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    HI I JUST TOOK MY T/A OUT FROM THE STORAGE AND I NEED TO CHANGE THE OIL, THE DIFFERENTIAL OIL, SPARK PLUGS, WIRE, AND ONE OF MY catalytic converter IS NOT WORKING I HAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SO I DONT KNOW WHAT TO PUT ON MY BABY AM NEW TO THIS CAR CUZ I BROUGH MY T/A LAS WINTER AND I PUT IT IN THE STORAGE SO I WAS THINKING TAKE OUT THE CATALYIC BUT I DONT KNOW IF AM GONA LOOSE HORSE POWER SO CAN ANY ONE CAN HELP MY THANKS

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    You could try eBay and order a replacement cat and take it to an exhaust shop to be welded in.

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    You should install longtube headers, off road y pipe, and get send the computer out for a mail order tune. While you're installing the LTs and ORY, you can replace the plugs and plug wires.

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    what side converter do you need? I have the stock y-pipe and cats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cutlass View Post
    You should install longtube headers, off road y pipe, and get send the computer out for a mail order tune. While you're installing the LTs and ORY, you can replace the plugs and plug wires.
    I 2nd this! (of course I don't know if emissions testing is an issue for you and your location).

    What was the code you are getting?
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    trying to read what you wrote gave me a headache, there is no need for ALL CAPS.

    take the car to autozone to get the codes checked, if it says something about one of your O2 sensors the cat is bad and it just needs to be replaced. you can also take the cats out and have your pcm edited to get rid of the check engine light.

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    I would second some lt's and a off road or high flow catted y-pipe. If you wanna go a cheaper route rather than replacing it with some cheap cats I think the high flow catted and off road y- pipes for the short tube headers will bolt up to the stock manifolds.
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    60074 code for sure the emision is a big problem here
    trans am madnes

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    where can i get that stuff long headers or short are better i wana made some noise too i was thinking about straig pipe

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    You want longtube headers for sure
    Check out one of our sponsors KYSpeed. Thats where I got all my stuff.

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    IF you want noise than
    lt's with an ory will give you that even high flow cats act as resonators and quiet the exhaust.

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    Quote Originally Posted by juan_ls1 View Post
    60074 code for sure the emision is a big problem here
    cant get an off road y then.....

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    where do you get your emmisions checked at? i heard midlothian emissions center only does the OBD test or whatever. meaning if you get a tune after lts and ory you should be good.

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    ok but am gona sound dome but what is ory?

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    Off Road Y-pipe which means a y-pipe without cat converters.

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    It looks like your past the warranty period for cats, so it's either hfc or off road Y like everyone else suggested. If emissions arent a big deal, I'd go for the offroad as I lost ground clearance with LT + HFC.

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    ya has ido a un Autozone para que te checken que codigo tienes en la computadora? Porque pude ser que el sensor del oxigeno sea lo que esta mal y no el catalizador. Y te sale mas barato que poner un catalizador.

    English: Have you gone to an Autozone to get your codes read. Cause you could just have a bad O2 and not a cat problem and it would be cheaper to fix than replacing a CAT.

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    just got my emissions checked in midlothian the other day, all he did was plug it in, so if your not sure where to take it down the road to get tested id recomend going there after gettin a tune just fyi

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    ya la chekeamos es el catalitico y nose q aser si poner long tubr headers o short con y pipe q es mejor aser

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    long tubes if you are goign to invest do it in long tubes, some cars do better with shorties but our ls1's in my opinion work better with longs, and no cats on the y, it will sound nice as well..

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