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Old 01-04-2009, 03:27 PM
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Default stock H VS. aftermarket H

whats the difference?.......... bore diameter?......reliability?
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Old 01-04-2009, 03:39 PM
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Unless it's an O/R H, there will be no noticeable difference.
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Old 01-04-2009, 04:34 PM
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Did you really just ask about the reliablity of an exhaust part? gman, if you get a crossover pipe with high flow cats you will certainly notice a difference, in fact most of the aftermarket crossovers come with either no cats, or high flow ones.
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Old 01-04-2009, 04:40 PM
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I know that hi-flow cats will change the sound, I have hi-flows on my car, but just bolting an aftermarket H-pipe to the stock cats wont make that much of difference.
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Old 01-04-2009, 04:48 PM
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The cats are on the h-pipe, so if you change the pipe, you have to change the cats. High flow cats will do more than change the sound, they will flow a lot better, and make more power than the stock ones.
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Old 01-04-2009, 05:02 PM
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Do they even make an H-pipe that will bolt to the stock cats? I know you can bolt some X-pipes and prochambers to the stock cats. Of course you have to do some cutting. As far as HP gains, I bet hi-flows will only add about 1-2. With stock cats and h-pipe I dynoed 299RWHP/309RWTQ. With an O/R prochamber I dynoed 302/305.
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I'm confused... what do you mean an H-pipe that will bolt on to the stock cats? The car comes with an H-pipe.
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Do they even make an H-pipe that will bolt to the stock cats? I know you can bolt some X-pipes and prochambers to the stock cats. Of course you have to do some cutting. As far as HP gains, I bet hi-flows will only add about 1-2. With stock cats and h-pipe I dynoed 299RWHP/309RWTQ. With an O/R prochamber I dynoed 302/305.
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I know the it comes with an H-pipe, but I wasn't sure if the o/p was comparing the stock H and cats to aftermarket H that would bolt to the stock cats-even if that's possible.
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mac prochamber is an H-pipe that uses the stock cats, u can also get the prochamber without cats
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Originally Posted by gman73
Do they even make an H-pipe that will bolt to the stock cats? I know you can bolt some X-pipes and prochambers to the stock cats. Of course you have to do some cutting. As far as HP gains, I bet hi-flows will only add about 1-2. With stock cats and h-pipe I dynoed 299RWHP/309RWTQ. With an O/R prochamber I dynoed 302/305.
So the O/R pipe got you 3 hp, but the high flows will only get 1 or 2? I say the high flows are a better option because if your car has to go through any type of emission inspection you don't have anything to worry about. Then again, I wanted my car LOUD, so I said F*#k it.
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