Mechanical cutout
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From: Deployed
Are you talking about the cable operated type? If so stay away I havent ever heard anything good about them. Just get a regular cutout from one of the supporting vendors. You will love it. Or if you got some money to burn get an electric cut out but I dont know why you would ever want to cap it on a car w/ stock manifolds.
just wait a week or two and get one of these..... https://ls1tech.com/forums/sponsor-sales-specials/254720-stainless-steel-exhuast-cutouts-bling-bling.html should be fairly nice 
yea I'd stay away from the cable cutouts, the butterfly would probably leak being the only thing holding it shut is a choke cable. I'd would just get a flowtech cutout with the cap so when you want to open it, just take off the wing nuts and your ready to go.
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The only cable ones I've seen are the cast iron, JC Whitney
2" ones. But, you could go on eBay and pick up a butterfly
valve for reasonable (the beer brewers seem to snarf up the
stainless ones pretty quick but you might beat 'em one day).
A 3" butterfly in full stainless would be cool.
I think the bad rap on cable ones is leakage. But, put some
spring on the end to when you close it, there is some local
seating pressure, and I think that will suffice. Problem is an
old fashioned cable just doesn't push worth **** when you
bottom it. But a little ingenuity and you could have a pretty
trouble-free, and instant-open setup. Bugs me, waiting 5
seconds to get mine open when somebody needs schooling
-now-.
2" ones. But, you could go on eBay and pick up a butterfly
valve for reasonable (the beer brewers seem to snarf up the
stainless ones pretty quick but you might beat 'em one day).
A 3" butterfly in full stainless would be cool.
I think the bad rap on cable ones is leakage. But, put some
spring on the end to when you close it, there is some local
seating pressure, and I think that will suffice. Problem is an
old fashioned cable just doesn't push worth **** when you
bottom it. But a little ingenuity and you could have a pretty
trouble-free, and instant-open setup. Bugs me, waiting 5
seconds to get mine open when somebody needs schooling
-now-.
Yes, the cast iron manual ones only come in sizes too small for any LS1 car application...get the QTP QTEC electric, no dirty hands or dirty clothes, no capping/uncapping it in the bitter cold etc, this thing is SUPER convenient.
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Pembroke Pines, Fl
I don't what these cable things are, never heard of 'em. I'm familiar with the QTEP electric cut-out, but I'm not dishing out 300+ for them. If I need to put my cap on, I just crawl under my car and do it. I always drive it around open, its not that loud at all 
Sometimes, if I need to quiet it down while I'm driving, I'll have my passenger open the door, lean down, and pop the cap back on.
Sometimes, if I need to quiet it down while I'm driving, I'll have my passenger open the door, lean down, and pop the cap back on.
