Im planning on installing a warpspeed y pipe with the stock cat. and catman midpipe with a magnaflow muffler.

 

It will work, but the muffler is not direct bolt on, it will have to be welded on.

 

werd do you think its better to get it welded or should i get a direct bolt on??

 

What are you looking for?

I like bolt ons as opposed to weld ons - there's no point.

 

honestly it doesnt matter to me I have a friend whos a mechanic and a welder so either is fine. Where can i find out which ones will direct bolt to the catman mid pipe

 

Frankencar, Cattman, and OEM will bolt to the cattman b-pipe.

 

Just got back from Meinike... The guy told me that he would do a race series magnaflow muffler welded onto a new 2.5' b pipe for $600 which would bypass the afterburner cat. I then said okay what about adding a Y pipe and he said you dont want to do that because then you eliminate the other 2 cats and that just causes you to get a check engine light and doesnt add any performance power. he said all the performance power would be realized by just doing the muffler and b pipe. We then scanned the check engine lught and it said error code " engine running lean Bank 1" He said a dealer o2 sensor is about $140 and that if i buy it he would throw it on for free if I decide to do the muffler and pipe. Is this a good deal??

 

He does not know he's talking about.

 

I didnt think so

 

For reference, I went to Meineke 2 weeks ago with the Magnaflow of my choice in hand and they made up a new 2.25" b pipe and mounted the magnaflow for $200.

 

Where did you buy your magnaflow from and how much was it??

 

Summitracing.com and it was right around $160 with shipping I believe, I need to update my sig however I just took another look at the setup and they cheaped out and ran 2" to the muffler and expanded it to 2.25" for the muffler inlet...oh well I probably wouldn't realize a difference if it was 2.25" anyways.

 

I looked at that site all i see is dual tipped mufflers but with dual inlets as well... isnt our b pipe single inlet. Also I need a new o2 sensor in bank 1... the guy at meinike said its best to get it from the dealer rather than somewhere else.

 

The part # on the magnaflow is mpe-14816 through summit: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

I haven't looked but you might try ebay for OEM o2 sensors if those are the best ones, I am a Chevy guy prior to this Max and the best o2 sensors were the stock parts but waaaaaay cheaper on ebay.

 

WTF... For $600 you can get an entire Cattman Cat-Back, as for the y-pipe... It is called an O2 Sim, look it up.

 

Keep the main Cat and get a Y-pipe and get rid of the pre-Cats(front).