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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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Hey guys if i bought an X pipe could i weld/Clamp on my stock cats to the new Mid-Pipe? Or are new high flow cats needed?

I live in cali BTW and need to pass smog.. I also have stingers.

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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 11:07 PM
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I have a Magnaflo X pipe on my `03, It is clamped in behind the stock cats.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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As long as you have cats and they are in the original position you should be okay. I remember trying to mod in Cali and it sucked. Had to put my stock airbox back on to get smogged. What a pain it is out there to mod a car.
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Old Sep 22, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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So basically i would just cut out the factory H Pipe and put in the X Pipe and leave the Cats in the factory location. Sounds easy enough

Does anyone have pictures of underneath a C5
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Old Sep 23, 2008 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by saleenmuscle
So basically i would just cut out the factory H Pipe and put in the X Pipe and leave the Cats in the factory location. Sounds easy enough

Does anyone have pictures of underneath a C5
I have a Magnaflow X clamped with stainless band clamps behind my cats. No problems.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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As long as you don't add headers you should be fine. I have slp headers, h-pipe w/high flow cats and I barely failed. Just a heads up
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