floodo1

refer to this pic:


The "downpipe" type piece that those arrows point to is my concern. On my car (stock ka24de, on 1997 240sx) that pipe is split in two (cracked all the way around), and it's rusty. It's seriously annoying.
Oh yeah I LIVE IN CA, and would like to remaind smog legal (damn the five O )

From what I've figured out by searching, that pipe contains the catalytic converter, and the piece that looks like it would be a cat, is actually just a hollow resonator.

Being a broke a$$ college student I'm trying to get this fixed for as cheap as possible. A local shop told me they could weld it but they didn't think it would hold, and apparently the piece is like 700+ new.

Are there any other compatible "downpipes"?????
Pretty sure that a 95-96 USDM part will have the wrong size rear o2 sensor fitting....is this true?
Can I use a 95-96 or 97-98 SR20 downpipe? will it have a cat?

Am I stuck trying to get ONLY a 97-98 part?

Thanks in advance

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