BBWS6

iTrader: (2)

I have a 2002 firebird WS6. I just wanted to share this for those looking for a stealthy exhaust that can readily be turned into a wild, loud, who cares about neighbors sound.

First if you like being loud, like to wake up your neighbors at 5 am when you turn on your car then this is not for you. Where I live we get tickets for having a loud exhaust. Therefore, to get the best of both worlds I did this. (Look at picture attached). It's a Borla catback with a QTP 3" electric cutout in place of where the plates go. It was direct bolt on no welding. So with the flip of a switch I can go stealthy/wild. Mind you my car has long tubes/ heads/cam and when I close the cutout and it reroutes fumes to muffler it's very quite. I will come back and add videos of the difference.

1/6/2017 Update** Ok I'm back with videos and yes as Cody pointed out, the first picture is an old set up mine is the updated one specific for the 02 model.

First Video cutout open full


second one cutout is closed completely therefore routing all exhaust to one side and decreasing the sound substantially.

Although I like it so far I do want to try Texas Speed's new catback that has the 4" cutout towards the middle of the car.

zachm89

iTrader: (14)

Not to rain on your parade but Im pretty sure it has been done before. Still a good setup for someone wanting the best of both worlds. I liked the way my old borla catback sounded.

BBWS6

iTrader: (2)

Oh no! I didn't mean it as a discovery. I actually got the idea from our wonderful forum site. I just never found audio clips and that's what I was going to do. Just need a couple days to upload videos

zachm89

iTrader: (14)

Ahh okay. Should be pretty nice. If you stumble across one, pick up the DMH cutout that they made a few years back for this setup. Some people have had mixed results with the QTP cutouts but DMH has seemed to be pretty solid.

That_One_Person

iTrader: (4)

Hmm that'd be pretty cool if it wasn't for the high buy-in cost of the Borla. I like the idea of just having two tailpipes on the left as a pseudo 2OTL.

codyvette

iTrader: (24)

LOL! That's an old *** Borla picture for an LT1 car. The Borla specific electric cutout works great. I have done such on several cars but I actually prefer to add a 3" nonspecific cutout in the rear floorboard void and run a stock muffler with full headers, and cam.

BBWS6

iTrader: (2)

That doesn't sound like a bad idea at all! That would probably be super stealthy. When I purchased the car it already had the Borla catback if not I would have probably gone that route. Would you happen to have any audio clips?

Thanks

JD_AMG

Thats what vast majority of guys do for cutouts, youtube "LS1 cutout" and you will see a ton of vids.