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M1ck3y Senior Enthusiast

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On ‎21‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 7:23 AM, 10SierraA.T. said:

Every single person I have talked to that has bought the green cats said it through a code anyway on these trucks. I would just buy the regular catted Y and get the truck tuned by someone that knows what they are doing. But even that I still find the price on Kooks a little high to be paying for pick up headers. I would pay that for a Corvette, but about $3,000CAD after tax for headers and a y pipe in Canada, for 10-15hp? Meh. 

 

All I know is that a local shop says they generally see 30rwhp before tuning with kooks 1 7/8/catted y on a 6.2. Look up tdotperformance. Mine came straight from kooks, free shipping, wait for a sale. Install and tune will cost you though.

 

Haven't installed mine yet. I'm sure tuning would make the truck run better, but not in GM's opinion... Can BlackBear still hide the tune with headers? Not looking to cheat the system, but I'm worried about parts that already destined to fail. Seems to be a lot of problems this generation.

 

 

L86 All Terrain Senior Enthusiast

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23 hours ago, M1ck3y said:

 

All I know is that a local shop says they generally see 30rwhp before tuning with kooks 1 7/8/catted y on a 6.2. Look up tdotperformance. Mine came straight from kooks, free shipping, wait for a sale. Install and tune will cost you though.

 

Haven't installed mine yet. I'm sure tuning would make the truck run better, but not in GM's opinion... Can BlackBear still hide the tune with headers? Not looking to cheat the system, but I'm worried about parts that already destined to fail. Seems to be a lot of problems this generation.

 

 

I put a set in my cart on TDOT last night TBH to see if the dollar has improved. $2,700 after tax. Ouch. I love the idea of LT's, but rather than dumping money into performance on my 6.2L I should just buy a Corvette. That is 13% of a used C6Z06 right there. 

1940ModelB Enthusiast

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10 hours ago, 10SierraA.T. said:

I put a set in my cart on TDOT last night TBH to see if the dollar has improved. $2,700 after tax. Ouch. I love the idea of LT's, but rather than dumping money into performance on my 6.2L I should just buy a Corvette. That is 13% of a used C6Z06 C5Z06 right there. 

Fixed for you.

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M1ck3y Senior Enthusiast

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Yeah a vette would be great if that's what you want. Personally I like trucks. But If I had the money, hell yeah I'd get a vette. Just need a garage first so I have somewhere to store it for 8 months of the year. The exchange rate sucks. But if you wait for a sale that's the best price you'll most likely get. 

L86 All Terrain Senior Enthusiast

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15 hours ago, 1940ModelB said:

Fixed for you.

My bad, 6.7% lol. You can find a nice low mile 06 for $38k CAD here, about $29.5K USD. Passed up a local 2002 C5Z last year for $28CAD. Nice car, but the LS7/C6 owns my heart.

 

Anyone know of any middle-of-the-road LT's for these trucks? Not as much $ as Kooks, but not cheap like Pacesetter?  

VdellaV Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, 10SierraA.T. said:

Anyone know of any middle-of-the-road LT's for these trucks? Not as much $ as Kooks, but not cheap like Pacesetter?  

I have speed engineering headers, and are actually pretty good, well constructed and good fitment: 

 

 

 

 

Littlefield New Member

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I've got TSP headers with their catted Y pipe. No codes, all O2 sensors still in place. I needed 12 inch and another 24 inch minimum extension wires. The driver side downstream sensor is moved over quite a bit. 

Do yourself a favor and get a couple of little studs to screw into the head, hang the exhaust gasket and get the headers started. Made it so much easier to install, for an old guy.

WesternMike Enthusiast

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Just ordered a set of Doug Thorley Long Tube Tri-Y headers. Already have the diablo trinity, CAI and super 10 muffler so once the headers come I’ll have it custom tuned.

 

jstev4610 Enthusiast

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Friday I got the kooks headers with catted y pipe on my 2015 with a tvs1900, running the magnuson tune.  No codes, I was surprised. I know the tune doesn’t have the bank 2 sensors turned off, I pulled it in hptuners and double checked.

goeb34 Enthusiast

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I have speed engineering headers, and are actually pretty good, well constructed and good fitment: 
 
 
 
 

Why a double X pipe?


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21 hours ago, goeb34 said:


Why a double X pipe?
 

Just wanted to try something new and see whats what 

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