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Old 01-03-2010, 09:24 PM
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Default Which Y-Pipe on lowered F-body???

Getting Pacesetter LT's and curious what Y-Pipe to get? Car is lowered 1.5" front and rear.....Thank you
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Pacesetter by far the most ground clearance. If you know what your doing you can adjust it so it wont bang unless your motor mounts are shot.

If you dont know how to adjust it you can do heater hose mod.
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Before you put the headers in you would be wise to install poly motor mounts. Best 50 bucks you will spend. That will help alot with y pipe banging.
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i agree with full-force!!! my exhaust is 1/4" from my frame, with poly mounts on a cammed engine, i have no clearance issues or banging.

my Flowtech ypipe tucked up really well. they put small indentations in the top of the pipe where the 3" pipe comes close to the frame, it allowed for 1/4-1/2" more clearance with very minimal affect on flow.

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A trick that I found works good is to put a exhaust clamp (U-bolt type)around the lowest part of the Y-pipe, or wherever you get any scraping on the Y-pipe. Just put the clamp on top and cut off any excess threads above the U-bolt nuts. It works for me!
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I have seen a fabbed one from a shop that flattened out the top and bottom, more of an oval shape. It was on a 2" dropped Z and had more than enough clearance. You could get a jack underneath the car though. haha.



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