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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Besides Mufflex? Theirs is over $300, a little pricey for me, or is the merge the reason for the cost? Most other ORY's price out at about $130-$180. Thanks.
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QTP did. You'd have to look for it used or find a dealer of theirs that still has some in stock. I've heard they have horrible fitment issues however
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have an exhaust shop fab one up
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Texas Speed. (Here is the catted version, but they have an ORY as well.)
http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...d=189&catid=45

QTP. (They offer two different versions. The one with dual cutouts is pretty cool.)
http://speed-eng.com/store/qtp-ls1-o...pe-p-8829.html
http://speed-eng.com/store/qtp-ls1-o...pe-p-8828.html

American Racing Headers. (Expensive, but stainless steel and are very highly recomended by many.)
http://www.byunspeed.com/product_inf...ducts_id=10757
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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buy an ORY, the merge and a small 3.5 to 3 inch reducer pipe. take it to the exhaust shop and have them fab it up
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I had mine fabbed out of an existing pacesetter Y. I've got the best of both worlds now: ground clearance and flow. Link in sig.
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Originally Posted by Mumbles
Texas Speed. (Here is the catted version, but they have an ORY as well.)
http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...d=189&catid=45

QTP. (They offer two different versions. The one with dual cutouts is pretty cool.)
http://speed-eng.com/store/qtp-ls1-o...pe-p-8829.html
http://speed-eng.com/store/qtp-ls1-o...pe-p-8828.html

American Racing Headers. (Expensive, but stainless steel and are very highly recomended by many.)
http://www.byunspeed.com/product_inf...ducts_id=10757
Only the QTP has the flowmaster merge
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 04:42 AM
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Thanks for the input guys. By the time I bought the merge, and a pace setter Y, and paid a shop to fab it up, I would probably have more $$ in it than if I just bought the Mufflex pipe.
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I dunno... The Y pipe is about $150 (if that much), merge ~60, welding labor probably around $60.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 02:23 PM
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I couldn't be any happier with my off-road QTP y-pipe. The main reason I bought it was to have that 4" flowmaster collector already built into the Y.

QTP gets a lot of bad wrap here due to the Y not snugging up as good as others. However, I have no clearance issues whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by jimmypop13
Only the QTP has the flowmaster merge
If we're getting technical, yes. The QTP uses the Flowmaster BRAND merge for the construction of its Y-pipes.

The other's I mentioned have a similar and equally performing merge. When a person is looking for this type of merge it's because they're looking for the performance and audio enhancements of this type of exhaust. All the Y-pipes I mentioned would suit the purpose.
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Jegs sells the Flowmaster dual 3" to single 4" Y merge. I know because I just bought one. I'm going to couple it with my ARH headers that I had made with true 3" duals. A single 4" is only a hair less flow than 2 3" pipes.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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i just got my tsp ory in the mail a few days ago, and the merge looks really good on it! I havnt installed it yet but for the price you really cant beat it.
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Originally Posted by ss454327
Jegs sells the Flowmaster dual 3" to single 4" Y merge. I know because I just bought one. I'm going to couple it with my ARH headers that I had made with true 3" duals. A single 4" is only a hair less flow than 2 3" pipes.
Actually I think its only like 11% smaller than two 3" pipes, which is pretty much nothing in the grand scheme of things. I've got some stats on pipe sizes using the ol area of a circle formula. This is from another post of mine from way back:

A 4" pipe has 23.4% more area than a 3.5" pipe, and 43.8% more area than a single 3" pipe.
It also looks like the 4" pipe is only 11% smaller than dual 3" pipes, but 28% greater than dual 2.5" pipes.


4" pipe for the win!


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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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i have the old version of the tsp ory and the merge is crap but from what i know the redesigned it but its the old pics on there site.
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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 05:37 PM
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The new tsp ory is much better, and inexpensive. I had one of the original ones, and just bought one of the new versions. The merge looks great now. I don't have it installed yet though. The pic on their website shows the old merge. Look at their cat y, the new ory uses the same merge.
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Originally Posted by DaveX
The new tsp ory is much better, and inexpensive. I had one of the original ones, and just bought one of the new versions. The merge looks great now. I don't have it installed yet though. The pic on their website shows the old merge. Look at their cat y, the new ory uses the same merge.
That looks MUCH better. I will call them and if they have a merge like that on their 3" ORY for $129, I'm buying one.
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 09:38 AM
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That looks MUCH better. I will call them and if they have a merge like that on their 3" ORY for $129, I'm buying one.

They do, I just bought one.
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