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Mac Midlenght vs LT sounds/tone??
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Mac Midlenght vs LT sounds/tone?? I know LTs give u more power, but do midlenghts and Lts sound the same with ORY and Hooker Aero catback??? a friend of mine found a good deal on MAcs and ORY but we wernt sure if LTs and ML will sound the same.
They sound the same to me I had Jet Hot's with an ORY and a Hooker Cat back on my 99 T/A and my girlfriend has Macs with an ORY and a Hooker Catback on her 98 T/A and they sound the same to me.
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Sure Mac's without cats sound very raspy in the mid rpm range, but so do all of the longtube set-ups to me too...I've heard some incredibly raspy cars running LT's/no cats out there... 
Put cats in, and bam, NO rasp. 
It also depends upon what cat-back you run...Loudmouth, Borla, Flowmaster, Corsa, etc. will all sound very raspy without the cats while the Hooker, 2OTL, & Dual/Dual won't be nearly as bad...
Mike
Put cats in, and bam, NO rasp. It also depends upon what cat-back you run...Loudmouth, Borla, Flowmaster, Corsa, etc. will all sound very raspy without the cats while the Hooker, 2OTL, & Dual/Dual won't be nearly as bad...Mike
I personally think that the long tube has a much better sound when running a cut out. but like your post asked... with the cats in place there won't be much of a difference. Ihave heard them back to back in my driveway when comparing my car to a friends. We both agreed.
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i couldnt even hear my car when it was parked next to WOT. we both have the cutout on the i-pipe. our cams arent much different. he has a 231/237 and i have a 232/236. he has a shitload more power than me though! 
of all the cars i have heard in person, i definitely liked the sound of lt's better than my mids. jmo
of all the cars i have heard in person, i definitely liked the sound of lt's better than my mids. jmo
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yea thats the truth about a set of ML MACS(w/o cats of course) and they DEF. are raspy at the 2200k 2500 rpm range....i dunno doesnt seem to bother me though 
....oh and i love scarin the hell outta people walkin on sidewalks with em...LMAO 
....btw i own a set of MACS so im talkin from first hand experience
....oh and i love scarin the hell outta people walkin on sidewalks with em...LMAO ....btw i own a set of MACS so im talkin from first hand experience 
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I had Mac mids first, and yes they have a rasp to them. I thought all headers would sound like that, but when I put a pair of Pacesetter LTs ceramic coated, I don't hear any rasp like the Macs had. 
