Cat placement???
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Cat placement???
I did a search and nothing about where to put the cats came up. I just installed headers and will be doing a 3" duel setup with high flow cats and an x-pipe. Where is the best place for the cats and x-pipe? Some say the cats go close to the engine and some say the x-pipe does... I also found a thread where the hot cats caused the floor to melt. Also, some have said the x-pipe goes up front to give the exhaust more room to flow, others have said it goes in the back to help balance the flow. Where does everything effectively go??
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On a stock exaust "main cat" is installed after the Y pipe merges together...so they can get away with using 1 big cat. I would think that the cat/s would work no matter where you put them in the system but it might be less efficient/effective the further the distance away is from the exaust ports due do to the effects of heat loss.
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I have a 6 speed so there is room next to the trans right after the header collector. If I put the cats here will they be too hot for the floor? I dont want a fire.
What is the benefit of having the x-pipe back there?
What is the benefit of having the x-pipe back there?
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As long as the distances from the floor pans are the same as the stock pre-cats you should be OK. The main cat performs some of the same function as a X-pipe and that is where the GM engineers put it.
Last edited by BADDUCK; Feb 4, 2009 at 05:07 PM.
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Thanks! Thats how I shall do it then.
