I am about to move into a neighborhood up in Knoxville where I figured no one would like the sound of my dump truck Z firing up every morning. So, I put the hooker tailpipes back on (without any tips) and WOW! The sound of the dumped exhaust completely hid the true sound difference that the 4" merge created. I'll get a sound clip up soon if I can, but I dont think that it will do justice to how much the sound changed from before my tailpipe-less days. I remember it being quiet, and not really unique. That is not the case anymore. The 4" Merge gave it a very deep and rich sound all the way thru the RPM band. You could even describe it as being a little exotic sounding. The dumped setup before definitely hid all of the "tone." I seriously recommend doing this to your paceSetter ORY.
i did this also. best thing ive ever done. i also put one in the back of the i pipe so dropping the whole y pipe takes me 5 mins. including jacking the car up
I was wondering if I found a QTP Y-pipe how much work would it take to match it up to Pacesetter LT's? Is it pretty easy or am I better off just making my own from scratch?
Well, the pacesetter ORY is DIRT cheap, and so are flowmaster merges. Why not get the 4" merge? You can reduce it down to a 3 if you want, and you have the option of going back with a 4" pipe in the future, or a 4" cutout. One 4" pipe is roughly 11% smaller than 2 3" pipes. Makes for a nice deep sound too
I have Pacesetters, TSP ORY and a hooker catback and I like how it sounds. But I'm also battling leaks but mine are at the merge. So I'm going to be doing the exact thing you did come spring time.
Also if you don't mind me asking how much did the shop charge you to weld that up with the mandrel bends they supplied?
I had them install my Vband clamps AND I purchased the merge from them, and they installed it... I think it was around $110. Sound clips soon... but keep bugging me or I'll forget. I'm moving to knoxville tomorrow so that's my main priority.
Could have had them run the 4" back a little further like I opted to do. I used the full Flowmaster piece plus and add on piece of 4" into 3" then to the stock muffler.
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I know what you mean about the pacesetter merge hole. When I pulled my Y pipe off to repaint it and such, I noticed the inside of my merge looked exactly the same as yours. At the time, I didnt know how to clean out the hole bigger so I just said f-it and threw it back on like that....'
now I regret it.
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Damn nice exhaust setups guys.. I just ordered everything to do it exactly like you all did. I am going to run 4" to the almost to the axle, reduce it to 3 for the cutout and then go over axle into a stock catback.
My biggest problem though is that my driverside pacesetter aims up at the floorboard a little so a little more custom work is needed to contour it to the floorboard, anyone else's pacesetters do this?
Hi, I've been saving up for a new ride, and have been watching several forums, trying to decide what to buy, so I thought I'd take some time to say hello. I'll be lurking until I have questions.
Hi, I've been saving up for a new ride, and have been watching several forums, trying to decide what to buy, so I thought I'd take some time to say hello. I'll be lurking until I have questions.
You should really post something like this in the "new member" section.
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how much did they charge you to install the flowmaster merge.
ill probably end up going this route
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