Hey everyone,

I absolutely cannot find a resonator pipe for my hatchback anywhere! Every place I have checked says it is not available and has been discontinued. You guys have any suggestions on where I can locate one? The Walker part # is 46680, Bosal part # is 282-565. I can get a muffler for the car, but I can't seem to find the resonator pipe. Any help is appreciated.

Edited April 10, 200916 yr by sidekickin

Well, I guess everyone either drives around with no exhaust on their cars or they make their own exhaust. LOL.

Is there a reason why you want the resinator pipe? It isnt required for state inspections. My 84 Hatch didnt have one. Y-pipe, Cat, Ext pipe, muffler, tailpipe. Thats all thats needed.

Well that is fine. Where do I get the extension pipe? I can't even find one of those that will go from the y-pipe back to the muffler...

Find? LOL... Sorry...

 

There are 2 options of getting that pipe last I knew. Pipe the right sized pipe from Autozone, or wherever, and then use a home pipe bending to make it. The other option is a muffler shop.

 

I went the muffler shop route. Didnt have time to deal with it. We also used a Ford Escort muffler. It was the right size, inlet and outlet, fit in the space provided, and was cheaper than the OEM spec muffler. I just cant remember the year of escort we got it off of. Had to be a 80's or 90's thou, cause I havent owned that Hatch since sometime in the 90's.

It's just tubing - buy it in 10 or 20 foot lengths and bend it or have it bent to your specs. Weld up your bent sections and weld on the flange from the old pipe.

 

If you can't do any of that then have a muffler shop do it. But choose wisely - there are good shops with people that can weld and there are a TON of bad shops that have no such tallent.

 

GD

Thanks everyone. I'll look into the muffler shop suggestion. It'd be a huge headache if I tried to bend that pipe myself. I'll have them take a look at it and give me a price. If it is reasonable I'll have them do it. But I am not paying big bucks for it since it is a $300 car. Hard to believe that nobody carries that pipe anymore. I know there are not many of these cars left in the rustbelt, but down south there are still a decent number of them.

One issue that hasn't been discussed is whether your car is FWD only or 4WD on demand. I think the intermediate pipe is different for each....at least it is on the EA81 wagons since the 4WD version has to clear the rear diff. The reason I bring this up is that in the beautiful relatively rust free NW, used and usable exhaust parts can still be found.

 

That being said, a quality muffler shop should be able to fab what you need without breaking the bank. Good luck.