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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 08:18 AM
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Default Loudmouth w/ no cats?

I have gone completely crazy or I have just gone deaf...possibly both! Anyways, I am looking for a way to make the car louder ( I have a loudmouth now). I don't have the $$$ to do headers, and I have been thinking about getting an offroad pipe. Does anyone know if I will loose some bottom end if I take off the cats? Also, will I be getting tickets with it?

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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 08:40 AM
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It will be loud as sh*t. So getting tickets will all depend on your driving habits. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 08:42 AM
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Loudmouth + no cats = sounds like ***. IMO.

You either need cats or a muffler to get decent sound, IMO.
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Old Jul 30, 2002 | 11:51 AM
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Default Re: Loudmouth w/ no cats?

Can I replace my resinator with a muffler or something to stop the rasp, I plan on doing headers and a ory, what will help quiet it down a little.
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 02:57 AM
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If i were u i would take out the resonater.. just run cats then straight pipe.. unless u don't need cats out there?? here there required for air care but i pulled mine... i have borla cat back with no plates.. sounds killer.. but might put the cats back in and take the muffler out.. then im legal and loud <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 01:23 PM
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FLP header's and Borla cat back enouif sed HP in a box..... <img border="0" alt="[Firebird]" title="" src="graemlins/formula.gif" />
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 01:24 PM
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I had FLP longtubes, through off road pipes, then to the LM...it was CRAZY loud... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 03:01 PM
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I had dynatech longtubes(same thing as FLP without the emissions), 3" custom off-road y-pipe and then the loudmouth. It sounded awesome at WOT, but everything in between sounded like a old farmer's grain truck.... I hated it, I would at least keep the cat's if you go with headers. If you take the cats off now, it will sound like crap IMO, of course if you are deaf like you say it won't matter! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />
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Default Re: Loudmouth w/ no cats?

I used to run a loudmouth with the stock cats gutted and i like the sound, now i run mac's with the cats gutted in its y pipe throught the loudmouth. and i like the way it sounds, its actually quiter with the macs at start up and cruse, but at WOT it screams.
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I plan on running gutted cats then to LM sometime soon also.
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I know a few guys runing SLP long tubes, O/R y-pipe, and a borla (some have loudmouths) and lets just say the last time they went under a underpass and reved it hard next to a old lady, the old lady almost went off the road.
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Old Aug 7, 2002 | 12:01 AM
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FLP, no cats, loudmouth will make your ears bleed

I liked it, but my neighbors didn't. Plus, I'd get whacked pretty good by the cops for no cats.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 04:33 PM
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if i got hooker long tubes, and the hooker off road pipe, and it went into an LM, would that work, legally and how it would fit?
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