You don't have to buy the cat with S&S headers. It's not listed on their web site that way, but if you call them directly, you can order just headers (bare), just headers (coated) or just headers and the flex pipe (not attached to a cat. just a flex that would weld to your stock cat)
Flex is I think $75
Coated Headers are I think $499
Bare are I think $349
don;t quote me on that tho
