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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 11:33 PM
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Ok so i plan on getting some Kooks lt's and ory for my car but i cant decide what I want to do for the cat back....first i thought i would just buy a borla X1R race bullet and stick it on the end of the Y but i think that would be too loud. So i decided I want a real muffler and I decided on magnaflow b.c I want to keep everything stainless. So...my question is, how much hp do you guys think I would be leaving on the table by buying this muffler and having it welded on vs getting the whole magnaflow cb......here's the link to the muffler....Magnaflow Muffler (mods if i need to remove this let me know). anyways, Im thinking If I can save $300 and lose like 5HP then why not do it and just have the muffler welded in and get some turn downs, camaros w/o tips in the back are growing on me....so tell me what you guys think.

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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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the magnaflow muffler that comes on the cat-back is a straight through design so it doesnt loose much at all
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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 11:41 PM
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So you dont think I would really leave any hp behind by just using the stock exhaust piping from the y-pipe back versus buying the maganflow catback?
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no not really. not much anyway. if youre really that worried about it then put a cutout at the end of the y pipe and forget about a muffler and sue all the stock stuff and have a sleeper
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ok, thanks for answering my question man, im just gonna buy the magnflow muffler and a cut-out
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