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Old 04-24-2006, 09:29 PM
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my buddy just got this ory http://www.ws6project.com/user_stor/...71c0f6f2d026d9 after he put it on, his car sounded nasty and he lost some power..would that be from having no cats? or getting a crappy y pipe.?.reason being is that i think my cats are clogged...so would it be better to buy new ones?, hollow them out?, or get a diff. ory?
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nah, you gain some after removing the cats.

not the y either...its a good y.

Depends...I would not mess with the Y until you get LT's. There are very little gains to be had with just swapping out the Y pipe. So if you are planning on keeping the stock manifolds hollow the cats out...I do believe that GM has a warrenty on them as well. You may want to look into that cause they will swap them for free.
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$5 plumbers snake from Home Depot. Chuck it up in your 3/8 drive hammer drill. Gut your cats. Don't forget the 02 Simms or delete the code if you don't want the SES.
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Or you could try some catalytic converter cleaner.

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when u remove cats....you gain power...there is NO way you lose power.
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If they are clogged just gut them. If you want to spend some $$$$$ then get high flow cats.




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