Hooker catback install question
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Hooker catback install question Ok I got my hooker exagust sys today and I'm installing it and everything is going good .. Then I run into a problem... The downpipe and the pipe that goes over the axle r the same size!! How am I suposted to connect this together?? Help is greatly apperacited
pics would help, but if you bought a new catback should be bolt on, shouldnt need a expander. when i got mine they where the same size but one was egg shaped so i had to staighten it back up before it would slide in.
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ok lemme get this straight. Your over the axle pipe size is the same exact size as the inlet on the muffler? IDK if your explaining it right its hard to tell what you mean. And flange? IDK of any flange. All I can say now is if that catback setup isnt mixed parts then it should fit together. If the pipes are really a different size then you need a pipe expander like already said. Im willing to bet it will fit if you tap out the inside diameter (ID) with a hammer and maybe use some grease to help slide it in. But flange? IDK
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The muffler inlet has a flange(u use a gasket and 3 bolts to put it together) the end of that pipe and the i pipe r the same size(3 in).. Maybe hooker just didn't expand this pipe by mistake .. Idk if I did need a expander they should have said so in the fukn directions.. And I do need one.. Looks like I'm walkin to autozone..
The pipe coming from over the axle should be flared to slip over the I-pipe. It "looks" like the same size, but it's not. I've installed probably 40-50 Hooker CB's in my day, and never once had one come in that didn't fit because of this type of issue.
Just get it done!!! 
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Hardly a newb.. Just wondering if anybody else had this prob.. It's done and sounds great.. Picked up some ceramic coated hooker supercomps (headers) for 200 I live in mi so no emissions crap.. Should sound good.. What is the best y pipe out there.. Price dosent matter.. I've heard tsp.. Opions plz
