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Offline mikewb

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Catback
« on: July 03, 2007, 05:01:29 pm »
any of you ever run like a cat back with no muffler? i was thinkin about 2 and a half inch pipe ran from cat to dump at rear axle

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Re: Catback
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2007, 06:04:41 pm »
I just replaced my exhaust on my Suburban with the help of a friend yesterday.  I replaced the Cat with one from a newer truck with low mile and used the rear tails (3") from an old X-pipe kit we had.  Right before we put it all together, we left the muffler off, it (to me) was obnoxious.  It sounded good, but I plan to drive this on long trips and it would be WAY too loud.  I put a Maganflow muffler on it and it sounds good to me.

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Re: Catback
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2007, 06:56:41 pm »
Oh God definitely run a muffler or you will drone your own head in til it implodes
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Re: Catback
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2007, 12:59:22 pm »
I seen alot of camaros and mustangs with it i was just thinkin about seeing how it sounded

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Re: Catback
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2007, 01:55:08 pm »
In my opinion, you will hate it after you drive it for any amount of time.

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Re: Catback
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2007, 10:29:38 am »
Mufflers w/ no cat I could see, but not usually the other way around. My brother had a stock 84 Z28 with a 305 and the exhaust pipe broke right after the cat. It sounded definitely louder and more 'gargly', but it was that old pellet style ultra-restrictive cat and just didn't sound too much like a performance car. It sounded like.....well, like what it was....a  lo-po 305 missing 1/2 of it's exhaust.
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Re: Catback
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2007, 01:12:21 pm »
I don't think you will like it.....It will be loud as heck but sound like ass IMO.  At least put a dynomax bullett muffler in there.  I have Sweet thunder in mine. They are a straight through design.

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