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Old Aug 22, 2010 | 01:10 AM
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Have them on my car, but who the heck makes them and wut kind are they???
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Old Aug 22, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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anyone?
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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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anyone having ground clearance issues wit them too?
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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can u hollow them out?
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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do not hollow them out......... high flow cats DO NOT rob hp..... forget the idea its not worth it.
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Dskeet6
do not hollow them out......... high flow cats DO NOT rob hp..... forget the idea its not worth it.
im guessing it will make it sound worse? just seems not too loud driving around town unless u get on it? not really worried about hp
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 11:41 AM
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If you are wanting to make it louder, you could always buy the two pieces out of the ORY and just swap the cats back in when you have the car inspected or emissions checked.

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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon@Texas-Speed
If you are wanting to make it louder, you could always buy the two pieces out of the ORY and just swap the cats back in when you have the car inspected or emissions checked.

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yea i wish i could but i drive the car everyday lol
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they are high Flowmonster cats i have them on mine and if u look at pics of the tsp to the flomonsters they have the same markings
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Old Aug 26, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 02 camaross91
they are high Flowmonster cats i have them on mine and if u look at pics of the tsp to the flomonsters they have the same markings
cool so they are pretty high flow then?
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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why does this setup hang so low ?
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 09:31 AM
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It hangs lower b/c your probably used to seeing the stock flattened pipe in there and now your looking at a full 3" pipe that takes up way more room than the old.

One day when I have time, I think I might add an exhaust hanger somewhere around the merge to hold the y-pipe up a little bit more.
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by TooLateVTEC
It hangs lower b/c your probably used to seeing the stock flattened pipe in there and now your looking at a full 3" pipe that takes up way more room than the old.

One day when I have time, I think I might add an exhaust hanger somewhere around the merge to hold the y-pipe up a little bit more.
u know ur right i never thought of it that way, but my old setup was a pacesetter y with no cats and i do remember now it was flatten, and this is more oval and straight through, its just really bugging me cause i would love to lower the car but i dont think i can
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what's a pro 5.0?
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 06:56 PM
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what's a pro 5.0?
Short shifter.

I might be completely off here, but I thought most "high-flow" cats flowed pretty close to OEM honeycomb cats? The "high flow" thing was, at least the impression I was under, in comparison to the old pellet/bead style catalytic converters. I know the aftermarket ones are typically smaller, weigh less, tuck better, etc, but I'm curious as to whether anyone's done any empirical testing on an OEM and an aftermarket cat.
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Even OEM cat vs no cat won't be a huge difference. Removing OEM cats might yield what, 5 hp? Keeping the cats can also reduce the rasp in your exhaust, I say leave 'em.
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yea it actually sounds pretty good wit cats on there
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