and are f***ing loud...is all i have to say. Im not subject to an emission test, but do have to pass a visual check, which right now with an ORy pipe, I won't do. Ben suggested having a pair of dynomax bullets welded in at the end of the collectors, and that should quiet it down and pass the visual. if i do that though, would it sound bad if i ran a magnaflow race muffler too? just trying to figure out how to go about this.

cliff notes:
headers and y pipe installed, wont pass visual emission check
debating on using dynomax bullets as "cats" and then running a magnaflow race muffler
sounds like what?

 

That should work okay.

If you knew before hand about the visual you should have looked into OBX headers/y pipe...they come with dummy cats

 

what headers did you go with? What year truck?

bullets will reduce/remove the rasp. It will make what ever catback you use sound deeper and smoother

 

pacesetters. 2006 4.8. i knew about the visual and planned on having something put in place, just notsure what im going to go with.

 

I still don't understand how you'll be able to pass with that smell. The smell without cats is blatantly evident.

 

when my truck is warm, the smell aint that bad. Its worse during cold startups

 

hows the fit? Did you go with coated or non-coated? I should get mine in a couple weeks

 

coated. fits like a glove. i think i posted in a thread you started already..

 

why not find some old gutted shells, and have someone weld/clamp the shells on over where they would normally be after the headers?

cheap fix, and keep the loudness.

 

pacesetters... ORY... E-cut out and a stock muffler is my setup... i pass emissions and visual.... when you have a stock muffler they dont think about climbin under to look... and i like the way the stock muffler sounds to... quiet.. but a car guy will know something is different when you bring the rpms up..... best of both worlds too.. loud or quiet.......