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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 08:03 PM
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My Z28 has 58,000 miles on it and I know I'm going to be looking at replacing the CATS probably this year.

Is there a particular type, or manufacture, that is preferred by LS1 owners?

I've seen advertisements for 'high flow' CATS but I don't know if there for street driving or performance applications.

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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 08:09 PM
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Random Tech, Magnaflow, and Carsound are all great. Random Tech. being the most expensive. Magnaflow and Carsound are the same cat. Magnaflow is just the performance division of Carsound. You get a polished heat sheild w/ the Magnaflow's...ooo-ahhhh... Thats the only difference.

I would go w/ either Carsounds or Magnaflows. You can get them pretty cheap.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 10:27 AM
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thanks for the info!
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Dans00Z28
My Z28 has 58,000 miles on it and I know I'm going to be looking at replacing the CATS probably this year.
Why would having 58K mean that you need new cats? I've had cars with 140K+ that were using stock cats and had no problems.

If you want to replace them for better flowing aftermarket ones I can see that, but otherwise there is no reason to replace them unless you're throwing codes for it.....
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 11:14 AM
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I had carsound cats on the Z28, in a custom y-pipe with my LT headers. I liked that set up. Didnt seem to be any noticable loss in power either
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Have seen great things written about the Carsounds.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 08:39 PM
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RPM WS6

I didn't know CATS lasted that long. I thought I was doing good to be getting 58K out of them. There no throwing any codes, thanks.
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I'm getting a new Catted Y pipe with carsounds to kill the rasp with my Corsa and refine the sound. A Corsa with highflow cats has an awesome sound!
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