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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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Default headers or dropping the cats Ls3

has anyone done headers (and what type) on an Ls3 and what did you think? Also what about the cats? I Have a stock 09 with vararam and a tune but would like to get a bit more out of it short of a cam. Figure headers would be that best place to start. Thxs fellas and have a great weekend. paul
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Headers a great idea, no cats unless you can deal with the smell bad idea.
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Old Apr 4, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Definately headers!!!!!.......Stay with the big names....LG, Kooks, or AR
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You won't get much performance increase from dropping the cats unless you add a bigger cam to the mix.
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You can pick up maybe 5-10hp and a lot of sound volume with the offroad x-pipe (cat delete) but the odor is not even close to making it worthwhile. Been there and back.
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Get a nice set of LG headers with hi-flow cats.
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