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it has a purpose and that purpose is to take the excess weight of the cats off of the seals and gaskets between the cat and the motor, in the

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it has a purpose and that purpose is to take the excess weight of the cats off of the seals and gaskets between the cat and the motor, in the short term no it doesn't do anything in the long term maybe? you're new pipes are probably a good bit lighter than the cats tho
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it has a purpose and that purpose is to take the excess weight of the cats off of the seals and gaskets between the cat and the motor, in the short term no it doesn't do anything in the long term maybe? you're new pipes are probably a good bit lighter than the cats tho
If you have stock cats, leave the brace on there, those bitches are heavy.

If you have aftermarket cats, ditch it, useless weight.
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