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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 09:43 PM
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for my 95 vette, which would sound better, if i put straight pipes instead of the resinator, or just did muffler elimnators, and are both of them llegal, please help im going to do tomorrow morning.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 09:54 PM
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for my 95 vette, which would sound better, if i put straight pipes instead of the resinator, or just did muffler elimnators, and are both of them llegal, please help im going to do tomorrow morning.
If you want louder, straight pipes. If you want it to sound cleaner, just take the mufflers off.

Your car will pop and crackle more if you just have straight pipes. . .which might be a good thing.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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ok, so the straight pipes are louder, but are both of them llegal
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 11:15 PM
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Running without a muffler is illegal. And when I think of straight pipes, I think no cat. convertors which is also illegal (it's basically running open headers). But, that may not be your case. In addition to being illegal, you'll also be messing up your emissions. So, expect to fail yearly emission tests if your state tests for it.

Also running a resonator without a muffler is illegal. Resonator's just amplify the sound.
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Old Jul 24, 2005 | 11:44 PM
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but all i want to do is hack of the resinator and put straight pipes in their place
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 11:42 AM
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Running any kind of aftermarket catback is technically not legal.

Straight pipes only sound good on big blocks. Just MO.
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 07:36 PM
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i just cut off my muffler...sounds nice
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