Camaro/Firebird 3800 Engine bay
#12
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Eastern PA,
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If you are thinking of upgrading you will need the Y pipe. The newer manifolds are a lot shorter. I think in 99 your ok but I think the 96-97 had a O2 sensor before and after the Cat. So you would have to mod the Y-pipe. You just want to verify the O2 sensor are not going to be an issue. I was going to do the upgrade but I went with a set of stainless steel header. I just scrapped out the manifolds and Y pipe a few months ago.
Opps I forgot I think you need the EGR mount from the 02-00 also. The mount is different.
Opps I forgot I think you need the EGR mount from the 02-00 also. The mount is different.
Last edited by Gorn; 09-11-2010 at 09:51 PM.
#13
I wonder if there's any difference between those headers - as the '02 (w/o the heat shield) looks more like a set of shorty tubes rather than the cast manifold of the earlier ones.
In any case, the difference looks like a couple hundred between junkyard '02s vs. new OBX/Pacecetters.
In any case, the difference looks like a couple hundred between junkyard '02s vs. new OBX/Pacecetters.
#14
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Eastern PA,
Posts: 10,462
You can get the manifold cheap the problem I have was the Junk yard where not allowed to sell the Y pipes cause they are concidered part of the Cat. I had to wait to find someone parting out a car to get the Y pipe.
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