my exhaust and heat exchangers, comment? Options

[BigDBass]

With my car on a lift for the first time, I naturally noticed a few things...

Are these anything to be immediately concerned about or just "when I get to it"?

hole in exhaust



cracked almost all the way through

[BigDBass]

When I gave up and paid someone to replace my rear brake lines, he removed the piece pictured below and didn't reinstall it cuz "I didn't need it anyway"... What is it?



So I have 3 options at this point:

1. Leave it as is until I get around to it sometime, and save some money.
2. Spend $150-200 and get a used driver side stock H/E and a used Bursch
3. Spend $450 and get used SSI 2.0 H/E's and a used Bursch

I've read nearly every thread and it seems that SSI/Bursch setup is a good value solution, but I hope it's not too loud.

My wife is open to the expenditure IFF this is something I really should take care of sooner rather than later.

Is this something that's ok to live with for now in terms of safety, reliability, roadworthiness, and save the $ and wife's goodwill until the next involuntary jackstand session? Once again, please advise (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Brando]

When I gave up and paid someone to replace my rear brake lines, he removed the piece pictured below and didn't reinstall it cuz "I didn't need it anyway"... What is it?



So I have 3 options at this point:

1. Leave it as is until I get around to it sometime, and save some money.
2. Spend $150-200 and get a used driver side stock H/E and a used Bursch
3. Spend $450 and get used SSI 2.0 H/E's and a used Bursch

I've read nearly every thread and it seems that SSI/Bursch setup is a good value solution, but I hope it's not too loud.

My wife is open to the expenditure IFF this is something I really should take care of sooner rather than later.

Is this something that's ok to live with for now in terms of safety, reliability, roadworthiness, and save the $ and wife's goodwill until the next involuntary jackstand session? Once again, please advise (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

#3. The 2.0 SSIs are a good upgrade. Get an engman 2.0 muffler hanger. A used Bursch is always good too. If the muffler part explodes on them (as they so commonly do) you can switch to a glasspack for fun, or replace with another shoddy muffler. I'll be going to straight pipe...