hey guys i am going to buy pacesetter LT,s and there y pipe this week or next week and i need to figure out a way to keep my sound to a good level as in not so loud that the next cop passes by will pull me over! i was thinging about running cats on my y pipe but i do not want to tamper with my factory y pipes cats just incase i need it if something happens. but i wanted to know if u guys think this is the best way to go, or maybe if there was some other type of way to decrease sound and not rob performance, i currently have a flowmaster and i think the sound is perfect, if i can keep it at that or a little louder that can be great thanks guys

 

Ummm...Just put the stockers back on when you go for emissions...

 

You can buy aftermarket catted y- pipes, but they are still considered illegal here. But if you get some one who is lenient with the visual, you will pass the sniffer with them.

Also, I have a practically brand new pacesetter non-catted Y you can buy for 50$ if you want

 

i know once i put one the headers i really wouldent want to deal with the hassal of removing them again but my main concern is noise i dont want it to loud because loud exhaust= cops and cops= tickets and tickets= pain and misory but yea putting the factory stuff back on is my last option, thats why im leaving all that alone thanks tho

 

well yea i know a friend of mines that wont check visual and he will pass me through the sniffer 4 sure but im just reallly concerned about noise, i just cant be loud, but will catted y pipes bolt up to the pacesetters? and thanks alot for the offer on the y pipe, the headers im gonna get already come with it, but just incase ill keep u posted if i need them, yea u do have it for dirt cheap, hope they sell thanks

 

If your concerned about the noise, get a catted y and a magnaflow cat back. I have no cats but a magnafow cat back. Its quiet unless I get on it.

 

How come harleys can get away with sounding loud as hell and your average f-body owner with a non-stock exhaust has to worry about cops all the time.

Seems backwards to me.

I realize that some areas have decibel levels that you are not allowed to operate above, but still...wtf

 

wow thats goood, well i currently have a flowmaster, i really love the sound alot, but i heard a ls1 running no cats through the flowmaster and it sounded lik a V6, i actually never really liked the sound of the magna flow but im sure it sounds meaner with no cats thanks

 

exactly, ****** annoying *** loud harleys, cuz of freakin california laws and bullshit we have to go through so much ****, i wish i can jus bolt on my headers and call it a day..

 

Check out the sponsor on here called Texas Speed & Performance. They sell a catted Y that will fit the pacesetter headers and bolt up to your cat back. (806)866-0734 is their number.

I just said **** it on my car. I have a lopey cam, pacesetter LT's, and the texas speed true duals. Loud as hell but knock on wood for cops

 

humm was also thinking of some dummy cats or is it ok to use cats of another make and model car as long as its a V8 engine?? or big enough inlet

 

Thank god I live in a state with not emission testing. I know for a fact mine would never pass. The only way I see you getting away with it, is have an inside contact where they do the testing.

 

just get a catted y-pipe and your choice of one of the quieter cat-backs, then get electric cutouts installed right after the headers, but right before the cats.

close the cutout during normal driving to sound nice & quiet (and to pass the sniffer), then open 'em up when you're ready to rock n roll.

 

dammm this exhaust system is going to end up bein pretty damm pricy! well **** it im jus gonna get a catted y pipe or just fix the pacesetter y pipe with some ls1 cats or cats off another car! dammm emission state crap

 

I wouldn't bother sticking the stock cats in your pacesetter Y because it will choke it out too much. Either get the TSP catted y or get the magnaflow high flow cats to put in there.

 

find a shady mechanic and live large!

 

well humm **** im gonna hav to look into catted y's but it wont be cheap! oo wat if i run an extra muffler b4 my flowmaster??? to keep it quiet

 

The only muffler you would be able to run before your flowmaster would be a bullet style muffler. It would have to be in the I pipe, I wouldnt go this route because a bullet wouldnt quiet things down very much because its just straight through. I would either buy the TSP catted y or buy a non catted y and have the magna flow cats installed on it. My choice would be the magna flow cats, they are much better than the ones on the TSP cat.

 

hahahahahahaha listen to my LT/ORY/Flowmaster catback car and tell me it sounds like a V6... thats a big lie. Its one of the ballsiest sounding exhausts out there, it just flows bad.

 

the one i must hav heard then was a 80 series and it had no headers jus factory with no cats and the muffler, but im sure the headers will mak any combo sound mean