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Old May 2, 2005 | 05:35 PM
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I now have my Corsa Sports intalled and the B&B X pipe in hand, but not yet installed. Seriously considering the B&B headers and a high flow cat. Wondering how this system will sound finished and will I need to do any tuning? Where do I get the high flow cats? and which B&B header will hook up with their X pipe?


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Old May 2, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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If you got the xpipe that is designed to hook up to the stock over the axle pipe and go to the forward end of the stock midsection then your going to need a different one. The LTs will come down towards where the stock midsection starts. Your high flows mount up there and then hook up to an xpipe/midsection designed for the combination that goes back to the stock over the axle pipe. B&B is not making a shorty header, only the long tubes.
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Old May 2, 2005 | 07:52 PM
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I think you are right, but B&B offers long tube headers, 3" cat converters and X pipe, wonder what I would get out of that? I can probably return the X pipe I have now. Never been used. Wonder ow this system will sound with the Corsa Sports?

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http://storesense.megawebservers.com...ail.bok?no=115

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Old May 2, 2005 | 08:17 PM
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Who makes that one? Isnt B&Bs stainless?
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Old May 2, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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I think it is B&B, plus, what got me started was a comment on another thread by B&B about their header, X and cat system.


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Old May 2, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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I have it in my head that the B&B is stainless. Im not sure though. I have not seen a picture of anything but the header itself. My understanding was the B&B was not out yet but it would be due any time so who knows. That one looks like a Section 8 system and is made of mild steel/ceramic coated like the Section 8 system. It would be my guess.
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Old May 3, 2005 | 09:34 AM
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I have it in my head that the B&B is stainless. Im not sure though. I have not seen a picture of anything but the header itself. My understanding was the B&B was not out yet but it would be due any time so who knows. That one looks like a Section 8 system and is made of mild steel/ceramic coated like the Section 8 system. It would be my guess.
I'm sure you are right, not a B&B system. Now for plan C..

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Very cool, ceramic coated LT's, catted X, and $300 less than LG's.
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The B&B headers are true long tubes and stainless steel. They fabricated them to attach to the stock H-pipe flange location, I believe. So, an aftermarket X-pipe as now available would connect but you would be without cats. Options would be to have cats welded in or wait for B&B to come out with an X-pipe with cats (hopefully 3 inch) to hook up to their headers and the 2 1/2 inch connection to the rear exhaust.
I agree that the systems seen on WCC and ECC seem interesting, but am unclear who makes it, whether anyone has dyno'd it, and whether the X-pipe is ceramic coated or stainless.
Anyone from B&B, WCC or ECC care to chime in with some info?
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