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I am tossing around the idea of just gutting the cats, I haven't yet in fear of regret... Stock manifolds, cats with a cutout.... Can't run ORY because Texas I believe does visual inspections for cats... What's the solution here? Will headers with a catted Y do the trick? Do headers Really make that big of a diff??
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I have the LM-1 exhaust and with the stock manifolds and cats, had a nice tone to it, when i put LT's on and an ORY it was HELLA LOUD, i ended up getting a new catback. LT's will make it louder! Even if they don't, its one of the first things to do on an LS1 anyway, thats like 25HP right there....with a good Y setup. You could gut the cats as well. To get rid of the crappy factory Y and if you don't have the money for a good Catted one, you could buy and ORY and the weld in Fake cats (like your gutted stockers)
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my experience....this is on a truck btw....longtubes into catted Y pipe into a cutout it's no louder than stock manifolds stock catted y into the same cutout. Running longtubes into ORY into cutout was significantly louder. The biggest difference in volume comes from cats/no cats, not manifolds vs longtubes. Just my experience. I ran no cats for 6 months or so, got sick of the fumes seeping into the cab on my DD. No sotp difference with cats, I miss the "muscle car" sound though.
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I am tossing around the idea of just gutting the cats, I haven't yet in fear of regret... Stock manifolds, cats with a cutout.... Can't run ORY because Texas I believe does visual inspections for cats... What's the solution here? Will headers with a catted Y do the trick? Do headers Really make that big of a diff??
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hey im from texas. and i have LT's ORY slp LM. LOUD! and if i were you i would find a buddy or get to know somone to give you an inspection.mabe slip them a 20 and a sticker happens to appear on the windshield
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