Hooker Long Tube Headers and Y-Pipe

[WhiteTransAm]

i plan on getting these but not sure which cats to get if anyone has any recomendations or could post a link to a good one plz let me know

[98tadriver]

i think thunderracing has a good deal on pacesetter coated headers and catted Y for like 450-500 i cant remember exact numbers, thats for LS1s tho, i dunno if they have a deal for LT1s

[NJSPEEDER]

cats are cats. jsut get whatever you can pick up for cheap. the 'high flow' models only flow a few percent more than stockers.
i would suggest having them installed in a way that you can swap in test pipes. you will be amazed at the power difference.

[WhiteTransAm]

i think thunderracing has a good deal on pacesetter coated headers and catted Y for like 450-500 i cant remember exact numbers, thats for LS1s tho, i dunno if they have a deal for LT1s

im not getting pacesetters im getting hookers

cats are cats. jsut get whatever you can pick up for cheap. the 'high flow' models only flow a few percent more than stockers.
i would suggest having them installed in a way that you can swap in test pipes. you will be amazed at the power difference.

where would i get test pipes? and could i just not put any cats?

[NightRydaSS]

im not getting pacesetters im getting hookers



where would i get test pipes? and could i just not put any cats?


I may be mistaken, but i'm almost 100% sure it is illegal for a shop to install a full exhaust without cats. Like i think they can get fined BIG TIME.

They can use clamps and not weld them onto the y-pipe. This way U can change them out. I.E. what u do when u get home is your business...the car had cats on it when it left their shop.

[NJSPEEDER]

if you get headers and an off road y-pipe you can jsut go to an exhaust shop with the cats or ask them for cats with flanges on them so you can swap them on and off easily.
any exhaust place will be able to do the work for ya pretty easy. just make sure they use some sort of flanges on the cats and pipes and don't just slip fit and clamp it. once pipes are clamped together for a while they can be a complete PITA to get apart.

[WhiteTransAm]

if you get headers and an off road y-pipe you can jsut go to an exhaust shop with the cats or ask them for cats with flanges on them so you can swap them on and off easily.
any exhaust place will be able to do the work for ya pretty easy. just make sure they use some sort of flanges on the cats and pipes and don't just slip fit and clamp it. once pipes are clamped together for a while they can be a complete PITA to get apart.

so an offroad y-pipe with no cats would have more power?

and wat about the test pipes?

[deadtrend1]

so an offroad y-pipe with no cats would have more power?

yes


and wat about the test pipes?

what about them? dunno what your asking there. see if a shop will make flanges on the pipes the same way that they are on the cats so you can swap them easily without a welder, sawzall, and swearing...:)

[WhiteTransAm]

yes



what about them? dunno what your asking there. see if a shop will make flanges on the pipes the same way that they are on the cats so you can swap them easily without a welder, sawzall, and swearing...:)

oh ok i was a little confused by this quote

cats are cats. jsut get whatever you can pick up for cheap. the 'high flow' models only flow a few percent more than stockers.
i would suggest having them installed in a way that you can swap in test pipes. you will be amazed at the power difference.

wen he said swap in test pipes i thought they were completly different pipes and wasnt sure where i would get them

if i get wat ur saying ur saying its just having them make it easy to take off the cats

[Tru2Chevy]

the "test pipe" is just a pipe that's the same length as the cat that you can install in your exhaust when you remove the cats. Allows you to make more power, but still bolt in the cats to be legal when you want.

- Justin

[WhiteTransAm]

the "test pipe" is just a pipe that's the same length as the cat that you can install in your exhaust when you remove the cats. Allows you to make more power, but still bolt in the cats to be legal when you want.

- Justin

oh ok i understand now so i dont have to buy one the guy at the shop should be able to just put one in tx alot

[98tadriver]

oh ok i understand now so i dont have to buy one the guy at the shop should be able to just put one in tx alot


orrrrrrrrr get a pair of electric cutouts before the cats lol