Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Group Buy Y-pipe GB

Toadster for one, remember there is AL and SS Y-Pipes. I got the SHO SS Y-off road. I think it cost the same as the AL Y with Cat. I didn't get in on a GB to top it off. Anyhow look at alot of there prices there alot higher than BAT, CTA and SPmotorsports. They seem like a very greedy bunch to me. Maybe they got the Hollywood syndrome. Actually the guy I spoke to was very nice, but MONEY can still get even the best of us!!! My gripe is actually with the Y. I purchased it to progress not to regress!!! :rolleyes:


Corey if you don't know already, with the SHO Y I'm actually getting slower 1/4 times than when I had the Stock Y, gutted cat. And even then with the gutted cat the car felt slower than before it was gutted. The thing is when I ran it on the drags with the stock Y in place, cat not gutted I broke the Diff and didn't even finish the run. Best time to date: w/stock Y gutted cat 60' 2.6 15.2@92. Best time with Off-Road SHO Y 60' 2.5 15.3@89. Even with a better 60' than my fastest run I still fell behind .1 and 3mph at the end. Actually my 60' is whats really killing me, but the engine is falling flat on it's face up top which explains the slower time and mph. As Chris Wong has already suggested your best bet is to just change out the Y area on the Stock Y with a better flowing one and install a CATCO converter. I have no coubt that will work much better, plus you maintain the 180 bend which seems to work well with the car.

ok i hear ya on that

i wonder about for my purpose, since i am pushing more air.......

i mean the sho ypipe with high flow cat has to be some type of improvement over my stock system with 60000 miles on it.....i need to figure this out asap, my headers will be here in a few weeks

Geez...I wanted to buy the sho y-pipe...now I'm having second thoughts. Ok...so what is really better..the MSDS or Sho w/ gutted cats?

Sounds like the Performance Fords y-pipe will be the best if you have an aftermarket cat-back exhaust setup

I am interested and I am puzzled.

I saw Toadster's pic and I didn't think that was the Sho Shop setup.
I remember them having a Y before the Cat, not a 2 - 1 Hi Flow Cat,
unless I am just having a Brain Fart.

My SE Sport V6 ATX has an SVT Cat Back Exhaust, minus the resonator.
Can I use this ?
If it reduces drone and gives me a little more umph,
without reducing the sound of the exhaust, then I am interested.

Do you need someone to test this on an ATX ?
I am also getting a DiabloSport chip next week.

DYNO TIME !!!

I'm in on this just let me know how much it cost and when.

I'm sure you can use it. Personally, I'm going for the whole brullen cat back and y-pipe combo when the y-pipe is released. However, they're designing this y-pipe for cat back exhuasts to produce the HP and loose the drone.

is the performance fords ypipe gonna be available w/o a cat also?

I just talked to Eric at BAT, he said that they will be releasing their version of a Y-pipe in about a month or so. No prices yet.

Yes. Here's an email I received from Performance Fords yesterday:

I am going to try and do a dyno run this week to be able to better compare the stock y-pipe ot the brullen one.

I think we have pricing established:

Complete downpipe with a cat - $330US / $500CDN plus shipping
Add a test pipe to the above - $$375US / $560 CDN plus shipping

If we can get a group buy going I need to figure out how much we can realistically discount these units.
Test pipe just means its an off-road unit where you can swap out the cat with a straight pipe whenever you wish.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

He did say that they where going to have a combination deal to get the Y-pipe and Brullen together. I'll keep everyone posted as I get more info, or Allesandro will post it here himself.