I'd like to buy a test pipe / midpipe. If you've got one in the NYC area or would be willing to ship, I'd be interested in hearing from you.

I'd also like to know if there is any way of getting around the CEL that will show up. Is there an O2 sensor mod that get rid of the CEL?

for getting rid of the CEL, you need an accessport. You can try and add a spacer, but not many have had succes with that. The other way is to get lucky and have it go out on its own like mine did...I drove around for over a year with the CEL on and one day it just went out and it has remained off ever since.

^yeah sometimes youll get lucky, my was on, then went off for a couple of months, then returned its been on ever since

Nothing available locally huh?