Where to get used OEM headers/cats?
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Hey guys,
I recently discovered that the prior owner had bottomed out or damaged the headers somehow and they are flattened on the bottom. As such I’d like to replace them, but I’ll need working cats too. Are there larger salvage yards where one might be able to get a used 997.2 header/cat combo from a totaled car or parted out? I’ve looked through the FS and saw nothing there in OEM or aftermarket. eBay seemed pretty sparse as well.
Would it be possible for a shop to cut off the old headers, fab new ones and reuse the old cats so I don’t throw a code, or would that be cost prohibitive to where just an IPE/Fabspeed system makes more sense? Which other models might work as a replacement as well?
Does anyone have an old set they are willing to sell from when they did an upgrade? The car is a 2009 C4S. It appears that 997.1 headers are not integrated into the cat like the 997.2, is that correct?
Thanks in advance!
I recently discovered that the prior owner had bottomed out or damaged the headers somehow and they are flattened on the bottom. As such I’d like to replace them, but I’ll need working cats too. Are there larger salvage yards where one might be able to get a used 997.2 header/cat combo from a totaled car or parted out? I’ve looked through the FS and saw nothing there in OEM or aftermarket. eBay seemed pretty sparse as well.
Would it be possible for a shop to cut off the old headers, fab new ones and reuse the old cats so I don’t throw a code, or would that be cost prohibitive to where just an IPE/Fabspeed system makes more sense? Which other models might work as a replacement as well?
Does anyone have an old set they are willing to sell from when they did an upgrade? The car is a 2009 C4S. It appears that 997.1 headers are not integrated into the cat like the 997.2, is that correct?
Thanks in advance!
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From a private party perspective, how much work is required to fit. 997.1 header and cat to a 997.2 exhaust? Are there other models that might work better (GT3. etc)
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The exhaust is flattened by design from Porsche in a number of places (including the headers). Compare with the following to see if yours is actually damaged.
https://www.sharkwerks.com/images/37...evomsit-14.jpg
You’d need to double check, but these should work...
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Karl.
https://www.sharkwerks.com/images/37...evomsit-14.jpg
You’d need to double check, but these should work...
https://rennlist.com/forums/market/1123882
Karl.
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I've sold used cats either on Ebay or the Forum Marketplaces - in fact I have a 30k miles set of Cayenne 957 Turbo S secondary cats sitting on a shelf if someone is in the market
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