Got the new edition of Summit and on page 192, seems they are now carrying some y-pipes for LT1's. Have both a ORP and a cat pipe. Whos gonna be the guinea pig for it and see how the quality is on it? Hell, as far as I know, its the only ORP for the dual cat LT1's out there, and its only $200 for an aluminum and $300 for stainless. Whats the difference other than the materials? Is one better than the other? :sighs:

 

Is this y-pipe for the long tube headers or shortys?

 

Stainless is a more expensive material (obviously) because it will last (more or less) the life of your vehicle and not rust out. Aluminum can rust and is a softer material. That's one reason Borla is so expensive, they use all stainless. It all depends on what you want, if you are going to get a y-pipe and keep it for a long time, go for stainless, you won't have to replace it.

 

They have them for both.....

 

actually Borla is so expensive because ur paying for the name and sound more then the materials, i mean i got a stainless steel magnaflow for 1/2 the cost

 

I believe they are made by a company called Stainless Works here in NE Ohio. They are 2.5" y-pipes based upon the old IRS y-pipe.

www.stainlessworks.net

If you go to their webpage, looks under New Products, then GM, 3rd link down, they have a picture of it.

 

How much difference do you guys think 2.5" to 3" makes, power-wise?

 

if you still had the stock manifolds on i wouldnt expect more then 5-8 hp

 

Sorry, I am talking about with LT headers.

 

Will this work with the stock manifolds like the 3" borla y-pipe for 94/95 cars? Is it 3"? Sorry I didn't get the new mag yet.

 

You brought it up, why don't you give it a try?

 

I don't know what the Stainless Works Y-pipe costs in Summit, but on their website, they list it as $229. It is a 2.5" pipe, whereas the Borla pipe is 2.75" and I have found it as low as $159-Keep in mind this is for the stock manifolds, not headers. I suppose that you would lose some low-end torque with the Borla, but I'm positive that you would gain some top-end out of it. MAC also makes a y-pipe, and it is 2.5" as well for $149.99. I have been looking into one, but I haven't really heard of anyone using them, so I haven't been so sure about dropping the cash. Also, the mechanics out here are asses, and they seem to think that if I change the y-pipe and go with a 3" cat, that they are going to wind up in jail!

 

I will have one by the end of the month to replace my crappy off-road pipe that I have for my Hooker LT's. I'll post about it.

 

Damn, I knew that one would be coming.....I dont have the funds to just drop in that much, but I do want an ORP sometime in my cars life...