last week i put dual cutouts right before the mufflers on my stock V. it has a great tone to it, sounds very nice...but unfortunately it just isnt loud enough. i tried to search but the search function won't work here on my work computer. What can i do as far as cat-delete pipes, or x-pipe? need to order something this weekend!

thanks guys

 

Before you do more, have you had someone drive the car past you and then hit it? You may be a lot louder than you realize.

 

havent done that yet, but everyone thats heard it has said the same thing..that it sounds great, but isnt all that loud. my dad even said it wasnt that loud, so i know it needs a little more noise to it.

 

[QUOTE=dre2013;14879246]havent done that yet, but everyone thats heard it has said the same thing..that it sounds great, but isnt all that loud. my dad even said it wasnt that loud, so i know it needs a little more noise to it.[/QUOTE

Time for some headers then. You need power with that noise

 

[QUOTE=nuck;14879271]haha very true! i was planning on it but this is my Daily, and i'm putting too much into my other toys this summer lol. cant go completely broke!

 

essentially putting cutouts before the muffler is like doing a muffler delete, which is a great sound for DD but i know what you mean not being loud enough. Alot of people put them right before the resonator and its LOUD. could try an x pipe to see if that would help but headers really would do wonders lol

 

ditch the resinator for an x-pipe and itll be just right

 

thanks for all the quick replies guys, where can i get an x-pipe from? will a universal one fit? summit racing is 15min from my house, and was planning on going there today anyways

 

Get rid of the resonators and put a Magnaflow x-pipe in its place. Their x-pipe is spaced perfectly. With the stock exhaust manifolds and cats, I put the x-pipe in and no mufflers and it sounded great. If you really want loud, do long tubes with no cats and cutouts..hehe

 

thats the setup i have on my TA and my Cobra... LT's, no cats and cutouts lol. both are loud as hell when opened.

is this the right x-pipe?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MPE-10791/

 

I have some cat-delete pipes that I just took off last weekend after the header install. Ill sell em for $150 + shipping. I think i paid 250 for them from another member on here. They fit perfectly. If you search for "CTS-V modified exhaust" on youtube... username patsfan922. That is what they sound like with cam, cat-delete pipes, and x-pipe with stock mufflers.

 

cool, if it isnt loud enough with the x-pipe then ill definitely take those off of your hands. thanks bro

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/cadillac-...at-delete.html

there is the link to my buy. I paid $180 + shipping not $250.

Let me know.

 

Get some $400 OBX or Pacesetter headders, ditch the cats, add an X pipe and then see how loud it is.

 

would if i could man. i know it would sound good then . i dont have time to install headers, nor the money for them after putting around 4k into my TA

 

is this the right x-pipe?
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MPE-10791/

id like to pick it up after work if so.

 

Moving the cutouts seems like the obvious solution. I assume you went with cutouts so it would be quiet sometimes.

 

x pipe and your good....do cats if you can too

 

that is the correct x-pipe. the V stock exhaust is 2.5 stainless.

and like others have said, if you do a cat-less setup to x-pipe it will be good. but if its still not loud enough (which i doubt, but possible), it will be header time...haha

GL.

 

The x-pipe isn't going to make it that much louder. The greatest audible restriction are the cats. I had a few vids somewhere on this forum of X-pipe and gutted cats. That was okay, once I did the cat-delete, it was exactly where i wanted it. Unfortunately, i had bad resonance (coffee can echo) from the gutted muffs. I couldn't hear it from inside the car, but once i had one of my friends rev it for me, it turned me off and i purchased the corsa cat-back.

So, if you do cat-delete, do not gut your mufflers.