TSP catted y-pipe..wtf?
TSP catted y-pipe..wtf? So I just spent a good 4 hours worth of cursing trying to install a TSP catted Y-pipe onto my car with Hooker LTs..total failure.
First I put the Y-part into the I-pipe.. no problems. Thought I would have problems with this because I've heard of them not fitting into the I-pipe easily. Luckily mine slid right in. Go to put the pass side cat on to the header, slid it on as far as I could, good to go. Now the fun starts. I head over to the driver's side and try to fit the extension piece over the header. Not happening. Not even close. The ******* extension is basically the exact same diameter as the header. Sick. Off to exhaust shop to have them expand the pipe. Luckily the guy was nice and didn't charge me. Get home after a 20 min drive to the exhaust place, go to put the extension on the header and it fits nicely. Awesome. Only one problem. This extension piece, even when slid on the header as far as it can go, is WAY WAY WAY too ******* long to even come close to fitting on the cat pipe. I know what you're probably thinking: "Stop being a bitch use some muscle and muscle it in there." No. This thing is a good 4-5 inches too long and completely mismeasured. How the **** do you sell something that fits so terribly in two different ways. Not only did I have to get it expanded but now I have to get it cut. As if $350 for a ******* y-pipe wasn't enough money now I'm most likely gonna have to have this professionally done so that the **** doesn't leak all over the place after I get it cut. /rant
Am I the only one who wants to blow their brains out after trying to install this POS?
First I put the Y-part into the I-pipe.. no problems. Thought I would have problems with this because I've heard of them not fitting into the I-pipe easily. Luckily mine slid right in. Go to put the pass side cat on to the header, slid it on as far as I could, good to go. Now the fun starts. I head over to the driver's side and try to fit the extension piece over the header. Not happening. Not even close. The ******* extension is basically the exact same diameter as the header. Sick. Off to exhaust shop to have them expand the pipe. Luckily the guy was nice and didn't charge me. Get home after a 20 min drive to the exhaust place, go to put the extension on the header and it fits nicely. Awesome. Only one problem. This extension piece, even when slid on the header as far as it can go, is WAY WAY WAY too ******* long to even come close to fitting on the cat pipe. I know what you're probably thinking: "Stop being a bitch use some muscle and muscle it in there." No. This thing is a good 4-5 inches too long and completely mismeasured. How the **** do you sell something that fits so terribly in two different ways. Not only did I have to get it expanded but now I have to get it cut. As if $350 for a ******* y-pipe wasn't enough money now I'm most likely gonna have to have this professionally done so that the **** doesn't leak all over the place after I get it cut. /rant
Am I the only one who wants to blow their brains out after trying to install this POS?
I had some troubles installing mine until we decided to loosen the catback. Once we did that everything slid together just fine. Need to tweak it some more when it comes out of storage next year though so we can tuck it up higher though. No expanding or cutting required for me. I assembled it all before trying to put it on the car just to be sure I had the correct pieces going in the right places. I used pics people posted on here to figure all that out.
TSP Catted Y-pipe I have some Hooker ceramic LTs with the TSP catted y-pipe and they fit pretty good on my 02 SS. Quality control issue with yours possibly. I did have to cut about an inch or so off of the 3 inch I-pipe though because it was pushing the CME out the back too far. Trimmed it and it looks good now.
Last edited by Footlead; Nov 22, 2010 at 04:08 PM. Reason: just cuz
B. It's just frustrating that I already had to get it expanded and now it needs cutting. I shouldn't have to do either of those things. Call me picky but when I pay $350 for pieces of bent metal pipes albeit with cats I expect it to be 100% ready to go. I'm a full time college student/athlete and I don't have time to run back and forth to an exhaust shop all the time to get **** custom done when it should be ready out of the box.
I actually made this work but I don't know if I'm going to keep it the way it is. What I did was unbolt a bracket back by the catback holding the I-pipe to the frame. It was more of a support bolt for the I-pipe than anything else, the catback is still secure. As a result of this the y-pipe now fits but the CB is pushed back a little because of the drivers side of the y-pipe being too long. Clearance is also pretty crappy. After I drove it around it's obvious that the CB bumps around a little bit. It's not bad enough where I'm scared it's gonna fall but it's enough to notice. I also have at least 2 small exhaust leaks but it could be because I ran out of good band clamps and had to use the shitty clamps that the Y-pipe came with. I'm gonna get a couple more band clamps and see if that helps. Do you guys think I should keep it like this? After driving it hard for a good 10 min it seemed fine but like anyone else I want it to last as long as possible.
And one other thing.. holy ****! The difference with L/T headers is unbelievable. This car has always ran strong but you can just feel more power through the whole power range.
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You shouldn't have had to expand the pipe or cut anything. Maybe they sent you the wrong pipe?
I have installed multiple y's on my car, including 3 tsp's. I always pull the pipe out of the muffler, then start from the front and work my way back. I don't see how you could fit the piece that connects to the I pipe first and get the other pieces to fit without it being a major pain in the ***.
Glad you got it worked out.
I have installed multiple y's on my car, including 3 tsp's. I always pull the pipe out of the muffler, then start from the front and work my way back. I don't see how you could fit the piece that connects to the I pipe first and get the other pieces to fit without it being a major pain in the ***.
Glad you got it worked out.
You shouldn't have had to expand the pipe or cut anything. Maybe they sent you the wrong pipe?
I have installed multiple y's on my car, including 3 tsp's. I always pull the pipe out of the muffler, then start from the front and work my way back. I don't see how you could fit the piece that connects to the I pipe first and get the other pieces to fit without it being a major pain in the ***.
Glad you got it worked out.
I have installed multiple y's on my car, including 3 tsp's. I always pull the pipe out of the muffler, then start from the front and work my way back. I don't see how you could fit the piece that connects to the I pipe first and get the other pieces to fit without it being a major pain in the ***.
Glad you got it worked out.
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my TSP Catted y pipe fitted like ****, i ended up driving to the exhaust shop with open headers, they thought i was high when i said that the y pipe was for my car, they did a shitty job welding it up so i took it off and put on the true duals, jon at TSP couldnt explain it when i called and ordered the duals
