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Yes but only at idle. Sounds like ass at WOT.
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Old Aug 31, 2010 | 08:56 AM
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I have dual 3" cutouts about a foot behind the collectors of the headers

sounds amazing at idle and evil at WOT, anything else sounds like ***
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 03:02 AM
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I have a 3 inch electric dmh cutout hooked up to the built in cut out portion of Borla exhaust. Sounds pretty good.I run it wide open 95% of the time.except when near the house or around the cops
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 01:04 PM
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I have headers mac & catback Gibson, the sound is delicious
I had flowmaster....out

El cut-out only open in the track
Cutout open vs true duals = 1 tenth of difference???
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 01:16 PM
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Well, I have a 4" cutout on my 'I' pipe. Not only does it sound great idle and running gears/WOT it was worth 10rwhp on the dyno! With my borla type exhaust, I split as it goes over axle with another cutout there. Its a very tunable exh..
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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At idle and at the track, I love it. Cruising around on the road it sounds like *** IMO.
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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Idle and track purposes would be ok with electric cut out.
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 10:44 PM
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I like the sounds of an electric cutout, at certain times, but definitely NOT open all the time!
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Old Sep 1, 2010 | 10:47 PM
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Pictures please!

Originally Posted by RyanSws6
Well, I have a 4" cutout on my 'I' pipe. Not only does it sound great idle and running gears/WOT it was worth 10rwhp on the dyno! With my borla type exhaust, I split as it goes over axle with another cutout there. Its a very tunable exh..
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Originally Posted by libertyforall1776
Pictures please!
Here's my exhaust.. Every piece is custom except the LTs and GMMG C/B




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Here's my 4" I pipe with 4" cutout...
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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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I ordered just a 3.5 in cutout with flowtech from dmh because their 4" cutout doesn't come with a flowtech cutout. I figure 3.5 should be plenty big. It will have them put it pretty close to the flowmaster merge.
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