SLPSS01

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I'm putting Pacesetter Lt's and a 3" TSP ORY in. The car has the Eibach Pro kit on it. Right now I've got about 3-1/4" clearance with the stock "flat" Y pipe on the dr. side. I am curious how much clearance you guys with lowered cars and LT's & 3" Y pipe have?

ProjecT 9

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man, you might want to switch to some difference springs...something that doesnt lower the car so much like hotchkis springs...thats pretty low, especially with stock y....throw some LT's and a 3'' ory and youll have more like 2.5''(s) of clearence...

that being said, i have stock springs on my car with LT's and a catted Y and i have like 4''(s) of clearence...when i drop with hotchkis i plan on having about 3'' which is cutting it really close...

just something to think about...but lets see what the other guys have to say about there setups..

Jon

SLPSS01

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2.5" is what I came up with also. I have the stock springs so I think those will be going back in the car. I just got the car out of winter storage but I don't remember it being this low -lol I thought the Eibach pro kit was only suposed to be a 1" drop?

kpowr82

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Remeber that the lowest section of the exhaust is the y-pipe on the drivers side. Most manufacturers that produce 3" y-pipes crush that part of the exhaust, so you won't loose as much clearance as you think. IMO, you should go with Kooks or QTPs if you're worried about clearance. I have Kook's and don't see any noticeable diff between a stock y-setup and my Kook's ORY.

EDIT: They crush the y-pipe and still tuck it higher than the stock y-pipe, that is why we get the banging all the time. That goes to show that you probably don't lose more than a 1/2" of clearance.

SpeedSin

With my car lowered 1.5 and having the Pacesetter ORY equipped. I scrape on EVERYTHING! I only have about 2 inches clearance between the Y and the ground. I cant stand it....

CATCH ME

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you guys should all stop crying about your pacesetters. my friend has a 2000 ss and he is lowered 1.5" and he doesnt scrape with his pacesetters and y. i have SLP's and that waas the worst decision i have made on the car yet. (was forced into buying them because i needed a set overnight and they were the only ones i could get.) try slp on a lowered car. that is scraping on everything!!

SpeedSin

I cry for good reason. I bet you didnt rip a hole in your Y in less than 2 weeks...

Raise

iTrader: (31)

2" with pacesetters sounds like a bad y pipe install to me i have pacesetters and tsp ory with pro kit and i have 3.5 inches clearance it can be done

SupahRich

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My Pacesetter Y-pipe is going on tomorrow... got the LT's installed this evening and fired them up. Nothing like the sweet sound of open headers My car is pretty damn low but I still believe I can fab the pipe for decent clearance. I have some scrapes on the bottom of my car from being so low but most of them are on the bottom of the K-member and tranny crossmember. There were light scratches on the stock Y-pipe but nothing serious.


www.supahrich.com/highres

You may be able to tell from some of those photo's how it sits... it has a slight rake to it so clearance gets a little better the further back the exhaust goes. I should have plenty of photo's tomorrow to show how much room I have left.

WS6FirebirdTA00

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i can fit my fist under the y pipe long ways, i have about 4 inches of clearance with my pacesetters and my car lowered 1.25 inches. i dropped the front down to about 1.75 inches and i have about 3.5" of clearance now, i know its over 3 inches. pacesetters tuck up really good, just put the pipe in and adjsut it right and u will have no issues. i would recommend poly motor mounts so u dont have to worry about any ypipe banging

SLPSS01

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well I finally got the headers and Y pipe installed and as I had figured I lost 3/4 inches of clearance so I'm down to barely over 2-1/2 inches. (about 2-5/8 to be exact).



Needless to say the stock springs go back in the car this week.