 |
05-22-2007, 03:00 PM
|
#1
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 120
|
Hooker Long Tube Headers and Y-Pipe
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
__________________
1997 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 03:05 PM
|
#2
|
|
10 Second Club; Has fan club
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Delmont nj
Posts: 4,369
|
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
__________________
01' Z06 62k miles. Vararam, Longtubes, off road xpipe, tuned by me. Times TBA
2001 Corvette, Bolt ons , tuned 10.75@124.56 mph 1.38 60' Sold
1997 Saturn Sc1 5spd DOHC swapped
Bolt ons, decked head, stock intake cam on exhaust side, lotsa weight redux
13.22@102.32 mph 1.93 60'
12's on moda? One day
Last edited by 98tadriver; 05-22-2007 at 03:06 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 03:06 PM
|
#3
|
|
NJFBOA Co-Founder
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: All up in your kool aid!
Posts: 12,235
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 06:30 PM
|
#4
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 120
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 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
|
im not getting pacesetters im getting hookers
Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
|
where would i get test pipes? and could i just not put any cats?
__________________
1997 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Last edited by WhiteTransAm; 05-22-2007 at 06:32 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 06:50 PM
|
#5
|
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 513
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteTransAm
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.
__________________
The only place "stock" belongs is on store shelves; tweak that b*tch!!! 
Eff Dr. Phil; my M6 SS is the only Therapist I need! 
Light travels faster then sound; that is why some people appear to be smart until they speak - Unknown
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 06:51 PM
|
#6
|
|
NJFBOA Co-Founder
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: All up in your kool aid!
Posts: 12,235
|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 06:56 PM
|
#7
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 120
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
|
so an offroad y-pipe with no cats would have more power?
and wat about the test pipes?
__________________
1997 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 08:49 PM
|
#8
|
|
11 second club / Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Berlin, NJ
Posts: 7,148
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteTransAm
so an offroad y-pipe with no cats would have more power?
|
yes
Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteTransAm
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... 
__________________
2001 Trans Am WS6 •SLP Loudmouth II •UMI Suspension •12.857 @ 109.57
1996 Trans Am WS6 •Pacesetter Longtubes •Strange 12 Bolt •Spohn Suspension •11.152 @ 123.85
Last edited by deadtrend1; 05-22-2007 at 08:51 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 09:16 PM
|
#9
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 120
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by deadtrend1
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
Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
|
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
__________________
1997 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 09:23 PM
|
#10
|
|
Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
Posts: 22,476
|
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
__________________
1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
|
|
|
|
|
05-22-2007, 10:51 PM
|
#11
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Jersey City
Posts: 120
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 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
|
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
__________________
1997 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
|
|
|
|
|
05-24-2007, 12:24 AM
|
#12
|
|
10 Second Club; Has fan club
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Delmont nj
Posts: 4,369
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by WhiteTransAm
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
__________________
01' Z06 62k miles. Vararam, Longtubes, off road xpipe, tuned by me. Times TBA
2001 Corvette, Bolt ons , tuned 10.75@124.56 mph 1.38 60' Sold
1997 Saturn Sc1 5spd DOHC swapped
Bolt ons, decked head, stock intake cam on exhaust side, lotsa weight redux
13.22@102.32 mph 1.93 60'
12's on moda? One day
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
