Is this normal?
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Is this normal? I was thinking about taking my stock catback off and just sticking a flowmaster single chamber on the end of the Y pipe... so I get under there to look...
From the back of the cat all the way to the muffler it is just one single pipe. That isn't the way my LS1 was... It's welded to the cat, then bends towards the center of the car, gets near the driveshaft and turns straight back and goes up and over the axle to the catback. Were LT1's like that, or is something weird here?
I'm not really sure what to do now because one of the main things I liked about that plan was I wouldn't have to destroy anything.
From the back of the cat all the way to the muffler it is just one single pipe. That isn't the way my LS1 was... It's welded to the cat, then bends towards the center of the car, gets near the driveshaft and turns straight back and goes up and over the axle to the catback. Were LT1's like that, or is something weird here?
I'm not really sure what to do now because one of the main things I liked about that plan was I wouldn't have to destroy anything.
yes that is right for LT1 cars to have the pipe run next to the drive shaft. About the only muffler you can "stick" on the end of the y-pipe is a bullet type muffler. You can put a flowmaster in there but it will require some fabrication of the exhaust
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All the 98+ exhaust I'm seeing, even most aftermarket stuff, single pipe just like the 93-97. I've not seen what the setup on the 98+ looks like though, and I'm not at work to look at the exhaust book to check. Either way, your LT1's is normal.
what your talking about though with the cat being welded to it i dont think it is normal...somebody didnt clamp like it should have been done and they welded it...come out and i have a bunch of lt1 stuff..i could hook you up...i know exactly what your wanting to do...i live in crawfordsville so
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what your talking about though with the cat being welded to it i dont think it is normal...somebody didnt clamp like it should have been done and they welded it...come out and i have a bunch of lt1 stuff..i could hook you up...i know exactly what your wanting to do...i live in crawfordsville so
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what your talking about though with the cat being welded to it i dont think it is normal...somebody didnt clamp like it should have been done and they welded it...come out and i have a bunch of lt1 stuff..i could hook you up...i know exactly what your wanting to do...i live in crawfordsville so
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add the short dynomax Shotgun resonator. it will sound something like this. here is a vid of my iroc, which has LT's, 4" of crossover pipe, the shotgun resonator, dumped to the ground 90* right under the passanger seat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMXVUpqoNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMXVUpqoNs
what your talking about though with the cat being welded to it i dont think it is normal...somebody didnt clamp like it should have been done and they welded it...come out and i have a bunch of lt1 stuff..i could hook you up...i know exactly what your wanting to do...i live in crawfordsville so