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Old Sep 18, 2005 | 10:48 AM
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I got no muffler or resonator

Yah... no more quiet max now
I got em' cut off just for the fun of it, It still sounds pretty beastly
but its just for a while, until i find a good deal on headers and Y-pipe.
So if anybody has any suggestions, let me know
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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i've got a suggestion... how about you put them back on? you're gonna be a police magnet until you quiet down that exhaust
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 11:03 AM
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well they both had leaking problems
plus.. if i drive kool i wont have to worry about the police...
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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I think you have the defintions of "beastly", and "obnoxious" confused

Edit: what does finding a deal on headers and a y-pipe have to do with running no muffler?
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 11:39 AM
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Haha, yeah, no kidding. Also, read more on here before you start lookin for headers. Many people want them because they had them on their previous car. However, the gains from headers on a 3.0 are not what you might expect. Your best bet is from the y-pipe. Gain anywhere from 10-15 HP with just a y-pipe. You can add headers onto that and gain something like 5-8 or so, but at the cost of more than $500, depending on where you buy from. And Stone Mountain Racing should not even be an option, unless you want a lot of headaches. If you are getting headers, you might as well go Cattman - equal-length headers. True headers. And those are $$$.
Just my .02.
So, why did you cut out your resonator and muffler?
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 01:31 PM
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hows your backpressure......im still wondering why you cut them off?
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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hows your backpressure......im still wondering why you cut them off?

no back pressure obviously, which is a good thing. Maybe he just bought a new sawzall. I went on a cutting frenzy when I bought mine. cut cut cut...
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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Hmm, that must some horrible.
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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Trust me, it doesnt sound good..... My Y-Pipe broke right before the catside flange, and it sounds retarded. i was so embarassed to drive it to the muffler shop to get a labor quote that i taped the bish up. and it was like a 2 min drive. not a good idea, leaky exhaust > none FTW
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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Wouldn't you lose alot or low end response with no exhaust? Oh and wouldn't your car sound broken?
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 04:37 PM
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i ran with no muffler for a good while. now that i have the SP2 i dont know how i did it.
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 05:01 PM
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how's that goin Sean? you still grillin burgers or what?
Also, how would this hacked-up setup cound compared to open headers??
Old Sep 18, 2005 | 07:33 PM
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for the muffler, get a 5th gen muffler
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