z28SSilvest

So I'm considering having my muffler cut out and running straight pipes.

Current Exhaust Mods:

1 3/4 Kooks LT Headers No Air & EGR
Kooks 3" ORY
Borla 3" Catback

And a Tune for 93 octane

If i get the Borla muffler cut out, would i see more pros than cons or would i be creating more problems for myself?

metalmilitia606

iTrader: (8)

straight pipes will be really loud. If you are just going for sound then I guess straights. If you want the performance of straights, but you still want it to be not as loud then a cut out is the way to go. Loud and straight through performance for the track and then slightly more tame for the ride home.

99Bluz28

iTrader: (35)

What do you believe you'll accomplish by removing the muffler, beside making it loud all the time?

thunderstruck507

iTrader: (18)

It might be loud, but sound like dogshit.

brnmw

I am not big on the straight pipe sound out of street cars. Ordinarily, great sounding cars for the street turn into like expressed above^^^^ Dogshit, I think nails it.

Guitar

iTrader: (9)

Straight pipes sound like absolute horse ****.

z28SSilvest

Alright guys lol. I'm pretty much going straight pipe right now except for the borla, the only problem im having is a loud, obnoxious almost like weedwacker sound when i gun it with the borla. I want my car to sound like this when i get on it, because right now, it doesnt sound how i want it to.

justin hover

Wtf...throw a lm1 muffler on it. Or an X and run duals. Straight pipes are for trucks...hillbillies...or the ricer who thinks he's just awesome because his car is loud and obnoxious. I cut mine off when I did my Lts/duals. It was cool for about 5 minutes. No tone and a lot of rasp.

z28SSilvest

This is ls1tech, the word ricer does not exist here except through appearance. Thanks for your .02 though.

Maybe ill keep the borla. I figured an $800 catback would sound better than a $400 one

z-maro

iTrader: (18)

I could be wrong, but from looking at the description and from the sound I think the car has duals. Not just the muffler cut off for "straight pipes."

Is your borla the adjustable one?

z28SSilvest

Yeah mine is the adjustable one.

Latch

iTrader: (8)

^ That car probably has stock manifolds and cats, which is why it sounds alright straight piped. Your car with headers and ORY will sound really awful without any muffler.

z28SSilvest

I believe you are correct now that I listen to it. I guess I'm trying to get a more "tamed" tone when I get on it. Right now it has a tone that just kind of "splatters" out. I would really like to get my car sounding like this video (except for the turbo). Do you think i should have the borla cut out, have the Y pipe cut, and run true duals with two resonators?

Latch

iTrader: (8)

If you want great sound and don't mind it being loud, get duals.

justin hover

Figuratively speaking man.....the choice/thought of straight pipes is a bad idea for many reasons imo. You can't go wrong running duals though. Took me 2 unsatisfied catback setups to make that decision...but it was the answer.

z28SSilvest

^^ Gotcha man, so would you recommend just doing straights with duals? I have a Y pipe in now and i was thinking of having the muffler shop near me cut the Y pipe and run just straight duals from there to my borla tips. What do you think about that? Would you recommend throwing a resonator in there or something? Noise is not a problem, I love the sound of a loud engine especially at WOT.

Cajun ELESS-ONE

No thanks Jeff. LOL.

z28SSilvest

Who is jeff?

justin hover

You would want an Xpipe in their. You could cut the merge outta the Y and replace it with an x pipe..then run a couple bullets or chamberd mufflers to tips. Or sell the borla setup and buy a quality td setup. The borla would pay for the tsp duals.

z28SSilvest

Couldnt i just go from the merge, to x pipe, then just straight back to the tips? Or would that sound like said "dogshit"