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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 12:04 AM
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maybe a stupid question but making sure first, . . i will be selling my stock exhaust because a local is sellin his car and would like stock parts to go back in, i was plannin on getting some ebay headers hooked up to an h-pipe during the spring when funds permit, . is it ok to run "catbackless" til then?
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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it wont hurt anything besides your ears
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 12:23 AM
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and ur nose! I absolutely hate the smell of cats, it makes me nausious!

I would try to get a turn down put on so all the exhaust isn't hitting the underside of your car. I'm not sure if it could do any damage but at least make sure your exhaust wont be shooting on any wiring or anything like that
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 12:31 AM
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exhaust hitting the underside of my car has only turned it black...no harm done lol...
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 12:36 AM
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yea, i know of guys runnin dumped duals, . . but thats closer to the 10 bolt, the guy needs the i-pipe also and i was afraid cuttin it right after the y merge would cuz some problems, . .

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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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Shouldn't cause any problems, it will sound terrible and be loud, until you get a real exhaust put on.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 09:12 AM
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Let it blow for a few months.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Shouldn't cause any problems, it will sound terrible and be loud, until you get a real exhaust put on.
i think it will sound pretty good, similar to the loudmouth. He still has stock manifolds/cats
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it would run fine, but sounds like complete *** at times. i just toook off my loudmouth, because im puting my stock piping back on when i put on my headers, so i ran around a lil while with stock manifolds and cats. I thought it was cool under wot, but thats it. it seems a lot louder than the loudmouth too, but thats probably because its right under you. i say go for it.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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cool, . . the verdict is in, . .
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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open her up you will like the sound.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 08:24 PM
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Pulled my Borla off and ran it open Y for about 3 months. Runs fine, just like an open cutout all the time.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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if your not ready to take your catback off yet, don't worry about it. I thought you had stuff to replace it already.
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 02:00 AM
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yea, thats why i opened this thread, . . it seems it'll be ok, . . .
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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It should be fine, I ran mine for a while like that. Sounds bad *** except for the drone.
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