hey i my 04 silverado in may and right before i could do anything to it i got deployed -_- ive already bought an intake but i want to more like headers, cam, internals and stuff but i dont have much time when i get home before i leave again for another 7 months so i wanted to do as much as i can in the month that i have does anyone have any suggestions?? i was also wondering if there are any longtube headers that will fit the stock y pipe and cat

any help would be great

 

Welcome! Lots of threads and knowledgable people here, just start pokin around.

Stock cats are right under the exhaust manifolds- long tubes replace both the manifold and this section of pipe, so in short, no.

 

ok thank you the reason i was wondering is because of california laws say that i have to keep my stock ones in the same place. do you know of any way around it?

 

Only way around it is 1. Have a connection that will get you to pass smog when the times comes. 2. or put your stock stuff back on when it's time to smog it.

 

id rather not have to change them out everytime so i think im just going to get shorties instead ive heard theres not much to gain from them but anything is better than nothing

 

doesnt take long to swap out the new stuff for the stock stuff when it comes time for smog, definitely worth having the long tubes IMO

what part of cali are you from?

 

hmm, would i have to change my entire exhaust then? or just weld it to fit what i have now?

and im from sacramento

 

all you need is headers and a y pipe, took me like 2 hrs to swap the new exhaust from the old one. you can reuse the stock muffler for i dont see a point in doing that so pretty much a whole new system

 

I regret getting my shorties. If I knew my truck wouldn't pass smog anywho, I would have broken the law to it's fullest extent. :p Will eventually switch out to an LPP LT's

 

dont even bother with shorties like hugo (blown4.8) said buy some long tubes with the off-road y-ppe that bolts up to ur stock cat-back , once youve changed your exhaust for the first time it wont take you more then 2 hours the second and 3rd ..lol its not that hard if you have an idea how to turn some wrenches ..lol

Almost forgot WELCOM FROM SO-CAL