Drilling vents into exhaust
#22
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Your budget is $0, which means that you will have $0 to fix the exhaust after you destroy it with your idea. This means that once you regret your decision or the exhaust falls off because you drilled too many holes too close to each other, that you are going to need to borrow money from somewhere. When you need to borrow money from somewhere to fix your mistake, you go to a shady payday advance place to get the money to fix your exhaust. When you go to a shady payday advance place to the money, you become indebted to an Eastern European named Vlad. When you become indebted to an Eastern European named Vlad, you flee the state to avoid paying Vlad his 2000% interest. When you flee the state to avoid paying Vlad his 2000% interest, Vlad calls up his friends at Western Sky Financial. When Vlad calls up his friends at Western Sky Financial, they come looking for you. When they come looking for you, you end up with a tomahawk in your kneecap.
Don't end up with a Tomahawk in your kneecap. Don't drill holes in your exhaust.
Don't end up with a Tomahawk in your kneecap. Don't drill holes in your exhaust.
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Your budget is $0, which means that you will have $0 to fix the exhaust after you destroy it with your idea. This means that once you regret your decision or the exhaust falls off because you drilled too many holes too close to each other, that you are going to need to borrow money from somewhere. When you need to borrow money from somewhere to fix your mistake, you go to a shady payday advance place to get the money to fix your exhaust. When you go to a shady payday advance place to the money, you become indebted to an Eastern European named Vlad. When you become indebted to an Eastern European named Vlad, you flee the state to avoid paying Vlad his 2000% interest. When you flee the state to avoid paying Vlad his 2000% interest, Vlad calls up his friends at Western Sky Financial. When Vlad calls up his friends at Western Sky Financial, they come looking for you. When they come looking for you, you end up with a tomahawk in your kneecap.
Don't end up with a Tomahawk in your kneecap. Don't drill holes in your exhaust.
Don't end up with a Tomahawk in your kneecap. Don't drill holes in your exhaust.
It seems like the lack of gains comes from the fact that its still a stock 2.75 in. pipe. However, my brain is manufacturing more storms comrades. Can I change the exhaust tone by drilling holes in the OUTLET pipes, in the back near the muffler? The 2.5 in pipes seem restricting so maybe if I do one 1/2 in. to 1 in. hole in each outlet right where it comes out near the muff, it won't sound that terrible. can't find anyone who did this either though
I was gonna leave it off unless it got too fumey. Though I have a feeling the clamp won't muffle anything without some sort of a gasket. I'm guessing e-cutouts use gaskets too
Last edited by medmechanica; 09-22-2014 at 01:40 PM.
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HAHAHAHAHA. OK out of all the people, this guy sold me to not do it.
It seems like the lack of gains comes from the fact that its still a stock 2.75 in. pipe. However, my brain is manufacturing more storms comrades. Can I change the exhaust tone by drilling holes in the OUTLET pipes, in the back near the muffler? The 2.5 in pipes seem restricting so maybe if I do one 1/2 in. to 1 in. hole in each outlet right where it comes out near the muff, it won't sound that terrible. can't find anyone who did this either though
It seems like the lack of gains comes from the fact that its still a stock 2.75 in. pipe. However, my brain is manufacturing more storms comrades. Can I change the exhaust tone by drilling holes in the OUTLET pipes, in the back near the muffler? The 2.5 in pipes seem restricting so maybe if I do one 1/2 in. to 1 in. hole in each outlet right where it comes out near the muff, it won't sound that terrible. can't find anyone who did this either though
Just take the muffler off.
#27
welllllllllll actually, some wiseguy on the corvette forums said his buddy did it to a c5 and he liked the sound so he wanted to do the same. Even said he wasn't getting any fumes in the cab after he did it. I think the guy was just looking for a more aggressive sound. I really don't want to drop the muffler. That would be way more of a hassle to weld back than a few holes. Also, I suspect that having the exhaust venting under the car is a bad idea. At the moment I'm focusing on modifying the outlet pipes, but I still don't have any sort of reference to use
#28
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Lets face it, these cars have been around for over 16yrs, and this site has been around for 13yrs. If there are any free mods worth doing hundreds of people have done it tested it posted it and argued about whether or not it's worth the trouble. Like I said earlier if you want to do something for free do the free ram air mod, port your TB, do the TB bump stop mod, remove your MAF screen (but save it some cars are unhappy with it out), cut your egr tube off inside the intake, and spend a few dollars at the hardware store for a fernco type smooth bellows.
