Texas speed y pipe?

**BlueZ01** · 12-18-2009, 05:59 PM

Anyone know anything about texas speed y pipes

**silverWS6** · 12-18-2009, 06:31 PM

I think there is some talk about them in the header sticky

**jsremmos** · 12-18-2009, 07:13 PM

Almost the same thing as a pacesetter ORY but it is not flattened on the drivers side. It is made out of galvanized 3 inch pipe comes with install clamps (the crappy ones). Pretty good quality for the money I think. They hook up really good to pacesetter headers. From what I understand the newer design TSP y pipe has no floor rattle probs. Catted or ORY?

**Richy_Rich67** · 12-22-2009, 04:34 PM

I got the catted vesion in a box in my garage. Had bought a house a few months back so the car is just put to the side for now. What I have is a set of Jet_hot longtube headers and tXspeed catted Y waiting to go in, then a tune prob from Frost.

**wheeliE-maxx** · 12-23-2009, 02:23 AM

It has a crappy merge to it. A Flowmaster merge in a custom y or welded into another would be better as far as power and rasp reduction

**stormy69** · 12-23-2009, 09:40 AM

mines only raspy over 3k rpm, and i like it (ory)

**Mumbles** · 12-24-2009, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by wheeliE-maxx

It has a crappy merge to it. A Flowmaster merge in a custom y or welded into another would be better as far as power and rasp reduction

This is incorrect.

The redesigned TSP Y-Pipes (both catted and ORY) include the Flowmaster Merge and are great flowing pieces. If I should ever have to replace my Jet Hot catted Y, I'll definitely be upgrading to TSP's catted version.

Here's a couple links to some additional info...

http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...d=189&catid=45

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/genera...ed-y-pipe.html

**wheeliE-maxx** · 12-25-2009, 04:37 PM

Did not know that. In the pic on their site it shows two pipes just welded together which sucks.

**wheeliE-maxx** · 12-25-2009, 04:46 PM

Looked at the new pics, defenitely as gradual or good looking as a flow merge, but Much better.

**0verkill** · 12-28-2009, 07:01 AM

i have one on my car now and it fits nice a close to the under side of the car i only have a bit of rasp for about 500-1000 rpm range around 3k or so but not that bad.

**99SNAKESKINNER** · 12-28-2009, 07:08 AM

for money cany beat it mount up best to pacesetter and hooker , like mine and saved alot of money y pipe is a y pipe

**wheeliE-maxx** · 12-28-2009, 11:18 AM

a y-pipe in not just a y-pipe if you don't want it to sound like shit. With cheap headers it doesn't make a big power difference though

**99SNAKESKINNER** · 12-29-2009, 06:59 AM

i know i have a tsp ory pacesetter and a slp lm and iam very happy with the way the car sounds , and with a texas speed m4 cam theres not to many cars that sound better , all depends on how you want your car to sound , i like loud ,

**Firebirdjones** · 12-29-2009, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by 99SNAKESKINNER

for money cany beat it mount up best to pacesetter and hooker , like mine and saved alot of money y pipe is a y pipe

I think you guys would be surprised. I stuck a pacesetter Y with their headers on my wifes car.
The Y junction was crap. I had to cut and rebend the driver side for floor clearance and while I was in there I noticed the hole for the Y-junction was only about 2 inches at best.
So I had a pair of 3 inch pipes merging together with about a 2 inch hole.
And I suspect most of the pacesetter Y's are this way, as I had another one the same way.

I ended up cutting that open and matching the hole size to the pipe diameter and rewelding. It's still not that great of a design, but I was shocked at the hole size. You would be much better off going to a Y-pipe with a good merge collector like something from Flowmaster.

**tremiles** · 12-29-2009, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by Firebirdjones

I think you guys would be surprised. I stuck a pacesetter Y with their headers on my wifes car.
The Y junction was crap. I had to cut and rebend the driver side for floor clearance and while I was in there I noticed the hole for the Y-junction was only about 2 inches at best.
So I had a pair of 3 inch pipes merging together with about a 2 inch hole.
And I suspect most of the pacesetter Y's are this way, as I had another one the same way.

I ended up cutting that open and matching the hole size to the pipe diameter and rewelding. It's still not that great of a design, but I was shocked at the hole size. You would be much better off going to a Y-pipe with a good merge collector like something from Flowmaster.

The Texas Speed Y-pipe that fits Pacesetter and Hooker headers is different than the Pacesetter Y pipe.

***SMWS6TA*** · 12-30-2009, 08:47 AM

I have Pacesetter LT and TS&P ORY sounds great, tough ass hell, bottom out a couple of times. real easy to install. Clamps I agree are not that great, but do the job (seal up well).

Any questions PM me.

**beach cruiser** · 12-30-2009, 10:40 AM

Just got my TS&P Y pipe in, looks very good. Man it's HUGE! 3" all the way into the flowmaster type merge. Doing the install on Sat with a set of Ebay "Option" headers, I'll take pics to document. I will also have before and after go pro numbers, but it will be without a tune. Scheduled for a dyno pull on Jan 30, that should tell the tale of any gains.

**Firebirdjones** · 12-30-2009, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by tremiles

The Texas Speed Y-pipe that fits Pacesetter and Hooker headers is different than the Pacesetter Y pipe.

Yes you are right, it's different, in a good way. Texas Speed got it right.

As one post eluded to a "Y-pipe is a Y-pipe",,,,,but that's not really the case when you get down to specifics. Which is why I pointed out the issues with the pacesetter Y's that I've had.

Doing it all over again??? I would use a Texas Speed setup.

**beach cruiser** · 12-30-2009, 05:25 PM

Here's a pic of mine connected to the ebay headers, Install on Sat... Stay tuned.

**Skeet12** · 12-30-2009, 07:33 PM

I have the TSP catted Y and couldn't be happier. The pipe sounds and flows great. I have no rasp at any rpm. It takes a little time to "fine tune" how the pipes sit. I agree you need new clamps, I got AccuSeal band clamps. Fit and looks better.