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LT's and Y-pipe VS. Catback First

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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 12:17 AM
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There was a thread a little ways back that made me think about this. Would you do longtubes and y into the stock catback first and the catback later or vice versa? Price is about the same on some common products like Pacesetter LT's and ORY versus a Magnaflow or Hooker catback. Which did you go with or would you go with?
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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I have LT's, ORY and a Cutout into a stock catback and I love it! Its almost as quiet as stock than it sounds like a nascar in about 1 min
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 02:01 AM
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ya thats what i think i will be doing soon, but i thought this poll might be interesting! do you have a manual or electric cutout?
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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I went with a catback (Hooker) first, the car came with a Flowmaster catback on it and I wasn't a big fan.
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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I went with a catback first, but if I could do it again, I would probably do LTs and ORY w/ a manual cutout first, then get a catback when I could afford it.
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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What are your feelings towards hacking the catback off and dumping a Bullet or Sweet Thunder?
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Originally Posted by RaggedRides
What are your feelings towards hacking the catback off and dumping a Bullet or Sweet Thunder?
That its gonna be very loud
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jrob56
That its gonna be very loud
Actually the Sweet Thunder is pretty damn quiet in my opinion. I've whored this video out a thousand times, but it's a good example. This is my car with nothing more than the stock catback hacked off. Factory manifolds, Y-straw and I-pipe. It had a cut out when I bought it, so I just ditched the muffler because it wasn't doing anything but making weight.




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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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well i did the cat back first but why not get the pain in the *** job out of the way? cat back is so simple. dothe headers.
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RaggedRides
Actually the Sweet Thunder is pretty damn quiet in my opinion. I've whored this video out a thousand times, but it's a good example. This is my car with nothing more than the stock catback hacked off. Factory manifolds, Y-straw and I-pipe. It had a cut out when I bought it, so I just ditched the muffler because it wasn't doing anything but making weight.




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That really doesn't sound all too much louder.

Wonder how loud it would be with Pacesetters and a Y with no catback.
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I drove mine with headers and an open Y-pipe about a week before getting my muffler put on. It's cool for romping every now and then, but starts sounding stupid after awhile.
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I say buy it all together, but if you have to piece it together do LTs and O/R Y and later do a cutout.

I'm a big fan of a pretty tame CB paired with a Electric Cutout. That way when the piggies are around you don't have to sweat, but when some one wants tries to rev on you you can show them what a real car sounds like.
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Kingc8r
I say buy it all together, but if you have to piece it together do LTs and O/R Y and later do a cutout.

I'm a big fan of a pretty tame CB paired with a Electric Cutout. That way when the piggies are around you don't have to sweat, but when some one wants tries to rev on you you can show them what a real car sounds like.
X2... That's exactly what i want to do. The mild catback would give the car a nice sound, but still be pretty quite to the driver. Unlike a stock catback which just sucks.
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I don't know what a cutout is.

<- Feels dumb.
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Originally Posted by Vicinity
I don't know what a cutout is.

<- Feels dumb.
http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/QTEC/index.php
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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get longtubes, and o/r y then do a cutout. Sounds good and doesnt have to ALWAYS be loud. Im running stock catback and it even sounds nice when the cutout is closed. But not obnoxious
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^ as said before, IMHO this is the best setup. Sure some places cops are chill. But not here in Nazifornia, which is why I picked m current setup
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 12:54 PM
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yea like people have said, LT ORY and cutout... in the week ive had my cutout ive had several ricers try to race till i opened my cutout and ended the race b4 it started one guy kept trying to race till i gave it a nice rev, then he slowed down and got behind me and stayed like that for 15 miles till he exited the highway. no matter how slow i went he wouldnt pass me
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Thanks.
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since i am going to school i cant really buy it all at once, i am def doing the lt's and ory first, then selling my cats and adding an e-cutout! some time down the line i want to add a magnaflow catback and maybe into a cme to get a nicer tone out of it when the cutout is closed! i just thought this might make an interesting thread as to what people did first.
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