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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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Car: 1994 Trans Am
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Approx. Co$t to fab y-pipe for LT's?

I'm looking at getting LT's for my T/A but I would like to know the approximate price to fab up a Y-pipe (or whatever it will be called) to the rest of the exhaust.

How much did you guys pay to have it done? $100? $200?
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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No one has a price that a shop charged them to make a Y-pipe for LT's? Better question, everyone just ran open LT's, or even better question, no one has purchased LT's for a 3rdgen before?

C'mon guys, I've searched, but the topics are for LT's only, not y-pipe fab.
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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Car: 1981 Chevy Malibu, 1987 Formula 350
Engine: 229 V6, L98 TPI 350
Transmission: TH350, 700R4
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I've got hedman long tubes on my firebird.....
Shop charged me $200 to make/install the y-pipe....
Wasnt mandrel bent, (compression bent instead) but i was in a pinch so i didnt really do much shopping around. Ground clearance is good too.....havnt driven the car much, but i live in and frequently go through neighborhoods that have miserable roads and stuff, havnt scraped yet.....
(Crappy pic but the best i got)
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 10:02 AM
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Car: 1984 ta slightly modified
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lt headers

Side pipes for lt headers is a better way on 3rd gens
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 12:35 PM
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Car: 1994 Trans Am
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Maybe so, but sidepipes look out of place on thirdgens. Only on old 60's Novas, Chevelles, and other old chevys and Ford Falcons do they look good. Just my opinion.
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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I have about a hundred or so in mine. I have scraped onece or twice but they where speed bumps everytime. You can find pics of mine here http://www.mtfba.org/forum/category.php?cid=31

I used the hedman x-tension a flomaster y and had the local exhaust shop make the pipes the connect the two and weld it all up.
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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Hey BigWhiteGTP, are you still keeping that think streetlegal? Or I should say, emissions friendly? Now that is something that I would like to see with LT's.
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Old Aug 29, 2005 | 02:55 PM
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if you want a y pipe go to this web site http://www.mufflex-performance.com/home.html they have all the y pipes and cat back systems. i am planning on gettng the y pipe and 4 inch cat back system. the part number for the y pipe is tpi-y you can get them with the o2 sensors or non o2 sensors. they told me that they have a customer car that runs 9.40 with this system so horse power shold be effected. this kit that they told me to buy was part # 82402c. one of my friends has this system and it sounds mean as hell
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