>The muffler is back under the bed where there is enough height. The truck
>is too low to put the muffler under the cab (if you care about ground
>clearance). On the short beds or club cabs the back of the muffler is
>behind the front of the rear tires. There is no way to bring the pipe out
>the side in front of the back wheels. Perhaps on a long bed (I haven't
>looked).
This is where Flowtech must have taken the extra step that Gibson
didn't. The muffler, I'm sure, sits closer to the cat on this system.
} Shorty Headers:
}
} 92-95 - p/n 91940 standard and p/n 91940-1 for ceramic. 1 1/2" primaries,
} bolts to stock Y-pipe.
}
} 96-97 - p/n 91945 standard and p/n 94945-1 for ceramic. Ditto.
>Given the skinny crimped stock Y-pipe these seem like a total waste. I'd
>rather get an aftermarket Y-pipe for the stock manifolds.
You'd see an improvement. How much? Hard to say. I'd be curious as
to the gains of a new Y-pipe without the headers and then with. At least
the '97 pipe isn't crimped anymore.
>Home brew Y-pipes are not smog legal in CA, and probably not anywhere
>else. Any mods in front of the converter have to be EPA/CARB approved to
>be legal.
Outside of California, so long as all your emissions equipment is
in place and the cat or cats are in place it should be completely legal.
No different than having a rotted exhaust replaced. Only difference
being larger pipe (again, this is outside of California's strict
emissions laws). Maybe I'm lucky here in Michigan. No emissions tests
at all. I could just pull the cat altogether if it wasnt' for the #2 O2
sensor.
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sean meldrum
Email @ Home: spm@c3net.net
Work: sean_p_meldrum@auto.ittind.com
318, 5spd, 3.55SG, reg. cab, 2wd, Black,
graphics removed, "Fresh air" by Meldrum,
Moroso Blue Max plug wires, Spectre looms,
Cherry Bomb Turbo II exiting b4 the axle (temporary),
MSD 6A/Blaster 2 awaiting installation
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