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Old 04-28-2010, 06:30 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I agree that newer OEM cats are much better flowing than they used to be. Also, BGD is right about the header thing. If you're going to put in a high flow cat, it's a good time to re-do the exhaust. If you can get long enough headers that aren't too huge, they won't hurt your low end torque. Plus, then you can wrap them, and maybe even the Y pipe, so the cat gets hot faster, and absorbs more heat, allowing a larger, higher flowing cat to work effectively.

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Old 04-28-2010, 02:10 PM   #12 (permalink)
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You are putting on ceramic headers so that will contain more of the heat in the pipe and push it to the cat. I would probably just go with a cat from the original supplier and find one that is similar in the original dimensions but has a larger inlet and matching outlet.

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