Well got my cutout on my stock exhaust and I can say I'm really dissapointed. It's not that much louder than a flowmaster muffler IMO. I can also feel the loss of torque it seems.

What can I do to make it louder but still keep the cutout? Would gutting the cats and getting headers be better?

 

what do you mean loss of torque? on a stock car you wont feel anything whether its a magnaflow, flowmaster or a cutout...also, there will be no torque loss going from a muffler to a cutout. you will only gain. you feel the loss because its louder

 

Probably true lol but I want it louder still! What would the gutted cats do?

 

Get a set of 1.7/8 longtubes and a ORY. That outta **** yer neighbors off combined with that cutout.

 

Ory is pretty much a y pipe with gutted cats right?

 

It's going to flow better than the shitty crushed stock y-pipe.

 

No, a ORY has NO cats at all. Where did you mount your cutout?

 

In the I pipe a little after the y merge. Would the ORY gain or lose torque and hp? And how would the sound
Be?

 

Sorry about dbl post

 

You NEED longtubes

 

Ik lol. How much difference would they give? Gain or loss in torque and hp and sound?

 

very good hp and torque gain, big sound difference

 

When I was stock manifolds and stock Y-pipe and Borla catback I gained 6hp and 9ftlbs by opening my cutout in the I-pipe. You are not losing any power even at low RPM's.

Even with cats/stock Y the cutout was louder than my open plate Borla.


Long tubes and OR-Y are a fantastic upgrade. Did them a few weeks ago. Louder and more power. Power being what I was after.

OP do you have a actual cat-back or just a Flowmaster muffler welded in? What kind of FM? If its the 80 series I just can't see how an open cutout could barely be louder.

 

stop asking if your going to lose torque you wont lose any..even with long tubes. i love long tubes it gives an awesome gain and response. i wouldnt gut the cats, you seem like you dont have emissions issue. go ahead and get your lts and ory.

 

I'll get lts and yup just an 80 series and it is louder I guess just not what I was expectings. I'll keep the stock y pipe for now and just get longtubes. I need them to be budget friendly tho lol

 

You can't get LT's and keep the stock y-pipe. Just get a set of BBK LT's for $355 that come with an off-road y-pipe. I just put a set on my Dad's 98 SS and they fit great.

 

Are there any y's with cats that fit lt headers? 355 is a little steep for me at the moment

 

hmmmmm

 

Save up for some better headers. TSP now has some that are stainless, but for $500. That's what I'm going with. Best of luck

 

Not hating on BBK, but there are some better ones out there.