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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 07:48 PM
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What all is needed to do this if I buy shorty headers intended for 93-95's, but for my dual cat '95? Mostly I'm worried about the cat attaching to my exhaust. How far off will they be and what can I do for it?

And yes, I did lots of searching.
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Old Jan 26, 2007 | 08:02 PM
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a '95 has dual cats? i thought '96 were the earliest... wow i learn something everyday! good luck to ya!
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California emissions had 2 cats
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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I think all that is needed is the SLP "s" pipe for installing a loud mouth on a 93-95. Can anyone confirm this? My car has the SLP 3in catback already. Anyone?
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 95Firehawk0158
What all is needed to do this if I buy shorty headers intended for 93-95's, but for my dual cat '95? Mostly I'm worried about the cat attaching to my exhaust. How far off will they be and what can I do for it?

And yes, I did lots of searching.
Not going the work. The driver's side shorty header collector will be located too low to mount the driver's side cat and will not have the right shape to mount the cat (not the standard pattern).
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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California emissions had 2 cats
The 95 and down only have 1 cat. I live in CA,I have a 97 and it has 2 cats,my buddy has a 95 z28 and it has 1 cat.
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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also the dual cats are rated at more hp
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 95Firehawk0158
What all is needed to do this if I buy shorty headers intended for 93-95's, but for my dual cat '95? Mostly I'm worried about the cat attaching to my exhaust. How far off will they be and what can I do for it?

And yes, I did lots of searching.
Just buy a after market Y- pipe and put the cat at the end of the Y-pipe
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Old Jan 27, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by onephatZ28
The 95 and down only have 1 cat. I live in CA,I have a 97 and it has 2 cats,my buddy has a 95 z28 and it has 1 cat.
Not true! My friend's 95 A4 CA car came with dual cats, my 95 M6 CA car came with a single cat. I bet you friend's car is a M6.
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Originally Posted by obe1 95Z28
Not true! My friend's 95 A4 CA car came with dual cats, my 95 M6 CA car came with a single cat. I bet you friend's car is a M6.
My buddys car is also a A4
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maybe it has something to due with what part of 95 the car came out.
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My car has dual cats. It was made Feb. of '95. I'm thinking about buying the SLP shorty headers WITH the yipe for 93-95 vehicles. The Shorty header design for single cats is better than the dual cat setup. So I *should* only need a high flow cat, the s pipe to attach to my cat back and be good. I don't want shortys but I don't want to deal with trying to get my car smogged every two years and possibly dealing with getting pulled over and messed with by the cops. If I still lived in Vegas I wouldn't be worried about it.

I just want someone to confirm what I need to do this. I've looked at the pictures in my Haynes manual and it looks like I have the right idea.
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 04:20 PM
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95 was a split year. Some have dual cats some have single my 95 has dual cats. I'm having trouble picking out headers also.
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 04:49 PM
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will you still pass emissions with a singlr cat?if you wont then i wouldnt run a cat at all
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I have a single cat on my '95 T/A M6.
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Old Jan 28, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by onephatZ28
Just buy a after market Y- pipe and put the cat at the end of the Y-pipe
Won't work, the Cat has to be close to the Engine for the Heat of the Exhaust.

I have a 95, it had a Single Cat, had all the California crap in it also. There are many variations throughout 1995, a few things were changed around between the 95/96 transition.
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