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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 07:44 PM
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Hey guys. I was just wonderin what you think about the mac pipes with high flow catts? I just ordered them earlier today and was wondering how well they'll perform. Thank you.
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 08:03 PM
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i dont know if the mac cats and mac "high" flow cats are the same but the mac cats dont flow worth ****. i assume you have the mac headers. macs with ory or some decent cats arent that bad.
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 09:48 PM
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no I have jba shorty headers and a borla cat back. I was thinkin the highflow macs should flow quite well because the site I ordered them from says they reduce factory restriction, so its better than factory I guess. My stock y pipes got a little bent from running over a deer
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 09:59 PM
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Yeah i dont think the MAC cats flow really well. The best ones on the market are Random Tech, Carsound or Magnaflow.
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Old Dec 20, 2003 | 10:10 PM
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if you can cancel your order. since your on shorties a new y pipe will net you close to nothing and the stock one flows quite well for what it is. only get a new Y pipe when going with mids/lt's or else is just a waste of money. gut your stock cats if you dont need to pass any emissions.
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Random Tech used to claim something like 7rwhp & 9 rwtq with their Y pipe and high flow cats for ~$589 dollars with stock manifolds or shorties. I'd get MAC's or Long tubes instead.
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