Y pipe
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From: PLano, TX
Y pipe I was wondering about replacing my stock Y pipe. i think my options are an off road pipe or a y pipe with high flow cats... my car is lowered an 1.25", and i have hooker shorties... my questions are ground clearence, smell and install, i can;t install the off road pipe by myself, so any advice,,, i want alittle power gain,,, thanks for all your help
justin
justin
Re: Y pipe Justin, i don't have headers but i do have the LGM Y pipe & Borla. Sounds great! Can only imagine how this would sound with headers.
A much noticed "hollow growl" & noticable power as well. My .02 FWIW.
A much noticed "hollow growl" & noticable power as well. My .02 FWIW.
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From: San Diego, Cali
Re: Y pipe the high flow cats give it some more kick for sure. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> I have random cats and i like them alot. I think that as long as you don't have lontube headers, you should be fine. Then again with LT headers you could be fine, i dont know realy. As far aas the smell... New exhaust parts like headers and catbacks will smell until you do a complete cycle of heating them up and cooling them down a few times to let the coating heat properly, and cool down. So if you do ge the cats, dont go crazy right away. 
take her out slow.
<small>[ November 08, 2002, 01:14 AM: Message edited by: 02smknSS ]</small>
take her out slow.<small>[ November 08, 2002, 01:14 AM: Message edited by: 02smknSS ]</small>
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Re: Y pipe I was wondering about replacing my stock Y pipe. i think my options are an off road pipe or a y pipe with high flow cats...
my car is lowered an 1.25", and i have hooker shorties...
my questions are ground clearence, smell and install, i can;t install the off road pipe by myself, so any advice,,,
i want alittle power gain,,,
thanks for all your help
justin
my car is lowered an 1.25", and i have hooker shorties...
my questions are ground clearence, smell and install, i can;t install the off road pipe by myself, so any advice,,,
i want alittle power gain,,,
thanks for all your help
justin
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Re: Y pipe I, too have Hooker shorties and I run a Bassani y-pipe with cats. The rest of my setup and results below.
Is your car a 2000 or newer? If so you could probably just get something like the SLP or G2 y-pipes which just clamp or weld up behind your stock cats. The '98 and '99 f-bodies had a more restrictive downpipe and cat on the passenger side
which complete, manifold-back y's like the Bassani, Random Tech and Mac will replace.
I like my exhaust setup a lot. Deep, throaty tone without any of the loud resonance or rasp of longtubes. Good off-idle torque due to the 1 5/8" primaries on the Hooker shorties. No ground clearance issues.
I did not dyno the impact of my y-pipe alone but I did feel a SOP benefit at higher RPM's. I can tell you, though, that the Bassani piece, though high quality stainless, was a PIA to install. It took a lot of bending and shimming to keep the collector clear of the driveshaft. Not sure they got the design exactly right. <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />
<small>[ November 08, 2002, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: SSLink ]</small>
Is your car a 2000 or newer? If so you could probably just get something like the SLP or G2 y-pipes which just clamp or weld up behind your stock cats. The '98 and '99 f-bodies had a more restrictive downpipe and cat on the passenger side
which complete, manifold-back y's like the Bassani, Random Tech and Mac will replace.
I like my exhaust setup a lot. Deep, throaty tone without any of the loud resonance or rasp of longtubes. Good off-idle torque due to the 1 5/8" primaries on the Hooker shorties. No ground clearance issues.
I did not dyno the impact of my y-pipe alone but I did feel a SOP benefit at higher RPM's. I can tell you, though, that the Bassani piece, though high quality stainless, was a PIA to install. It took a lot of bending and shimming to keep the collector clear of the driveshaft. Not sure they got the design exactly right. <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />
<small>[ November 08, 2002, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: SSLink ]</small>
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From: PLano, TX
Re: Y pipe i own a 98 Z28
I was wondering about replacing my stock Y pipe. i think my options are an off road pipe or a y pipe with high flow cats...
my car is lowered an 1.25",
and i have hooker shorties...
my questions are ground clearence, smell and install, i can;t install the off road pipe by myself, so any advice,,, i want alittle power gain,,,
how would i go about to get an off road y pipe on?
thanks for all your help
justin
I was wondering about replacing my stock Y pipe. i think my options are an off road pipe or a y pipe with high flow cats...
my car is lowered an 1.25",
and i have hooker shorties...
my questions are ground clearence, smell and install, i can;t install the off road pipe by myself, so any advice,,, i want alittle power gain,,,
how would i go about to get an off road y pipe on?
thanks for all your help
justin
