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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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just like it says. im thinking of getting the mac headers but keeping my stock y pipe and cats...at least for a while. do the mac midlength headers bolt right up to the stock y pipe and catback with no fabricating/customizing??
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Raise
do the mac midlength headers bolt right up to the stock y pipe and catback with no fabricating/customizing??
NO, most certainly not.

Stock catback can be reused as-is, but not the Y-pipe/cats without custom work.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 11:27 PM
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Raise you need to save, and get LTs, then true duals thats the best exhaust you can get. IMO, loudest, sexiest, most expensive....
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Originally Posted by 1993CaMaRoZ28ofIdAhO
Raise you need to save, and get LTs, then true duals thats the best exhaust you can get. IMO, loudest, sexiest, most expensive....
i ran true duals on 2 of my previous ls1 cars...so i know all about it. i am getting macs and a catback. and u are wrong about the price....u can actually have a kickass true dual system for cheaper than u spend on a y pipe and catback. but this is what i want now. ive gone the true dual route...now i just want a catback with a cutout..that way i have the best of both worlds.....quiet or loud.
anyway, lets stick to the topic. im guessing from what the first guy siad that it cannot be done. i guess ill just get the mac ory pipe with the headers. thanks fellas
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 10:07 AM
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Mac mid lengths with the ory are a very good setup, and not near as expensive as a LT setup. Unless your talikng about pacesetters, or dynatech LT's.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 10:22 AM
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I like my Macs. You will need to run thier Y pipe. Ground clearance is very good, and performance is also much better than stock. Low end may even have a slight advantage over LT's...

When looking at dyno comparisons, the Mac's are a little more peaky. I would recommend these headers.
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im definitely going with the macs, but i was unsure of what y pipe to get. it looks like ill be ordering the whole setup. thanks fellas
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im definitely going with the macs, but i was unsure of what y pipe to get. it looks like ill be ordering the whole setup. thanks fellas
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Macs and a custom y pipe may be the only option if your car is lowered enough and you still must daily drive it over driveways/steep speedbumps/real bad roads.
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bought my Macs used for something like $260 shipped. The guy even welded fake cats around the ORY for a visual on the state inspection tests. I've seen Macs going for about $200 now for everything and they come up on here about once a month. Their style tends to cause a little more rasp sometimes. I got about 0.3-0.4 off my 1/4 with them too.
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