keep em in, take em out?
personally i like the sound of mine with the stock catted h-pipe run open....the cops don't seem to like to muffs though. i say keep the man off your back and run with the cats...
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Removing the cats just lowers the pitch of the exhaust and makes it a fair bit louder @ WOT.
You CAN run cats w/spray and not get "clogged" up. I've done it for 8 years with various cars with no ill effects (unless your cat is broken internally).
High flow cats have such low backpressure that it makes nearly ZERO difference in power output.
Don't give the police an excuse to fine you. Save the environment. Ride a bike.
My '88 black hatch has punched cats and like I said - make ZERO difference in terms of power. You're only asking for trouble.
Good luck!
You CAN run cats w/spray and not get "clogged" up. I've done it for 8 years with various cars with no ill effects (unless your cat is broken internally).
High flow cats have such low backpressure that it makes nearly ZERO difference in power output.
Don't give the police an excuse to fine you. Save the environment. Ride a bike.
My '88 black hatch has punched cats and like I said - make ZERO difference in terms of power. You're only asking for trouble.
Good luck!
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car is much louder without cats... sounds awesome... Look at Raf's car, nothing extravagent, well, aside from the 5.0 cammer motor, long tube headers, and YS Trim Renegade kit, and it sounds KILLER.
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Originally Posted by 5PointOHNO
car is much louder without cats... sounds awesome... Look at Raf's car, nothing extravagent, well, aside from the 5.0 cammer motor, long tube headers, and YS Trim Renegade kit, and it sounds KILLER.
I have a sound clip of my car if you want to hear it with the upr x pipe
if your not worried about the cops and emissions then deffinetly take them off or better go with an aftermarket off road mid pipe. There dirt cheap. I paid for $250 plus tax for mine brand new. The expensive ones are the ones with the cats (cuz of the cats)
btw Mark its a Paxton Novi 2000, get it right
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Originally Posted by MUSTANG GUY
yeah stangs sound killer with aftermarket exhaust with no cats
I have a sound clip of my car if you want to hear it with the upr x pipe
if your not worried about the cops and emissions then deffinetly take them off or better go with an aftermarket off road mid pipe. There dirt cheap. I paid for $250 plus tax for mine brand new. The expensive ones are the ones with the cats (cuz of the cats)
btw Mark its a Paxton Novi 2000, get it right
I have a sound clip of my car if you want to hear it with the upr x pipe
if your not worried about the cops and emissions then deffinetly take them off or better go with an aftermarket off road mid pipe. There dirt cheap. I paid for $250 plus tax for mine brand new. The expensive ones are the ones with the cats (cuz of the cats)
btw Mark its a Paxton Novi 2000, get it right
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Originally Posted by LANE_SVT
i have full aftermarket exhaust, aircare is fine i can get around it but just cop attention and gettein a ticket is my main worry, but ive heard that the magnaflows are decent when cruising and insane at WOT. but ya i got FRPP shorties,SLP catted/race pipe x-pipe and a magnaflow catback. i would love to hear the sound clip. e-mail it or add me to MSN L_COBRA_99@hotmail.com
