warpspeed y-pipes
#5
If your VE is running well, this is one of the better mods to do. Althought to really get the most from the y-pipe you should also open up the intake with a CAI or cone filter and finish off the exhaust with a cat back and hi-flow cat.
But just adding the y-pipe will help. For $200 is was well worth the money.
But just adding the y-pipe will help. For $200 is was well worth the money.
#8
I installed an aluminized mandrel-bent warpspeed performance Y-pipe in my '89 max GXE. Good quality unit, but I don't think it's any better than the stock piece. It came with replacement gaskets, but didn't come with all new mounting hardware (so some nuts & bolts, etc had to be re-used.)
It rattled during hard acceleration on my suspension techniques front swaybar. I finally fixed the rattle by fabricating about 1/4" spacers, installed underneath the swaybar body mounts.
Although the Y-pipe helped torque & hp at certain RPMs, it hurt it at others. I think this is because it does away with the equal-length runner configuration of the stock Y-pipe, and takes a "path of least resistance" approach.
Maybe the Y-pipe makes more of an improvement on one of the multi-valve '92-'93 SE max motors; mine is the 2-valve per cylinder motor. (Sorry, can't remeber which is the VE and which is VG).
It might also help more if a free-flow cat-back exhaust system were installed; mine is some sort of "midas special". When I get an excuse to replace it, I will probably get warpspeed's (B-pipe). They seem like good folks with good products, and I had a good experience doing business with them.
It rattled during hard acceleration on my suspension techniques front swaybar. I finally fixed the rattle by fabricating about 1/4" spacers, installed underneath the swaybar body mounts.
Although the Y-pipe helped torque & hp at certain RPMs, it hurt it at others. I think this is because it does away with the equal-length runner configuration of the stock Y-pipe, and takes a "path of least resistance" approach.
Maybe the Y-pipe makes more of an improvement on one of the multi-valve '92-'93 SE max motors; mine is the 2-valve per cylinder motor. (Sorry, can't remeber which is the VE and which is VG).
It might also help more if a free-flow cat-back exhaust system were installed; mine is some sort of "midas special". When I get an excuse to replace it, I will probably get warpspeed's (B-pipe). They seem like good folks with good products, and I had a good experience doing business with them.
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