New from Florida

[brucealmighty744]

**For all you guys that are in a big time rush, the best way you could welcome/help me would be to read the second paragraph and give your much respected advice. Thanks!**

Well, I have been a member with the same user name on ls1tech for some time, but I am excited to see a forum with a good amount of traffic dedicated just to us. My name is Bruce(if you couldn't tell from the user name :claps:) I am 19 years old and I have a red 1994 Trans Am M6 with t-tops and my first car (which is sadly for sale) a dark green 1995 Chevrolet Camaro v6 M5. The Trans am is stock(CAI, headers, y-pipe and GMMG on the way and a cam and other goodies after that), but the Camaro has CAI, catback, manual fan switch, Seaside Graphics hood and side stripes, tinted window, green Underglow neons, and a tweaked stereo.

QUICK QUESTIONS: With the exhaust setup I have planned (GMMG, LPP stainless steel headers and SS ORY) I am concerned with rasp and poppoing on decel...I could just buy the headers for $425, but considering for $500-$550 you can get the satinless ORY too...Well, I cant pass up on that deal since a sperate y-pipe would prob not be SS and would cost much more than $75 dollars. Because I don't want too much police attention or popping or rasp I plan to cat the ORY.
**QUESTIONS**
How hard/expensive is it to weld a cat to the ORY?
Can any muffler man or similar establishment do it?
I saw the universal magnaflow cat on their website and heard magnaflow is good, any other reccomendations?
Since I have a 1994 I presume I only need ONE cat, correct?
Where should I weld the cat into the ORY? I want that refined, yet throaty GMMG sound that sounds pissed when I step on it, but somewhat smooth and controlled when lightly cruising.

I am shelling out big bucks so I want to do this right. Thanks for any help and I look forward to becoming an active and contributing member to this site.

[Fixxer99TA]

Welcome! I think I remember you from LS1tech.com.

Questions :
1. Not hard, not too expensive depending on where you go (go get some quotes from multiple places, pick the best one).
2.Yes. Pretty much.
3. Magnaflow stuff is great, just make sure the cats (inlet/outlet) are the same diameter as the y pipe. Your going to want two cats (one after each header in the Y pipe. I guess its possible to go with only one cat in the I pipe, but I would just go with the two... One after each collector.).
4. See #3.
5. See #3, its going to sound pissed off :D

[brucealmighty744]

Welcome! I think I remember you from LS1tech.com.

Questions :
1. Not hard, not too expensive depending on where you go (go get some quotes from multiple places, pick the best one).
2.Yes. Pretty much.
3. Magnaflow stuff is great, just make sure the cats (inlet/outlet) are the same diameter as the y pipe. Your going to want two cats (one after each header in the Y pipe. I guess its possible to go with only one cat in the I pipe, but I would just go with the two... One after each collector.).
4. See #3.
5. See #3, its going to sound pissed off :D


Beautiful and complete answer! Thanks a bunch. I remember your user name too...I think from ls1tech.Two cats will prob be better...someone said high flow magnaflows were only $50 dollars each, but on magnaflow they are over $100! whats up with this?

[Fixxer99TA]

I dont know about $50.00, thats pretty cheap for a highflow cat. Especially a good highflow cat like a magnaflow. Your going to be talking 100-150 each usually.

Check around on various sponsors/other sites and see what you can find for prices. Might be cheapest to find your own price and order them, then bring em to a shop to be welded up. I know most exhaust shops will charge you an arm and a leg for cats around here.

Dont forget your O2 extensions, and plan on new O2 sensors as sometimes new headers can foul up O2 sensors. The crap inside from production (more often its the ceramic coating and other stuff) and coatings burn off sometimes fouling them. Transfer and run the ones you have on your car now until they crap out, sometimes they never do.

[1hottcamaro]

Welcome! what part of Florida?

[krayzie7th]

welcome aboard!

[KissMyWhtSS]

you'll want one cat after the y pipe meets. I'd put it in the intermediate pipe with an o2 extension.

[YZF]

Welcome.

[brucealmighty744]

Welcome! what part of Florida?


Thanks everyone. I will search for a good price on the magnaflows. I live about an hour south of Orlando. In a little town called Eustis(near Lessburg and Mount Dora). How about you guys? Any floridians?

[slowdime]

Thanks everyone. I will search for a good price on the magnaflows. I live about an hour south of Orlando. In a little town called Eustis(near Lessburg and Mount Dora). How about you guys? Any floridians?


Heard of those. Recently moved from Port Charlotte, about 100mi south of Tampa.

You may want to check out www.mafia-motorsports.com (http://www.mafia-motorsports.com) they're a mostly domestic site based in the Tampa/ Orlando area. They may be able to point you in the direction of a GOOD shop up that way.

[bidicamaro]

Welcome... that's all I got...

[heatsoak6.0]

Welcome!

Man once you hear the decel popping and gurggling you'll love it.
It will only pop on a downshift from higher speeds, gurggles all the time tho.

Enjoy