To cat or not to cat, that is the question
Alright... here ya go... REMEMBER... upside down!!!!! btw.... That big sum b#tch you see is down 32 lbs
http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/h...516_181958.mp4
Engine was up to temp also for these revs
Later
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My cousin ran his Trans am with LT, ORY, with a hooker catback and it was pretty raspy... I used to run a high flow catted TSP y pipe on my Z28 with LT's and a LM1 with a Borla XR1, and there was no rasp... If rasp is your concern then i would definitely go catted, it is a little more expensive but a lot less pain in the *** when you get pulled over by a cop or when inspection time comes around every year! hope this helps
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Alright... here ya go... REMEMBER... upside down!!!!! btw.... That big sum b#tch you see is down 32 lbs
http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/h...516_181958.mp4
Engine was up to temp also for these revs
Later
http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/h...516_181958.mp4
Engine was up to temp also for these revs
Later
thanks for the video, even though its upside down. LOL
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My cousin ran his Trans am with LT, ORY, with a hooker catback and it was pretty raspy... I used to run a high flow catted TSP y pipe on my Z28 with LT's and a LM1 with a Borla XR1, and there was no rasp... If rasp is your concern then i would definitely go catted, it is a little more expensive but a lot less pain in the *** when you get pulled over by a cop or when inspection time comes around every year! hope this helps
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thanks for the reply
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This is just from my experience, but my car does not have cats. The smell isn't really even that bad to me, the car got MUCH louder and the rasp increased quite a bit and I don't even have a cam, I also didn't really even notice any performance difference. But the strange thing is, my Dad's C6 has a cam with high-flow cats and his car almost smells exactly like my car when idling, so I'm assuming the fumes and noise level would be quite a bit more drastic on a cammed car. So, I say if you just want the extra noise and fumes then go for it, other than that stick with a good set of high-flow cats.
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thanks for the reply. Yeah the men in blue around here dont care to much on the loudness, my bike was super loud and even got a thumbs up from a cop once, so not worried about them.
im thinking about installing a cat after the y pipe. i know for sure there will be a cat(s) somewhere.
The car moves pretty good IMO, and it puts a smile on my passengers faces as well. But its a work in progress. Def would like to get some 243s and a slightly larger cam, and some konis after this. And if my car moves, then yours must fly, it is a bird after all!!!
im thinking about installing a cat after the y pipe. i know for sure there will be a cat(s) somewhere.
The car moves pretty good IMO, and it puts a smile on my passengers faces as well. But its a work in progress. Def would like to get some 243s and a slightly larger cam, and some konis after this. And if my car moves, then yours must fly, it is a bird after all!!!
So are what are you going to do with the car?
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My hawk does ok, still can't play with the Z06 guys. That big block is hard to compete with. My next mod is a Strange 12b. My current one is on the fritz again (3 times a charm, only have 57k miles), so I'm done messing around. I want some tires that stick and not have to worry about blowing my alburn posi out the back. I don't even drag race this car (at a track), just some street fun.
So are what are you going to do with the car?
So are what are you going to do with the car?
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yeppers. Im going to go with the TSP catted Y. Worst case scenario i hate it right? and then buy an ORY anyways. LOL.
yeah those future mods are on my wish list. If i go 6.0 route then those mods change a little, but you get the idea. If i can get a 400+ rwhp cannon carver i would be happy (never satisfied
) There are some ricers and rustangs that need an f-body size 13 shoved up there ***.
yeah those future mods are on my wish list. If i go 6.0 route then those mods change a little, but you get the idea. If i can get a 400+ rwhp cannon carver i would be happy (never satisfied
) There are some ricers and rustangs that need an f-body size 13 shoved up there ***.