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cutouts was lookin at gettin dual cut outs for my ws6, was lookin at electric cutouts but the only kinda i liked cost $500 for a kit and its not worth it to me, thing i didnt like about the cheaper ones is that its a butterfly flap, how well do they seal and or do they stay sealed after many of miles and uses, last thing i want is spend $200 sum dollars to have exhaust leaks. if not might just buy manual ones for $50 a set
Forget the exhaust leaks... you probably won't ever close them. I live in a quiet neighborhood and nobody ever says anything so I just leave em' open. Unless you have true duals then one cutout on the I-pipe will work fine.
Here is a newer design to the cutout by Doug's Headers. It was featured in the august issue of GMHTP mag. Uses a Rotating Gear instead of the butterfly, for a better seal.. they claim..... Looks like a very nice piece, IMO
http://pertronix.com/prod/new/details.aspx?ID=137
http://pertronix.com/prod/new/details.aspx?ID=137
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ya the doug ones are the ones i liked but i cant spend $500 on a set of cut outs atm, need other stuff and all, might just get the $30 manual ones for now and then maybe in the future get those, and for leavin them open, i have a quite nieghbor hood and all too and no one really says anything but they probably would eventually, espicially when i leave at 7am for work, had a 87 chevy k5 blazer i drove around with just headers cause the exhaust fell off lol, they said somethin after a while lol
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Just to toss it out there, it seems like (in my limited forum-surfing experience) that a lot of guys who get manual cutouts end up just leaving them open or closed, because after a bit, constantly getting under the car to swap the plates gets old.
I don't get cutouts, unless it's for a dual-purpose street/strip car...open cutouts just sound like ***. Well, loud ***, but *** all the same. There's no tone or anything, just loud raspy exhaust noise. True duals aren't obnoxiously loud unless you want them to be, and that can be toned down a bit by using Flowmaster single-chambers or some of those small Magnaflow mufflers (like 4x9" or summat) instead of bullets.
I don't get cutouts, unless it's for a dual-purpose street/strip car...open cutouts just sound like ***. Well, loud ***, but *** all the same. There's no tone or anything, just loud raspy exhaust noise. True duals aren't obnoxiously loud unless you want them to be, and that can be toned down a bit by using Flowmaster single-chambers or some of those small Magnaflow mufflers (like 4x9" or summat) instead of bullets.
I don't get cutouts, unless it's for a dual-purpose street/strip car...open cutouts just sound like ***. Well, loud ***, but *** all the same. There's no tone or anything, just loud raspy exhaust noise. True duals aren't obnoxiously loud unless you want them to be, and that can be toned down a bit by using Flowmaster single-chambers or some of those small Magnaflow mufflers (like 4x9" or summat) instead of bullets.
IMO you can't beat the sound of a cammed LS1 with open headers... orgasmic. But since open headers are intolerable, a cutout is the next best thing.
Obviously this comes down to personal preference, but my cutout with stock manifolds and cats sounds awesome, isn't raspy, and isn't TOO loud.
IMO you can't beat the sound of a cammed LS1 with open headers... orgasmic. But since open headers are intolerable, a cutout is the next best thing.
IMO you can't beat the sound of a cammed LS1 with open headers... orgasmic. But since open headers are intolerable, a cutout is the next best thing.
Just figured I'd toss the bit about manual cutouts out there, though...does seem like a pain in the *** to have to crawl around to bolt the plates on or take them off depending on your mood (and the weather, whether the cops have had their morning donuts, etc).
Also, might as well spend your money on an electric one now.. it got real old real fast for me climbing under the car in the mornings time and time again to open/close it.. now with my electric one its the flip of a switch. I bought a DMH electric cutout used for $120 shipped and it works perfectly, no complaints.
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ya getting out and climbing under inst the best thing but, and i was going to install them right after each header to bypass all the exhaust currently on there when i did open them up, my other thinking after reading all yalls posts and what not and re lookin at the manual ones, dont u have to buy the manual type ones anyway so the electronic ones have something to bolt too?
ya getting out and climbing under inst the best thing but, and i was going to install them right after each header to bypass all the exhaust currently on there when i did open them up, my other thinking after reading all yalls posts and what not and re lookin at the manual ones, dont u have to buy the manual type ones anyway so the electronic ones have something to bolt too?
I'm telling you your going to have clearance issues if you put them right after the headers.. This was my plan and my shop wouldn't do it because they knew I wouldn't have the clearance. I would have scraped every single speed bump severely. I have American Racing Headers and they are pretty much the best fitting, most tucked up headers you can get, so I didn't have much room to work with.
You are wasting your money if you buy 2 cutouts. End of story.
ya getting out and climbing under inst the best thing but, and i was going to install them right after each header to bypass all the exhaust currently on there when i did open them up, my other thinking after reading all yalls posts and what not and re lookin at the manual ones, dont u have to buy the manual type ones anyway so the electronic ones have something to bolt too?
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Free flowing V8 exhaust sounds nothing like some ricer fartcan. To the OP, the drone of the cutouts can get old if you leave them open all the time. Do yourself a favor and get the electric ones. It's nice to have them open around town and equally nice to have them closed when on the highway!
Last edited by TechCam97; Aug 19, 2010 at 03:00 PM.
QTP has both types available, electric is much more desirable for ease of function.
http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/
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