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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 12:52 PM
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I just bought two of the magnaflow metallic spun cats on ebay that are 2.75 inlet/outlet. I wanted to get 3" but there were none available, now I see that there are some available and I'm wondering if I should return them to get the bigger size.

What I want to do is run longtubes that go to cats with a Y-pipe setup to a flowmaster merge. I want to use the 3" inlet / 4" outlet merge sold on summit. Can I get this to work or am I sacrificing power and should I just get the 3" cats?

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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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I think you've answered you're own question. Going down a size creates the restriction...trade up.
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No matter what in Cali, if the Cats moved location from stock you are illegal; especially with long tubes! IIRC, all long tubes are illegal in Cali for the 4th Gen F-Body. Unless you have all the bolt-ons, cam/heads, etc that make you illegal in Cali anyway(off-road only), a 2.75 in/out Cat is not going to do anything you should be worried about. Well...because it is considered an off-road only race car (drag, auto-x, RR, etc...) If your car is a DD or weekend warrior, you need to follow your liberal, *** kiss'n states rules OR know soneone who will pass you with a few "greenbascks." NOT wetbacks, but "Greenbacks!"
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No matter what in Cali, if the Cats moved location from stock you are illegal; especially with long tubes! IIRC, all long tubes are illegal in Cali for the 4th Gen F-Body. Unless you have all the bolt-ons, cam/heads, etc that make you illegal in Cali anyway(off-road only), a 2.75 in/out Cat is not going to do anything you should be worried about. Well...because it is considered an off-road only race car (drag, auto-x, RR, etc...) If your car is a DD or weekend warrior, you need to follow your liberal, *** kiss'n states rules OR know soneone who will pass you with a few "greenbascks." NOT wetbacks, but "Greenbacks!"
I want to run cats on my car because I plan to find a shop that will ignore the visual. If I can't, I'll hold onto my stock equipment and switch it out. I also don't really want a ticket for not having any cats which I hear can be quite a hefty fine.
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I would definitely go up to the 3", especially as you are going with the FM 3/4" merge. Why choke down a very free-flowing system?
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