need a pic of pacesetter LT's and pacesetter ORY installed!
 

hey guys, can any body show me a pic of pacesetter LT's installed on the car with there pacesetter ORY? i am going to put some cats on the pacesetter Y pipe so i need to know how close the y pipe is to the floor board! and which part of it has the most clearance for a cat! thanks alot guys the catted y is way to expensive

i thought in california if you moved them from the stock location
you were already violating smog laws.

the passenger side is easy (plenty of room) but the drivers side would be very tough. the problem is, because the pipes are crushed to make room, to take advantage of that, u want it close to the floor. to fit a cat on there, u would be moving it away from the floor...sacrificing ground clearance, and defeating the purpose of the crushed pipe. plus, the only place to fit the cat would be right before the y merge, and there are hard lines right there that make it a very tight fit. and i dunno about u, but i dont want my cat touching any of the hard lines (hence, why i took my tsp catted y pipe off)

Technically moving any of the exhaust is a violation, long tubes/cats- doesnt matter. But do we care.... Hell NO!

i know a few people who are willing to pass me and smog tests, usally the machanics are always to lazy to check under the car anyways, so im jus gonna try to pass the sniffer test
but thanks alot guys well i was thinking of dropping my car pretty soon. well i guess im jus gonna have to do that after the header install! to see how much clearance im going to be working with!

Moving your cats from the stock location in any state is a violation of Federal law. All longtube headers are illegal in every state, along with mid lengths and, I believe, shorties without a CARB number.

You can see mine here.

https://www.fquick.com/images/vehicl...1201878527.jpg


Hope that helps.

looks lik there is some room to work with but then again this is a lt1 formula so i gotta mak sure but i appriciate all your help! happy holidays to everyone

sniffer test?
WTF is that for a '99?
obd2 here is plug in,
no check eng light
readiness tests, can have 2 not ready '00 and earlier
1 '01 up not ready

If no body gets you a pick before I do I am putting mine on the news years eve. I will get you pics then if nobody does before. Im putting pace setter lt and ory on.

the sniffer test in california, is they put a probe in ur exhaust pipe and, thats how all the emissons are tested and also they look at the catylst sticker annd check to see all nessacery things are there, and they look under the car as well! they do this test for all OBD cars

i appriciate your help!! thanks

we get a visual on smog as part of the saftey inspection.but got away from
the sniffer a few years back. i could not be happier.
its scary though,those effing nazis at carb seem to be able to run there BS
down everyones throat in time.

you are correct

The pacesetter headers and y-pipe tuck VERY close under the car. I actually had to do a little BFH mod on the driver's side floor board to get the non-catted y to fit.