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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:18 AM
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i no this is kind of a noob question nut, is there a big diff if u put the cut out after the y on the single pipe as opposed to 2 cut-outs on the y itself.

*question is 4 a 2001 ss
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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:29 AM
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just put one after the y
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Old May 20, 2006 | 01:31 AM
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i have a z28 and yes i did, but my girlfriend has a ss and she put 2 on, hers is a LOT louder than mine.
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doesnt exactly mean its putting out power...ehhh...ive seen people put them before the cats...mines on my ipipe and it sounds fine
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Old May 20, 2006 | 03:07 AM
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never said power...i was thinking more of sound
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Old May 20, 2006 | 10:09 AM
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it'll be a lot louder. just go with one in the I-pipe. for what it's worth, i've heard gains of up to 20hp if you use flowmaster and as little as 3hp if you use GMMG.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 10:14 AM
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itz pointless when you have to cutouts on y.... just get one on ipipe...
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I just put my cut out on this week after the Y in the little pocket under the passenger side rear seat. It looks like it was made for a cut out under the car. I also have a chokemaster and my car's responsiveness and sound were greatly improved....
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Old May 20, 2006 | 11:11 AM
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lol its always about perfomance with these cars....i mean if i wanted sound and something to be slow as ****, id get a stang
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Old May 20, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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lol its always about perfomance with these cars....i mean if i wanted sound and something to be slow as ****, id get a stang
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Old May 20, 2006 | 11:58 AM
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lol its always about perfomance with these cars....i mean if i wanted sound and something to be slow as ****, id get a stang
or to a lesser degree, a LT1.
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Old May 20, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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I'd like to put a couple cutouts just a little after the headers on my car...

Nice and loud... 99% of open headers...
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Old May 20, 2006 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by donalr76
I just put my cut out on this week after the Y in the little pocket under the passenger side rear seat. It looks like it was made for a cut out under the car.
I'm thinking that's where the cat is supposed to be, if you were a good, law-abiding citizen
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Old May 20, 2006 | 11:41 PM
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or u know u could just go open headers anyways....u better have a nice cam or its gonna sound like garbage
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Old May 21, 2006 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by giant016
I'm thinking that's where the cat is supposed to be, if you were a good, law-abiding citizen
Nope, simply where the seat is. The cats on LS1's are up front more in the stock location, we even have the bump in our floor panels on the passenger side from the LT1 cat placement.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 09:25 PM
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yea my cutout is in that spot u guys r talkin about under the seat...i'm grabbin me sum LT pacesetters and an ory SOON cuz guys, its not a good feeling to have a weaker sounding car that ur girlfriends we all no that.
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Old May 22, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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lol, shes just making up for something....u can think about it that way
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Old May 23, 2006 | 09:15 PM
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no i cant think about it that way
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Old May 23, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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how hard is it to install a cut-out?
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Old May 23, 2006 | 10:29 PM
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Well I just went from 1 to 2. I got QTP headers with the dual cutout Y pipe. It is ungodly loud. It was really loud before... But now it sounds wicked. I also went with a bigger cam. I will not be able to compare power diff, as I did other work also.

But with the 1 in I pipe. I gained 5hp opened.
Now I can see what 2 will do opened and closed.
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