which y-pipe?
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which y-pipe? hey guys whats going on? first of all i would like to say HAPPY NEW YEARS! well im looking into buying edelbrock short/egual lenghts for my car, but was unsure as to which y-pipe to buy that would fit. i was looking at the mac one but wasnt sure if you could just buy the y-pipe its self. so if anyone has any suggestions on which ory i can use with the edelbrock headers and stock cat back.
my car came with Hooker ceramic shorty's, hooked to a stock cats and Y pipe.. im going to go with the Mac Off road pipe as well.. saw it on LMPerfomance website.. im also going to delete the rear O2's...
i just need to find a place that sells the 3" intermediate pipe... (the pipe after the Y to the muffler)
i just need to find a place that sells the 3" intermediate pipe... (the pipe after the Y to the muffler)
Originally Posted by KiLLJ0Y92Z28
my car came with Hooker ceramic shorty's, hooked to a stock cats and Y pipe.. im going to go with the Mac Off road pipe as well.. saw it on LMPerfomance website.. im also going to delete the rear O2's...
i just need to find a place that sells the 3" intermediate pipe... (the pipe after the Y to the muffler)
i just need to find a place that sells the 3" intermediate pipe... (the pipe after the Y to the muffler)
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Originally Posted by rjkZ28
hey guys whats going on? first of all i would like to say HAPPY NEW YEARS! well im looking into buying edelbrock short/egual lenghts for my car, but was unsure as to which y-pipe to buy that would fit. i was looking at the mac one but wasnt sure if you could just buy the y-pipe its self. so if anyone has any suggestions on which ory i can use with the edelbrock headers and stock cat back.
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Originally Posted by Jared22
And best Y-pipe on the market?
Subjective. 
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yea guys i need a y-pipe thats longer then stock, because the stock mainfolds are longer if im not mistaken? and i want shorties b/c my car is lowered and i dont really have the money for long tubes and i dont really have that many mods at the moment that im gonna need long tubes.
Tons of people run LT's on lowered cars. I wouldn't let that stop me. Just don't buy the SLP's. You have an 02', so shorties are basically a waste of money and will do almost nothing for you. Just get a y-pipe if you REALLY want one, but be aware that it won't really do anything for performance either.
EDIT: I just realized that you already have gutted cats, so let me rephrase that. A y-pipe will do nothing for you performance wise.
EDIT: I just realized that you already have gutted cats, so let me rephrase that. A y-pipe will do nothing for you performance wise.
With stock manifolds and muffler, the only thing it's gonna wake up is the sound a little bit. It will sound a little deeper. At that point in the game, the stock Y isn't a restriction and won't do anything for power. If anything, going with a 3" y-pipe, with stock manifolds and catback, will just slow down exhaust velocity and might even drop power.
so going from just ceramic shortys, and the rest stock exhaust... to shorty's, no cats, MAC Y pipe, and 3" I pipe to 3" Magnaflow exhaust... (remember this car is a 98) you guys are saying i wont see much of an increase? and that i would loose power??
kinda find that hard to believe... really hard..
and basically you're saying you cant make power unless you have long tubes and true duals?? come on now..
(i was refering to RedNeckZ's comments)
kinda find that hard to believe... really hard..
and basically you're saying you cant make power unless you have long tubes and true duals?? come on now..
(i was refering to RedNeckZ's comments)
Last edited by KiLLJ0Y92Z28; Jan 1, 2006 at 11:13 PM.
Originally Posted by KiLLJ0Y92Z28
so going from just ceramic shortys, and the rest stock exhaust... to shorty's, no cats, MAC Y pipe, and 3" I pipe to 3" Magnaflow exhaust... (remember this car is a 98) you guys are saying i wont see much of an increase? and that i would loose power??
kinda find that hard to believe... really hard..
and basically you're saying you cant make power unless you have long tubes and true duals?? come on now..
(i was refering to RedNeckZ's comments)
kinda find that hard to believe... really hard..
and basically you're saying you cant make power unless you have long tubes and true duals?? come on now..
(i was refering to RedNeckZ's comments)
You on the other hand should gain a couple hp from an offroad pipe, and a few more with the bigger I pipe.