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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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Howdy! I am looking at getting a new catted y-pipe. Do all aftermarket catted y-pipes have high flow cats? Which brand do you recommend? How much of a benefit will i see with just the new y and a catback (will be a borla or loudmouth)? How much does it cost? Is it worth it?

Thanks! Any other input is greatly appreciated. Im not going to be getting headers for a good while...
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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save ur money... dont worry about doing high flow cats until u buy headers. use the money u would spend towards the headers
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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I'm another newbie to this site. Most catted y-pipes are made for headers. SLP sells an off-road y-pipe to replace the stock one but I don't think it's worth it.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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yea i jsut noticed the SLP one here
which works with the stock headers/cats and i think it would probably work good with a loudmouth or borla...what do yall think?
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:38 PM
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as stated above...pick up your headers first or get em both at the same time
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Don't even worry about replacing anything forward of the I-pipe unless you're getting headers. That SLP Y-pipe is not worth it, might gain 2hp at most. Forget about it.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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alrighty...thanks for the input yall...just saved me 100 bucks
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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have you looked around in the external engine forum? lots of info there
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
Don't even worry about replacing anything forward of the I-pipe unless you're getting headers. That SLP Y-pipe is not worth it, might gain 2hp at most. Forget about it.
and for catted Y's, my buddy has a TSP on his, fits nicely
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does the slp y-pipe get rid of the cats? i thought it bolted up right after the cats? correct me if im wrong
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Originally Posted by PewterNHRA2001
does the slp y-pipe get rid of the cats? i thought it bolted up right after the cats? correct me if im wrong
yeah your right it bolts up to the stock cats, other companies do make cat delete Y pipes for the factory manifolds, but really not worth it.
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