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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 05:18 PM
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Default stock y-pipe Is it worth replacing?

what kind of gain would i see if i had put a new y-pipe inplace of the squished stock one. Is it worth the time, money is not a big deal because it will be done for close to nothing.....I'm also assuming the exhaust pitch will change a little bit too.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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Not worth doing. Change the y pipe when you go long tubes.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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Same thing he said. Not worth doing. Probably no Hp gains.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:28 PM
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not really worth doing if your getting headers any time in the future..., but if your not and your staying on stock manifolds...just ditch the cats when you do it and get some o2 sims.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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waste of time and money to change by itself.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 08:05 PM
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I think it would help, your stock pipe is squished down alot. The stock pipe is also double wall wich means that you have a smaller pipe inside the pipe you can see.
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Old Oct 16, 2005 | 08:10 PM
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It's not worth changing out unless you have headers.

The squished down area of the stock y-pipe doesn't neck down the flow. The interal flow area is still the same as a round pipe.
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