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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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would this fit on the end of my headers and have 2.5" metallic cats welded into the section? CLICK WEBSITE BELOW TO SEE:

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in case you guys were wondering i may be altering my true dual setup.
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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I doubt it, I think it would be easier and possibly cheaper if you just had a shop make them for you
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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what h-pipe, etc.? If I want 2.5" from headers back a shop can do that right?
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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id go with an x pipe for power and H for sound. universal ktis like that dont fit to well as far as I've read.

a Dr. Gas or maganflow X seems like 2 of the better flowing X pipes but yea a shop can do everything you'd need
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 01:02 PM
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I used a Dr Gas X pipe universal pipe setup that I welded up and it worked OK, but the ground clearance sucked, but thats what can happen with universal kits since you can't bend the pipes. If your savy you could just go and buy 2.5 or 3 inch pipe and weld in duals. I used two sections of 6 ft pipe and had enough with some left over, and I didn't need to do any bends,I just cut the pipe at the correct angle and welded them together. The X and H pipe can create ground clearance because of the torque armin the middle of the car, once you put the X over it, you sacrifice clearance. Its not to bad, but will scrape on speed bumps. I'd buy the straight pipe and go to the store for some bends if you need them ( I didn't) this route is much cheaper than that 100 so odd buck one
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well if my exhaust shop fabbed everything back from headers crush bends and over the axle, with me providing the metallic cats, and 2 powerpacks this should sound good right?
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Old Jun 3, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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well if my exhaust shop fabbed everything back from headers crush bends and over the axle, with me providing the metallic cats, and 2 powerpacks this should sound good right?
Why bother going over the axle, this will cost much more money and inhibit flow, just have a shop stop just before the axle.
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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 08:39 AM
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eliminating interior noise is the main culprit. the flow issue isnt THAT big a deal...cant lose that much HP.
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