Alternate to Pacesetter Y pipe....
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Alternate to Pacesetter Y pipe.... I'm considering going with coated Pacesetter LT's in the near future, but have heard terrible things about their Y pipes. Just wondering if there were any other Ys that would fit perfectly with Pacesetters. Thanks.
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The problem isn't really with the Pacesetter Y-pipe... the y-pipe fit perfectly. It's more with the collectors on the headers themselves. For some reason, the collectors were designed pointing slightly up into the body of the car. This means that any y-pipe that connects to it will basically be right up against the frame of the car. The only way to get around this would be to have a y-pipe custom made at a local exhaust shop.
If you do go with the Pacesetter y-pipe, just do some heavy prying on the y-pipe once it's on to give yourself some clearance. If it's still not enough, just heat it up with a torch and then do more wrenching with a pry bar to get it down. All you need is about a half an inch.
If you do go with the Pacesetter y-pipe, just do some heavy prying on the y-pipe once it's on to give yourself some clearance. If it's still not enough, just heat it up with a torch and then do more wrenching with a pry bar to get it down. All you need is about a half an inch.
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Originally Posted by BadAndy
You can get a custom y made for the same amout of cash. I had a ridiculously large amount of clearance on mine and it still banged.
And forget custom work... if you want something custom, gotta go to one of the few (like 2 or 3) performance shops that have even seen an F-body let alone worked on one and you'll have to pay quite a bit for them to make anything custom. If you don't drive an import here, you're pretty much on your own when it comes to any type of performance work...
Sometimes I really wish I lived in Texas or the Midwest...
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Originally Posted by Tranzor_Z28
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