Understand we occasionally get so far ahead of ourselves that we catch up to our own taillights coming around the mountain and bite ourselves on the rear bumper. That's sort of the deal here. We wanted to be first to try the new X-pipe, and so we are, but in the process we and MagnaFlow, were just ahead of production parts. All that to explain what we're showing here are hand-fabbed prototypes.

   Not to worry. The only meaningful difference is the hand-built X-pipe has more welded joints in it. So aside from something of a stitched-together Frankenstein look, our prototype and the production parts are functionally identical. Therefore,

you can take the dyno numbers to the bank, and be assured the production parts will look even better than the tight-fitting system MagnaFlow installed in its Rancho Santa Margarita, California, prototype shop.

   Pricing for the MagnaFlow cat-equipped X-pipe is $721 (list) and carries PN 93332. The after-cat system is PN 15630 and runs $504 (list).

   The after-cat has been in production for some time. The X-pipe should be newly in-stock with your favorite retailer and at real-world prices by the time you read this.