hi-flow Y-pipe??
Laughing Gas
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From: Bismarck, ND
hi-flow Y-pipe??
Good question..... If anyone does, Bassani will. I say "good question" because I did a search for your '96 while I was ordering headers for my '85. I came up with a set of headers for your '96, but no Y-pipe (while shopping by application). However..... I ran a '95 Bronco 5.8l just for kicks, and came up with one. Might be something to do with the OBDII system. Then again, maybe you could use the '95 system; there are lots of manufacturers who don't recognize a '96 Bronco, only up to '95 (still doesn't explain why the headers were listed.....).
Lead Driver
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From: Gateway to the West
hi-flow Y-pipe??
Yes, Bassani does make one. Its stainless, except for the CAT and it bolts to the stock manifolds or Bassani's headers. O2 sensor location is the same as stock location too. The price tag is far cheaper than Ford wants for an OEM Y-pipe. About $300-350 at last check as opposed to Ford's steel one that will just rust away in a few years anyway that they want $500+ for.
Laughing Gas
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From: Bismarck, ND
hi-flow Y-pipe??
Yes...... It is (at least the one I have on my 302) a pair of 2.5" stainless steel pipes converging into a 3" in / 3" out high-flow cat. The stock dual cat setup is eliminated for the one high-flow, which is smog-legal according to everyone I've talked to. One footnote.... while the stock manifolds will bolt up to the pipe (as far as location), you may need a pair of "adapter" bushings / rings, since the pipe is larger diameter than stock. If you're using a set of Bassani headers (other brands of shorty headers have stock-sized collectors), you will not need the adapters. I used the rings with my stock manifolds and the Y-pipe with fairly good results, although I believe one or both probably had a slight leak, but I'm now going to be able to remove them since I'm adding the headers.
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From: MA
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Hows the quality of the one on your 302? Id rather spend more on a system that would last, but dont want to spend frivilously. Thanks
>Yes...... It is (at least the one I have on my 302) a pair
>of 2.5" stainless steel pipes converging into a 3" in / 3"
>out high-flow cat. The stock dual cat setup is eliminated
>for the one high-flow, which is smog-legal according to
>everyone
>Yes...... It is (at least the one I have on my 302) a pair
>of 2.5" stainless steel pipes converging into a 3" in / 3"
>out high-flow cat. The stock dual cat setup is eliminated
>for the one high-flow, which is smog-legal according to
>everyone
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Lead Driver
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From: Gateway to the West
hi-flow Y-pipe??
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 12-Nov-02 AT 07:53 PM (EST)]How can stainless be of low quality? The primary failure of exhaust systems is rust......hello? My Bassani Street Thunder system has been on my truck for a year and a half and shows NO deterioration. Not only that, there were absolutely no fit problems with this system...I took the old rusted crap down and put Bassani's system in its place. Done! Zero problems, zero defects. From headers to exhuast tip this was worth every penny. :-X12
Oh by the way, if you use Bassani's headers AND Y-pipe there are NO GASKETS required between header and Y-pipe and the header to manifold gaskets are provided with the headers. Gaskets are stainless frames with compressed graphite seals.
Oh by the way, if you use Bassani's headers AND Y-pipe there are NO GASKETS required between header and Y-pipe and the header to manifold gaskets are provided with the headers. Gaskets are stainless frames with compressed graphite seals.
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From: MA
hi-flow Y-pipe??
Stainless can rust. There are varying degrees of Stainless. Ever buy something labeled 'stainless', only to have it rust on you in less than a year?? God Bless foreign quality. 
>How can stainless be of low quality? The primary failure of
>exhaust systems is rust......hello? My Bassani Street
>Thunder system has been on my truck for a year and a half
>and shows NO deterioration.
>How can stainless be of low quality? The primary failure of
>exhaust systems is rust......hello? My Bassani Street
>Thunder system has been on my truck for a year and a half
>and shows NO deterioration.
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From: Gateway to the West
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 14-Nov-02 AT 02:14 AM (EST)]Industrial grade (304) stainless will get white scale and discolor but I have yet to see anything that is truly stainless and not plated stainless suffer from rust. With my pension for leaving my dirty knife from my PB&J (that I ate over the sink so don't tell my wife), laying in the sink for days at a time, I'd have gone through a full set of kitchen knives by now if stainless rusted.
Now it will STAIN! If in direct contact with a rusting surface it will get the stain from the rust and may even pit slightly not unlike Aluminum will in the same situation.
Now it will STAIN! If in direct contact with a rusting surface it will get the stain from the rust and may even pit slightly not unlike Aluminum will in the same situation.
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304 stainless is not the best material for an exhaust system if it has any welds on it, and if it is ever exposed to salt - even seashore air!
There's a failure mode for stainless exhaust parts called "intergranular corrosion" that affects parts made of certain grades that have been sensitized by the heat of welding.
Grades such as 409, 439, 18Cr-Cb, etc, are far more resistant to this type failure. 409 in particular will get surface rust in salty environments, while the 304 will remain shiny - and break off at a weld!
Regards,
- R
There's a failure mode for stainless exhaust parts called "intergranular corrosion" that affects parts made of certain grades that have been sensitized by the heat of welding.
Grades such as 409, 439, 18Cr-Cb, etc, are far more resistant to this type failure. 409 in particular will get surface rust in salty environments, while the 304 will remain shiny - and break off at a weld!
Regards,
- R
Laughing Gas
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From: Bismarck, ND
hi-flow Y-pipe??
WheelMA1:
Not sure of the grade (stainless), and I've only had the setup on the truck for a year and a half, but no problems or complaints. The fit was impressive. I've got no regrets, and am happy enough that I've ordered Bassani's headers to go with the pipe and converter.
Not sure of the grade (stainless), and I've only had the setup on the truck for a year and a half, but no problems or complaints. The fit was impressive. I've got no regrets, and am happy enough that I've ordered Bassani's headers to go with the pipe and converter.