#29
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Well, somebody on the Corvette forums always has a buddy who did something stupid and uses it as justification for them to do something stupid. Most Corvette owners over there tend to have more money than sense, and since you have stated that you have absolutely no money, there has to be a sliver of sense rattling around somewhere above your neckline.
You drive a 4th gen F-Body. They aren't exactly rare. I say that you should save your money until you can afford to purchase a used catback system. They float around all the time and aren't very expensive because, you know, 4th gen F-Body.
You drive a 4th gen F-Body. They aren't exactly rare. I say that you should save your money until you can afford to purchase a used catback system. They float around all the time and aren't very expensive because, you know, 4th gen F-Body.
#30
OK so you're saying I should do a crap load of air intake mods without doing anything on the exhaust end? Sounds real beneficial. What if descreening the MAF and porting the TB lets in so much air that the computer can't compensate on its own and I end up running lean?
Anyway, at this point I just want a better sounding exhaust. I thought the way to do that is by giving it more room to flow
Anyway, at this point I just want a better sounding exhaust. I thought the way to do that is by giving it more room to flow
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This guy has got to be messing with everyone. It keeps going deeper just to get you guys all fired up and ruffle feathers. There is a reason he just joined in September. there is NO WAY this is legit...
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I don't get why everyone thinks its so crazy to modify the restrictive stock exhaust on my own because I don't have any money. I almost got sideswiped countless times by people when I had my stock 97. maybe the car is too low and people can't see it. I just want more sound from the exhaust. I'm doing it today with or without your approval. I'm just looking for tips. I'm gonna make a vid too so you can see how it sounds.
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OK so you're saying I should do a crap load of air intake mods without doing anything on the exhaust end? Sounds real beneficial. What if descreening the MAF and porting the TB lets in so much air that the computer can't compensate on its own and I end up running lean?
Anyway, at this point I just want a better sounding exhaust. I thought the way to do that is by giving it more room to flow
Anyway, at this point I just want a better sounding exhaust. I thought the way to do that is by giving it more room to flow
#38
No I get it. Its ricey because I'm broke as **** and wanna get airflow and a nicer sound, so I'm tryin to improv something, while you guys spent $300+ on your exhaust so you just can't imagine how someone could wanna use their brain to try and think of ideas for fabbin something up. Sure there's a chance of failure but I at least wanna try. Especially since no one seems to wanna experiment with this, even though its so easy to weld it back together. You know, its easy to throw a buncha money at the car and get a perfect *** exhaust. Its not so easy when you all you have is a couple drill bits and a dream
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I don't get why everyone thinks its so crazy to modify the restrictive stock exhaust on my own because I don't have any money. I almost got sideswiped countless times by people when I had my stock 97. maybe the car is too low and people can't see it. I just want more sound from the exhaust. I'm doing it today with or without your approval. I'm just looking for tips. I'm gonna make a vid too so you can see how it sounds.
When it comes down to it, it's your car, you can do whatever you want with it. We're just trying to help because we've been there before. If you don't see how adding leaks to your exhaust is a horrible idea then there's no helping you.. If you seriously can't afford a $30 cutout then i have one question; How are you filling this thing with fuel?? "almost" getting sideswiped is the worst reason for a stupid mod i've ever heard. What the hell does one have to do with the other?? Exhaust is NOT the answer.. do you think honda accords are too low? how often are they "almost sideswiped" for being too quiet or too low? Here's a tip for ya: "Anything worth doing is worth doing right". Maybe you should write that down.
and why bother posting a video? we know what an LT car sounds like with ****/rusted exhaust. Hint: it sounds like ****
Maybe you should cover it in reflective tape or orange-cone plasti-dip