what does the catback really do????
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what does the catback really do???? i have been hearing tons and tons of people dissing different catbacks and i am just wondering what does the catback really do, does it just muffle the sound so it isnt too loud or does it serve a real purpose. could you just run the Y pipe back and put a downpipe on it without a catback system, or will this damage anything???
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
i have been hearing tons and tons of people dissing different catbacks and i am just wondering what does the catback really do, does it just muffle the sound so it isnt too loud or does it serve a real purpose. could you just run the Y pipe back and put a downpipe on it without a catback system, or will this damage anything???
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I suppose you can do that Camaroguy if you want your car to sound like a chain saw... These cars get real raspy without a muffler of some sort.
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I just put a new hooker catback system on stock y pipe and headers, when i first got the car it had a pipe coming straight off the y-pipe and boy was it loud! but it didnt always sound so good either, I put the hooker on and it sounds nice and quiet at idle or normal driving but really mean once you get the RPMs up plus the price was right!!
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Buy a cat-back ONLY for the sound and the look of the tips. Other then that, they all produce the same (minimal) gains. Yes the stock cat-back is restrictive, but the place you will see the most gains is when you replace the headers and Y-pipe. The cat-back is good for a few HP, but thats about it. Dont expect it to win you any races. Also, as was stated before, some cat-backs sound great on stock manifolds and Y-pipe and then sound like complete ******* when you put Longtubes and an off-road Y in front of them. There are also catbacks that have the complete opposite where they sound like crap or marginal on stock manifolds but sound great on a nice set of headers.
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
i have been hearing tons and tons of people dissing different catbacks and i am just wondering what does the catback really do, does it just muffle the sound so it isnt too loud or does it serve a real purpose. could you just run the Y pipe back and put a downpipe on it without a catback system, or will this damage anything???
However, with the windows down you will smell the exhaust sometime. And my friends car drones inside pretty bad.
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
i have been hearing tons and tons of people dissing different catbacks and i am just wondering what does the catback really do, does it just muffle the sound so it isnt too loud or does it serve a real purpose. could you just run the Y pipe back and put a downpipe on it without a catback system, or will this damage anything???
1998 A4 350 LS1, Flowmaster Cat-Back, Air Lid.
And yes, the Flowmaster is THE most restrictive catback on the market.
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BTW, our cars have 346 cubic inches.
i ran an open y-pipe w/LT's for a couple weeks here and there, and its loud as all hell. sounds good WOT or idle but thats the only time it sounds good. if you want loud and powerful get true duals.
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i heard that flowmaster catback systems sound really awsome with long tube headers and a offroad Y-pipe, and i am gonna get a cutout also when i get my headers and offroad Y-pipe just to make it louder when i want to lol. and what headers should i go for at a reasonable price under about $600, i know i am getting a SLP offroad Y-pipe. but not sure what headers yet i was thinking hooker or QTP.
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
i heard that flowmaster catback systems sound really awsome with long tube headers and a offroad Y-pipe, and i am gonna get a cutout also when i get my headers and offroad Y-pipe just to make it louder when i want to lol. and what headers should i go for at a reasonable price under about $600, i know i am getting a SLP offroad Y-pipe. but not sure what headers yet i was thinking hooker or QTP.
If you're getting Hooker or QTP LT's, then get the QTP Y-pipe, as it's one of the free-est flowing Y-pipe on the market, as it has a true merge in the 4" Flowmaster Scavenger Merge Collector.
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ok so now i am thinking hooker headers with a QTP offroad y pipe, and buying cutouts to put on since the offroad Y-pipe with the cutouts is way to expensive. should i go with EGR or no EGR on the headers since i still have EGR and Air hooked up on my car.
