Anyone else interested in a Cattman Y-pipe for a 5.5 Gen?
09-12-2008, 10:40 AM
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Anyone else interested in a Cattman Y-pipe for a 5.5 Gen?
As most of you may or may not know Cattman is no longer making Y-pipes for the 5.5 gen Maxima since headers have shown to be far superior in their power making ability. Saddly not everyone wants to invest the time and money on headers and for a few just a y pipe would surfice. I am hoping to get a list of people who would be interested in purchasing a Cattman Y-pipe and maybe trying to convince Brian to do another run of 5.5 gen y pipes.
I have no idea what pricing would be but once I have enough interested I will contact Brian for more information.
So if your interested Post!!
I have no idea what pricing would be but once I have enough interested I will contact Brian for more information.
So if your interested Post!!
09-12-2008, 11:02 AM
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And just so we start off on the right foot, this thread is NOT for debating/commenting on y-pipes vs headers, whether it is about relative installation costs, horsepower gains, etc. Please keep this purely to whether you are interested in a y-pipe and maybe some performance and install discussions about y-pipes, but that's it.
I will clean this up periodically, if necessary, at my discretion.
Zack, I also edited the title to make it specific to 5.5s.
I will clean this up periodically, if necessary, at my discretion.
Zack, I also edited the title to make it specific to 5.5s.
Last edited by Puppetmaster; 09-12-2008 at 11:06 AM.
09-12-2008, 11:16 AM
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09-12-2008, 03:26 PM
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We found early in our y-pipe making days that equal length downpipes don't really do much for power. OTOH, a y-pipe designed this way seems to sound nicer.
I just saw this post, and I appreciate everyone's interest in this part. \If there are enough people interested, we'd be glad to make the part again.
The most recent price was $360, but I don't know what the future price will be. Materials and components have gone up dramatically since the last time we made these, but the actual fabrication costs should be less than before due to a much more efficient manufacturing environment. So, I'm hoping we'll be at about the same price (or a little less), but too early to tell.
Brian
Brian
I just saw this post, and I appreciate everyone's interest in this part. \If there are enough people interested, we'd be glad to make the part again.
The most recent price was $360, but I don't know what the future price will be. Materials and components have gone up dramatically since the last time we made these, but the actual fabrication costs should be less than before due to a much more efficient manufacturing environment. So, I'm hoping we'll be at about the same price (or a little less), but too early to tell.
Brian
Brian
09-12-2008, 03:56 PM
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Glad there are more people interested, I am going to start a list and add the guys who have posted interest:
Zack342
NismO2max
PulsarGTS
scarface4522
n3985
johnnyd2k2
Zack342
NismO2max
PulsarGTS
scarface4522
n3985
johnnyd2k2
09-12-2008, 09:26 PM
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09-12-2008, 10:39 PM
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Definitely interested, as already stated in the September Cattman thread. I updated the list:
Zack342
NismO2max
PulsarGTS
scarface4522
n3985
johnnyd2k2
Scottwax
Froggmann
sublime258
Zack342
NismO2max
PulsarGTS
scarface4522
n3985
johnnyd2k2
Scottwax
Froggmann
sublime258
Last edited by sublime258; 09-12-2008 at 11:25 PM.
09-14-2008, 10:17 PM
#22
Yes , when you purchase headers from Mr Cattman you get the Header/Y-Pipe Combo. This thread is trying to get just the Y-pipe (where its used with stock manifold) back into production which Cattman isn't making anymore.
09-15-2008, 05:45 AM
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By the way, are you about done with that test pipe? haha.
09-15-2008, 07:28 AM
#24
The y-pipe that comes with the headers will not fit with stock manifolds. It is a different y-pipe than if you bought the header set - the y-pipe made to go with stock manifolds is different than the one made to go with Cattman's long tube headers. They are not interchangeable.
09-15-2008, 05:51 PM
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(oops, I see someone answered this)
Looks like there's more demand out there than I realised. Guess we'll need to make the 02/03 y-pipe too!
Brian
Last edited by Cattman; 09-15-2008 at 05:53 PM.
09-18-2008, 11:13 AM
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http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...arts-sale.html
heres a used cattman ypipe for the 5.5 if anyone wants
heres a used cattman ypipe for the 5.5 if anyone wants
09-18-2008, 10:00 PM
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09-19-2008, 10:37 AM
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If you have an 02 or 03, you have a 5.5 gen. For the second question, I have never heard one so I can't help you there.
09-19-2008, 02:38 PM
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Hey guys just wanted to let everyone know I did talk to Brian and he does have plans to move forward with this in the next couple of months.
Also if there is anyone in Socal give him a pm.
Also if there is anyone in Socal give him a pm.