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Old May 23, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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I was wondering if the high flow cats for these cars make any diff. in performace or MPG's?? I would like to go go catless, loved the sound on my 04 Mustang GT, but I also was able to purchase MIL eliminators, nothing like that for this car. I have to be able to pass emissions.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 11:09 PM
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Stock cat is fairly high flow.
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Old May 25, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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I had some on my 07 Magnum R/T and it gained about 10whp and gave it a little more raspy sound. I liked them! I am wondering if they are worth it on our vehicles?
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From my understanding, these vehicles' exhaust is highly restricted as far as sound and performance. What really does it is the stock exhaust manifolds. They really cut down on the performance.
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The stock manifolds are fine till you get a cam its the down pipe thats the issue.
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Originally Posted by Haulin_Ls4_GxP
The stock manifolds are fine till you get a cam its the down pipe thats the issue.
So we should get different down pipes for our cars?? Is that what im hearing? Would the down pipe make more sound and improve performance and MPG's??
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Old May 27, 2011 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by TheJPGXP
Stock cat is fairly high flow.
And what is "fairly??" is it worth it to throw some highflow cats on or just keep the stock ones and go with the down pipe? As someone else said that is the restrictive part.
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The cat is high flow, the u-bend is what kills it. I dunno if Hogan's has a u-bend or not, I just have my stock downpipe chopped and welded. Goin' to 3" in September.
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