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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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Been reading through some of the exhaust set ups people have and I was looking at going with a set of Pacesetter LT's and a catted y but I have seen a couple people say that the y-pipe hits the underside of the car and that the headers can be a bear to put in. Any info on this?

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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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I'm interested to know as well..
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 01:45 PM
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I'm pretty sure the Y-pipe hitting is a result from the motor mounts. From what I've read (and about to find out, when I install mine) that new motor mounts fix the problem.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by colby72olds
I'm pretty sure the Y-pipe hitting is a result from the motor mounts. From what I've read (and about to find out, when I install mine) that new motor mounts fix the problem.
let me know......
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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Hopefully someone will chime in before I give you the answer, unless you want to wait until this weekend haha. Search: banging y pipe and see what you can find.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Pacesetter doesn't offer an LS1 Catted-Y. The only one I know of is our TSP Catted-Y. Our Y-pipe comes in 4 pieces and is completely adjustable to maximize ground clearance and not have any interference with the bottom of the car. Let us know if you have any questions or you can take a look at the combo here on our site: Pacesetter Headers and TSP Catted-Y Combo

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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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Definitely dont use a pacesetter y, use tsp's. TSP made it to fit the pacesetter headers because the Y was crap. I have ran this combo on 2 different cars and have had no issue with the TSP Y banging under the car.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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the tsp y would bolt right to my magnaflow cat back right?
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Originally Posted by 00 black ss
the tsp y would bolt right to my magnaflow cat back right?

Yes I have the exact same setup.
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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Pacesetter are not at all hard to put it imo there one of the easiest! as for the y-pipe i put poly mm in at the same time so i don't have any banging what so ever. Everything fits good and no problems and ground clearance is great!!
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bought my car with the header and y already on. stock mounts. the y does bang quite a shiftin gears with your foot in it. not sure, but havin an auto might help you out a bit
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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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thanks for the info guys just something i was curious about
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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like posted earlier i have the pacesetter LT and their ORY and with the poly MM and the help of a 3' bumpstop hanger from thunder racing which i recommend, the ground clearance is great and there is no banging.
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