I am from CA. I want to by Cajun but per Cajun, their pipes aren't CA complaint.

 

Best thing to do is a broad internet search. See what options appear, and which are CARB compliant. I'm in Alabama, so I don't fret over CARB issues (aside from rejecting the occasional old hot rod or rebuilding my lawn mower carb, but that's different).

 

Weld it right before selling it.

 

I am in CA also. What I did is use the JBA shorties and flange the cats on. I used Cajun B pipes with the cajun exhaust and Borla muffler. It is all carb compliant. You could just use the headers and oem cats.

 

Okay, I am going with JBA shorties and welding current cat to it. Yea, I asked the muffler guy to flange it but he gave me some bologna reason that it may leak. Since I am in a hurry, to told him to go ahead and weld it.

 

I'm actually looking forward to my manifolds cracking, weird I know, so I can get Cajun b pipes full exhaust setup. OP good luck on what you decide.

 

I'm actually looking forward to my manifolds cracking, weird I know, so I can get Cajun b pipes full exhaust setup.

You could always do it preventatively then sell your used non cracked OEM manifolds to someone in Cali... :big_grin:

 

mutually beneficial arrangement