It'll work great! (its what i used, cuts like a hot knife through butter)

 

Thats what they used at my muffler shop.

 

Everyone that posted before me is correct.

I used a reciprocating saw and it was easy.

Wear eye protection.

 

Thank you all. I can't wait!

 

aka sawzall

 

Wuss. Just get a metal saw for $4.95 (guessing as I don't remember how much they cost) and cut it yourself. 5 minutes tops.

Lift your legs to keep the blood circulating to yer' arms though hehe.

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That's what I used when installing my Borla. Worked great!

 

I love my Porter Cable Sawzall!! Put her on setting 5, took aobut 2 minutes! Straight cut!

 

I went to my local Muffler Shop and they did it for free!! Even Better! They would have put the Magnaflow on for free too cause they wanted to hear it but I left it at home. They BS'd with me for 30 minutes about Focus Mods and were like "I can't beleve they make a SC and Turbo for this car"

 

Here's some useul stuff I found from myfordfocus.com. Cut here and other images.

With the warmer weather I was hoping to do this soon too. I bought my exhaust second hand, was it supposed to come with gaskets or anything? I just have a short bolt and nut and a couple of 'U' shaped bolts (hangers?).

Will putting this together be pretty obvious once I get under the car?

 

yeah a sawzall will work great... Or you can just Karate chop it, like I do. Hiiiiii Yaaaaaaa.

 

Those pictures were great. Thanks. The u-bolts you're talking about are probably the clamps that go over each joint. As far as installing on the Focus . . . its been a long time since I've worked on mufflers and exhausts, a very long time. But I do remember that it was relatively easy to hold one in place if you had some imagination and were close to a hardware store. However, if the one you boght came off of another Focus my guess is that it will fit in pretty easily. Exhausts are one of those things that if you just get under the car, look at it, think a little bit, and you'll find that you can put it together relatively easily. At least I'm hoping that's the case with mine. Good luck.

 

they maniac at a local muffler shop cut my friends exhaust with the plasma cutter for free HAHA
i think he just likes to see the pretty flame

 

If you might make more than one cut in an exhaust pipe in your lifetime, I reccomend getting a real exhaust pipe cutter like the one craftsman makes.

http://www.sears.com/sr/product/summary/productsummary.jsp?bidsite=CRAFT&pid=009476070 00

That one's got 4 cuting wheel things and the handle tightens the tool around the pipe. You just rock the tool back and forth a few times, tighten it, and rock it back and forth a few more times. You'll end up with a really nice, clean cut, ant the tool only costs about $20. These things are great as long as you've got room (which is almost always the case).

If you cut your stock exhaust apart cleanly, you can more easily put it back together if you end up trading the car or whatever... (get a 98 cent coupler and 2 clamps at your local auto parts store or a $10 borla stainless steel band clamp - those things rock)

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I cut mine with a sawzall. It worked great!. Make sure you wear eye protection. I didn't think I would need it at first but I quickly changed my mind.

 

You should always wear protection, for your eyes.

 

You can't beat power tools! I used a cordless sawzall to cut my old system. I cut it where it passes over the suspension so the system could be used again just by using an adaptor and some clamps.

If you cut it on a bend, then it is very difficult to reuse the stock system without a leak.

Just a thought.

Tony D

 

I couldn't wait, I started tonight just to give me less to do on Saturday. The saw worked great, cut that exhaust pipe just like somebody here said it would - - hot knife through butter. I took of the resonator too. it was easier to cut the metal hanger than to try to pry it out. Took off the hanger (it slips out with a simple twist), put it in a vice on my handy portable workbench and cut the metal nipple off. Put the car ramps together and called it a night. Tommorrow I start on the rest of it. Afterwards, I get to try it out driving to a Blue Jackets hockey game Saturday night. I hope the car ramps hold up - - the box showed a big old pickup truck parked on top of them. I wouldn't look good smashed on my garage floor, besides I'd miss the game then. The car isn't a year old yet and the resonator was already beginning to rust. This would be a lot easier to do if I hadn't pulled the muscle in my left cheek this morning - - and it ain't the face cheek muscle I hurt.

 

Yup... as my dad would always say: "let the saw do the work".

I used to always try to make it go faster by pushing hard (big mistake).

 

good job streeter!

Did you poke through the heat sheild with the blade? Let me know if you need help or anything! I'm @ worth galena and park road! My home email is allbass@copper.net