Trying to find a catted y
by getting a good quality stainless offroad Y, not that
there are that many) and a pair of minimum-size bullet
cats and have the Y cut and the cats inserted and weld
it up to suit you. Or maybe even square-flange the cats
and pipe stubs for easier R&R later. I don't think that
ought to be more than another $100 at the outside at
an exhaust shop on a slow day. The price premium on
catted Ys seems to at least cover the material cost of
good cats (especially if you shop around). You can
run the offroad pipe until you find the cats
Bear inmind that forced induction really adds to the heat you
throw down the exhaust pipe and some cats, esp. the
metallic wire-ball ones like Jet-Hot, are easily destroyed
if you defeat the catalyst overtemp protection and wail
on it for any kind of duration. The Jet Hot Y is, I believe,
a straight match to Hooker pipes but I've seen some who
say they've blown out the little insert cats more than
once, blower dudes. And I was unimpressed with the
quality of the merge, I spent a couple of hours with a
flex-shaft grinder up in it removing bad stick-in pipe
edges.
Depending on your inspection regime and your philosophy
as regards legalities, getting generic empty cat shells
tacked onto the pipe might work for you.
Depends if it's a stop-and-frisk, or a full cavity search.
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