cicerofire

Let me know what you all think. This is mostly a fair weather show car, doesnt go to the strip often and has the Mods in my sig plus a magnaflow exhaust. I am Looking at adding that extra bit of Umpf! when the ricers pull along side (kids drive me crazy.....lol...must be the mid 30's thing) but I digress, what would you guys do? And if I get the longtubes, any advantage/disadvatage of deleting the cats (No emissions police in Indiana) and whats with the corvette parts wih the headers? I have read through many threads and still cant make up my mind so please help me.
Kevin

cyphur

iTrader: (10)

no doubt about it, long tube headers. go ORY, more power. however, you'll have more of a fuel smell to deal with. i kind of like it

Raise

iTrader: (31)

id do the long tubes just in case u plan to get a cam sometime in the future.

jrp

iTrader: (16)

cut out ~10rwhp. LT/OR ~30rwhp at peak with alot under the curve.

its a no brainer.

and what are trying to say about c5 headers

35thls1ss19

iTrader: (1)

tru that!!

cicerofire

Thanks guys!

2MuchRiceMakesMeSick

I say get both

Start with the headers first

cicerofire

So Pacesetters with an offroad Y, now if I do that I will need some chip rework and a tune correct? Thanks again everyone.
Kevin

KrazyDan

can you find more power with the tune? yes.
do you "need" a tune? no

BlkZ28LS6

iTrader: (1)

Make sure you like the sound of ORY vs. Catted. If so, definetely go with the ORY. Get what you want right the first time. Don't settle. Good Luck man.

1 BLOWN V8

iTrader: (17)

How much HP do you lose with a hi-flo catted y-pipe compared to a off road y-pipe? That is with LT headers also.

KrazyDan

its only a couple horsepower. Your going to get alot of rasp without cats unless you do true duals. With cats its a more refined tone. Either way its sounds mean as hell. Good luck with your decision. Id would try to hear both in person before making a choice.......

thebernsZ28

That would depend on the catback. LM=raps, Hooker=no rasp and sounds great

cicerofire

You guys are all great thanks fo all the excellent info,what did I do without this site before. Now another maybe "dumb" question do I have to buy new cats or can I use my existing cats and just weld them into the new "Y"?
Thanks,
Kevin

cicerofire

Almost forgot, also is there any reason why I wouldnt just have my muffler guy make me a "Y" pipe, he does great work. Just wondering if it would make a diff at all, because it would save me some big $$