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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 09:44 PM
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Is it bad to drive the car with no catback? It still has the cats that goes into the y, so its like driving on an open y-pipe.
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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only if you pass a cop.
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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only if you pass a cop.
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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lol thats pretty funny. that **** must be really loud and annoying
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 12:39 AM
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nope, you still have a y pipe and cats so fresh air hitting the 02's wont be a problem. its driving without anything stopping fresh outside air from getting to your 02's that **** stuff up
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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I didn't think it would, but I had some hillbilly tell me it will "catch my car on fire," now I obviously know it wouldn't do that, but he said it could do all sorts of bad things to my motor. I was like how isn't it basically just like a cut-out?
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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dont listen to hillbillies, would you listen to someone who thinks their own sister is hot.
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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lol, no it won't hurt your car or catch it on fire.
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Do you i have a y pipe on your car or are you running straight off the stock manifolds? I'm a lil confussed on what your running...sorry.
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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Hes running a y-pipe with nothing behind it.

You'll be fine, just loud is all
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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I've driven for a long time with an open y-pipe, the only problem was that it was too quiet.
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Old Jul 31, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Ericbigmac83
Hes running a y-pipe with nothing behind it.

You'll be fine, just loud is all
Thats what i thought just wasn't sure. Thanks for clearing it up for me. I agree its gonna be extremly loud.
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Originally Posted by Ferocity02
I've driven for a long time with an open y-pipe, the only problem was that it was too quiet.

+1 my car is just open Y pipe. its not loud enough!
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sounds like yall are runnin y-pipes with resonators any one runnin y-pipe dumps and if ya got any pictures can you post em thanks
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