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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 07:44 AM
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Default Cut out open all the time?

will this hurt the car? its between pass/rear seats.
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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 08:01 AM
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Why would it hurt it???
It will hurt your ears though LOL
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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 10:55 PM
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lol its not that loud but i've heard its bad for the car?
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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 10:57 PM
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lol its not that loud but i've heard its bad for the car?
Nope, lots of people never close their cutout once they open it up
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Old Oct 18, 2003 | 11:01 PM
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yeah it is ok to run with it open. Maybe better to leave it either open or closed all the time so the PCM gets used to it one way or the other.
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 07:54 PM
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i havent closed my cutout in about a year..lol

and i run headers with an ORY and then the cutout.. so its very loud
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 08:15 PM
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My cutout is always open. I've never had any problems
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 08:42 PM
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I love my cut out... LTs and ORY sounds like el diablo is under your car when you floor it
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Old Oct 19, 2003 | 11:38 PM
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Default Re: Cut out open all the time?

I love my cut out... LTs and ORY sounds like el diablo is under your car when you floor it
Exactly. Plus you can hear the lope better.
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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 11:30 AM
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mines always open and i have no cats and if you sit in the car for 30 secs while its running your clothes stink like fumes bad!
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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 11:34 AM
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Cut out open all the time = "what did you say!"
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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 04:58 PM
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I thought it was illegal though to have that much sound blasting out?
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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 05:24 PM
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Its Illegal just to move that cats in all 50 states let alone not have them. Yeah its illegal just dont get caught........ LT's no cats and cut-out is hella loud... the electric cutout makes it all better for the freeway though.
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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 05:48 PM
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"yeah it is ok to run with it open. Maybe better to leave it either open or closed all the time so the PCM gets used to it one way or the other."

I used to think that too until I dynoed uncapped, then capped, and then uncapped a few times. The mixture on the wideband was consistant even doing it back to back to back with no learning time in between. The MAF sensor seems to do it's job well in this regard.

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Old Oct 21, 2003 | 05:52 PM
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Had my cutout on for about a year and a half, only closed it twice. Never had a problem with it, other than it sounding like a truck just crusing around but man at wot there not much like it my opinion. I finally just got tired of all the sound coming out underneath the car instead from the back.
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