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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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I was surfing through youtube, and came across this video. Supposedly, just opening his cutout added 21rwhp. Is this really possible?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY8LvGlq4_g
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 07:39 AM
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Sure if the exhaust he has on the car is restrictive enough.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 02:38 PM
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mine made 17hp more with opening the cut out
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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if you are making under 550 then the cutout will make little to no difference- if you have a good flowing exhaust. past 550 people have seen big gains as most aftermarket syatems don't flow that well past 550.

I could see this kind of gain if you had a flowmaster on the car.

I picked up 3 rwhp with my set up- pacesetter 1 3/4 to a hooker cat back. I also made 430 with it closed than 433 with it open back to back runs. IMO they really are not worth it unless you are making big power.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 06:28 PM
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my brothers got a 15 hp boost
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i got 25HP when i opened it up... i had slowmaster catback thats why... lol
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by black01_WS6
if you are making under 550 then the cutout will make little to no difference- if you have a good flowing exhaust. past 550 people have seen big gains as most aftermarket syatems don't flow that well past 550.

I could see this kind of gain if you had a flowmaster on the car.

I picked up 3 rwhp with my set up- pacesetter 1 3/4 to a hooker cat back. I also made 430 with it closed than 433 with it open back to back runs. IMO they really are not worth it unless you are making big power.
x2.............When I had my SS dyno tuned, I picked up 4 rwhp with the cutout open (went from 450 to 454) but picked up 15 ft/lbs of torque thru out the curve, which to me, was more important.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by photoman9988
I was surfing through youtube, and came across this video. Supposedly, just opening his cutout added 21rwhp. Is this really possible?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY8LvGlq4_g
i have mac mids running through a stock catback and a chokemaster, amongst a few other mods, picked up 21 hp by opening the cutout. F*ck you flowmaster.
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Think about this:
You have a 434ci with a 106mm turbo running through your STOCK catback. That means a 5.5" down pipe to a 2 1/2" pipe to the catback. In that 5.5" down pipe you have a cut out... That cutout might be worth 1000+rwhp. lol
But who would spend 25+k on a motor and not do a supporting exhaust...
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stock z28 exhaust here gained me 20rwhp or 2mph at the track
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