So i have a cool air intake, aftermarket elbow, and throttle body air foil. Also cleaned out heads. I have a cutout before muffler. Question is should i get magnaflow high flow cats? (dual) car is 97. Or pacesetter mid tube headers? How would sound and power differ between the two choices?

 

From everything I have read, the mids for dual cat cars are poor designs. It seems most go with an earlier single cat setup if you really want mids. You could just get long tubes with an ORY and ditch the dual cats. Good luck and I am sure someone way more knowledgeable than I will chime in shortly

 

I would go with longtubes.

 

Unless you need shorties or mid's and cats for emissions reasons why bother? Go with the LT's.

 

yes i need to retain all stock emmisions. the pacesetter mids will do so. i got qouted for 5.5 hrs of work to install them. you guys think that's bullogna?

 

I'll look up the labor rates tmo when i get to work. That seems a bit high but these cars are nightmares for certain repairs. Before you decide on headers, consider that even shorties provide benefits because of scavenging ability but offer little in the way of performance gains. You would get same or better gains by honing out the manifolds. Plus they don't blow gaskets like headers do.

Before you decide call the guys at exotic muscle. They might be able to fabricate a mid pipe with high flow cats to match a set of long tubes. Those guys kick ***

 

right on. heard of the place. guess you used to live in houston lol? but yea, 5.5 hrs labor seems steep, seeing as how im told you can lift the motor to have room, then its a 1-2 hour job.

 

According to Mitchell labor guide its 2.4 for the left and 3.8 for the right. Total 6.2 hours for complete install. This is quoted with traction control and electrical interference. Without is 6.0 hours. What was the total amount they were quoting for install?