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Camvill
08-14-2008, 01:19 PM
I installed my pacesetter headers but they dont fit up with my SLP LM1 what do i do??

JW
08-14-2008, 02:34 PM
What y-pipe are you using... is there a size problem? What do you mean by they don't fit up?

JW :D

camaro2you
08-14-2008, 03:28 PM
It should fit up just fine, are you using a pacesetter y?

naSSty99ss
08-14-2008, 03:55 PM
are you using that S pipe that goes between the y pipe and the cat back, if i remember right, when i helped a friend do his headers on a lt1 you don't need to use that s pipe anymore. he had pacesetter y and lm1

LTb1ow
08-14-2008, 04:03 PM
Yea if its setup for a stock Y pipe, my cat back was, you have to cut the S out of it and it should be a straight shot back from there.

sweetbmxrider
08-14-2008, 04:34 PM
i have shorty pacesetters with their y-pipe. cat welded to that. s-pipe bolted to that. I-pipe clamped to that and so on.

LTb1ow
08-14-2008, 04:36 PM
Thats the legal way of doing things though. With LTs things change.

sweetbmxrider
08-14-2008, 04:39 PM
yeah i know. i like saving the environment one catalytic converter at a time :lol:

LTb1ow
08-14-2008, 04:41 PM
Oh me too, I have TWO brand new ones on the car. Granted they are in the trunk, but that still counts right? :wink:

NJ Torque
08-14-2008, 04:46 PM
Do not, I mean DO NOT to headers and a LM1... you will hate yourself.

LTb1ow
08-14-2008, 04:48 PM
Borlamouth is still raspy.

sweetbmxrider
08-14-2008, 04:49 PM
i like my car, granted its shorties and its catted. i think it sounds great!

JL8Jeff
08-14-2008, 05:32 PM
I ended up trimming one side(y-pipe or I-pipe) and then got a 3" junction pipe from Autozone or Pep Boys and some extra clamps. I had to do the same thing on my old 96 SS. I hate the 2-3/4" neckdown on the y-pipe so I cut it off completely to run full 3".

LTb1ow
08-14-2008, 06:16 PM
Do not, I mean DO NOT to headers and a LM1... you will hate yourself.

Get a nice cat back like a B+B 8-)

NJ Torque
08-14-2008, 06:19 PM
I have a magnaflow that I need to put on.

It was cool for a week, haha.

JL8Jeff
08-14-2008, 06:42 PM
I wouldn't even want to start the car up with longtube headers and LM. :shock:

LTb1ow
08-14-2008, 06:46 PM
Why not? Its not that horrible. Its like blaring more than anything.

KirkEvil
08-14-2008, 07:00 PM
I have LTs and the borlamouth setup. It really isnt that bad, just a lot of hissing noise along with the rumble. Cabin noise at 70 mph is actually quieter than it was with just the LM or BM because the tone is deeper. I ran the setup with the TSP catted y, and now with the ORY. Catted sounded slightly better. The noise is tolerable to 3000 rpms then it changes from freight train to thunder storm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr9WTGZht8Q

Camvill
08-14-2008, 10:31 PM
i have the offroad pacesetter y pipe and it doesnt match up at all i guess ill have to jimmy rig it with some sort of clamps

Tru2Chevy
08-15-2008, 09:17 AM
i have the offroad pacesetter y pipe and it doesnt match up at all i guess ill have to jimmy rig it with some sort of clamps

In what way does it not match up though? Crawl underneath and shoot a few pics from different angles to show us....

- Justin

Camvill
08-15-2008, 09:19 AM
ill try and get some pics up but the y-pipe was too long at first so i disconnected the pipe above the rear axle to make the y pipe fit. After i connected the y pipe the pipe curving around the axle didnt match up.

Tru2Chevy
08-15-2008, 09:23 AM
If the y was too long with the rest of the catback hanging correctly, then it needs to be cut down to the correct length. Unless it's really close, don't move the catback around to try and fit the why, because it's just gonna create headaches with fitment around your rear suspension.

- Justin

sweetbmxrider
08-15-2008, 02:39 PM
yaa that over axle pipe has minimal clearance. you want that right and do your finageling with the y pipe!

Camvill
08-16-2008, 02:04 AM
i have to get a muffler its too loud what one do you guys recommend and what part of the exhaust should i put it on

LTb1ow
08-16-2008, 07:35 AM
Oh come on, be a man.:wink: But if you must, with the borla muffler stuck in the pipes, the LM1 and LTs quiet down a lot.

JL8Jeff
08-16-2008, 09:50 AM
The LM2 muffler/resonator should bolt right in. They pop up on Ebay from time to time.

KirkEvil
08-16-2008, 10:08 AM
The most you can quiet it down is with either a borla xr-1 muffler or a Magnaflow bullet. I vote borla obviously, but know that no matter which resonator you put in there its still going to be very loud!

btw, you will have to cut about 3" off the intermediate pipe between the Y and resonator to fit a borla. The borla muffler is 20" long compared to the LM resonator's 16.5". Any you will have to either weld it in or get 3" band clamps because it is not a perfect slip fit.

Camvill
08-17-2008, 02:19 AM
what do you guys thibnk about dynomax bullets

bcgetfresh
08-17-2008, 09:18 AM
I went with the borla XR-1 which sounds nice. I like the deep tone. Im actually going to be buying a GMMG exhaust really soon if your interested in buying mine. ill shoot u a pm