Today when i called slp for pricing on a loudmouth exhaust and install kit. I told them i have 96 z28 with a single cat. converter. They told me 95's came with a single and 96 came with dual cats. but my title has the as 1996 and the label on the car door says november 1995. So is it a 95 or a 96.

 

A Nov 1995 build would be a 1996. The 10th digit of the VIN tells the year. Are you sure it has not been modified by a previous owner?

 

How could you buy a car and NOT know what year it is?
If the title says 96, its a 96.

 

I aways thought it was a 96 but slp made me question it when then said they didn't put single cat. on 96 but my car has a single and to the best of my knowledge it looks like the original y-pipe and cat.

 

just incase your not sure the drivers cat sits right next to the oil filter. double check to see if its there. its also vetical and often throws people off

 

yeah it'll be on BIG cat after the Y or 2 small ones before the y, use the vin chart to decode your VIN if you are not sure what year the car is. hopefully you just cant see the other cat, otherwise you've managed to get an OBD I car VIN'ed and titled as a OBD II car. are you sure this car has never been in a wreck?

 

Yah, because the drivers side CAT is in the engine compartment, directly below the exhaust manifold, is round instead of oval or flat and not under the car a lot of people don't know it's a CAT or just miss it.

 

Yea, I saw it. What kind of design is that. Thats the only thing that i hate about GM cars is there engineering sucks. Like that opti crap were you have to take the front part of the motor off to get to. Thanks for your help.

 

Nobody's holding a gun to your head. Don't buy a GM car, if you don't want to. All cars have their peculiarities.

 

They think the opti-spark is crap, well I have one word for them, points.

 

I don't know who "they" are, but they are absolutely correct!

 

The opti is the best distributor GM ever made for a small block. It's just in a strange place (but put there for the most accuracy).

Probably half or more of the people on this board have never seen a set of points.

 

The opti works much better than a points type distributor. Installing, gapping, and setting the dwell on points is pretty much a thing of the past.