I have maybe a crazy question but here goes anyway. I'm first of all a unemployed student right now so money is TIGHT. Is it possible to take the pre cats off the factory y and put pieces of pipe in their place. A budget y-pipe per say? Thanks in advance guys.

 

Possible, yes. Probable, not in my opinion. You can do anything with a plasma cutter and a mig, but I'm guessing you don't have access to such equipment...

(EDIT: I didn't mean that to sound as derogatory as it did - sorry if that's how it came across...)

Lets put it this way - I have that stuff, and I still chose to buy aftermarket - its just not worth the trouble and the gains still wouldn't be what you'd get if you went aftermarket...

Just my 0.02c,

-Matt

 

if you have the time and equipment you can do one yourself - 10ft of a straight exhaust pipe costs under $20. or you can have an exhaustshop make you one fairly cheap.

 

That is what I was planning on doing. I have a friend that is a master with a welder and I was going to take my Y to him and have him take the per cats out and weld in pipe.

 

If you've got no job and no money, why are you going to try and hack up a functioning vehicle?

Just wait and buy a Y when you have the money.

 

Yeah man...I got my Y pipe used on this site for $125. I'm sure you could pull that out at one point or another.

 

I'll see what happens. I will wait till I get the money.

 

I got my y-pipe for $80. Thats not too bad. You just gotta find a deal and jump on it.

 

Is that new or used?

 

No reason to sink money into a car when your broke. I would be happy to have a car.

 

this is true i got a brand new y-pipe from custom enterprise for 100 bucks the guy said i just want to get rid of them i think he had 4 y-pipes

 

Used and Warpspeed.

 

So True.... Ypipes sell every day really cheap her seems someone is parting a car everyday plus they are cheap anyway these days

 

Hold off and get what you really want. No sense in going through the trouble of doing a hack job only to regret it later, long for something better and lose the time invested in the effort.

 

Apart from removing a pre-cat, the Budget y-pipe also takes care of a restrictive flange at the end of the y-pipe closest to the cat, significantly improving airflow. I think this is where the hp and torque improvement largely come from. Similarly, the Budget b-pipe removes another pipe restriction, which contributes to the gain in hp and torque it provides.

Don't mess around with what you have stock.

 

This is a old thread.

 

A little bit old but thanks for the info from all.