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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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ok, I didnt see any threads on this, but everytime i look under my car, it makes me laugh. Why is the exhaust squished and flat on the driver side, then on the passenger side its normal and round. It looks like there is plenty of room for a 3 inch round pipe. I guess my main question is, it looks like it could be restricting airflow with it being flat, so i want to cut it off and put 3 inch round pipe there instead. Any thoughts?
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Its like that for ground clearance.
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 01:20 AM
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The reason the pipe is crushed is for ground clearance and yes it does restrict airflow, I would just buy a aftermarket y pipe, if that is what you are talking about.
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On a stock car it probable wont make a difference so I wouldn't do it unless your bored and can do it yourself. And looks can be deceiving, sure it looks restrictive but as long as your running stock manifolds and cats there is only so much exhaust that is being produced. Meaning the bottleneck of the stock exhaust system is not that flat Y pipe. So I would just leave it and wait until you do headers. What other mods are done to your car?
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On a stock car it probable wont make a difference so I wouldn't do it unless your bored and can do it yourself. And looks can be deceiving, sure it looks restrictive but as long as your running stock manifolds and cats there is only so much exhaust that is being produced. Meaning the bottleneck of the stock exhaust system is not that flat Y pipe. So I would just leave it and wait until you do headers. What other mods are done to your car?
Nothing yet, I have a slp lid on the way. Planned on doing a e-cutout, and possibly intake manifold.
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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Don't worry about it until you do headers and just get the matching y-pipe.
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