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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 01:20 PM
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im thinking about getting a cutout, so id like to hear what everybody has or what they know about them. how reiable are the electric ones? how hard are the ones to close that are manual? how much do shops usually charge to do it? what kind of gain would i get? what are the negatives? what is the best brand?.....and anything else anybody would add....thanks
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im thinking about getting a cutout, so id like to hear what everybody has or what they know about them. how reiable are the electric ones? how hard are the ones to close that are manual? how much do shops usually charge to do it? what kind of gain would i get? what are the negatives? what is the best brand?.....and anything else anybody would add....thanks

I am going on just about a year with my electric cutout and its still going strong. No problems yet. Don't close it to often so maybe thats why. It depends on where you mount the cutout to determine the difficulty of capping it. I had my cutout welded in for 25 dollars at a local shop, some charge more some charge less. Cant think of any negitives so far and I am using a QTP. Hope this helps.
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how reiable are the electric ones? - Pretty reliable. There are several threads floating around here that have polls on the most reliable ones. I believe that QTP was the winner.

how hard are the ones to close that are manual? - Not hard at all. Its just three wingnuts and a plate.

what kind of gain would i get? - 10 or so.

what are the negatives? - Nothing. Just more noise and more hp.

what is the best brand? - I say QTP.

how much do shops usually charge to do it? - Should not be more then 50 bucks.

Its one if not the best mod you can do.
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thanks guys, one more thing does it require any tuning? i mean does the ecm since it and make it run richer or anything?
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thanks guys, one more thing does it require any tuning? i mean does the ecm since it and make it run richer or anything?

Nope you will be alright with the tune your on.
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Q tech has failed 4 times on me..........in 2 years......most times withing a few weeks of installing again...


Stored winters, no rain........still SUXKS!!!!!!!!!
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Alot of peoples motors fail because they hold the switch to long you can almost hear when its all the way open or closed, but they will fail if you keep the switch down to long and keep grinding it.
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go with the one i got also one year now and she is still going strong and seals up nicely

ps i do drive in the snow too
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byunspeed has a good price on them too im thinking of buying the electric one
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DMH's work great, but pricey and don't offer much ground clearance compared to the QTP:

Have mine welded into the Y-pipe behind the cats(pg 1 of cardomain)

http://www.dmhperformance.com/ecutoutiframe.htm
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