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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 12:39 AM
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well i've been thinking of doing this, you guys know where the Y ends in the exhaust after the cats right about in the middle of the car, i was wondering of cutting it off their, and pputting a turndown. pretty much it will be like a cutout, you guys think its a good idea?
i hope you guys understand what im trying to say
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 12:44 AM
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this is a crappy picture of what i want to do

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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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WELL..............LOUD is all I have to say.....if u want to..go for it....I have LTS/CO/OLD FLOW............PRETTY F"N LOUD when I get on it...
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 12:49 AM
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Do it the louder the better. I have Kooks, TSP true duals ORX, no cats and straight through pipes with two turn downs, and it sounds awesome. Still not loud enough yet. Time for Trex!
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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****-ton of people have done this already, maybe try a search.

If you have a bullet muffler, then turn-down, its not that bad at all and sounds pretty good. IMHO

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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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why not slap an x pipe on there and then turn it down. It would sound awesome with some bullets.
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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I put a cut out after the y-pipe. Way to loud for me. I really only did it for a little extra hp for the track.
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 11:52 AM
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Do you have stock manifolds and cats? I did exactly that when I got my car. I cut everything off right at the y pipe and left it. With stock manifolds and cats it was pretty quiet. Now I have longtubes with a non catted Y pipe, and its still just open with no catback, and it is perfect.
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Old Feb 23, 2008 | 06:13 PM
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wll i have a cut out and its not loud enough for me, so what im going to do is just take off the cutout and put a turndown
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Old Feb 24, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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will be doing this tomorrow morning, i'll let u guys know what i think!
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Camaro396 was telling you headers/off-road y-pipe. Those with a cut-out will be NASCAR.

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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 08:00 PM
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alright i just finished this setup

now, i have a question for the people that have done this set up.

did u guys remove the muffler/tips?
or did u just clamp them.

The back part of the exhaust (muffler) is loose right now, what do you guys think i should do, im thinking of leaving it because i dont know how it will look witout the tips?
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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I took mine off. Actually, I left it for a minute, and went for a drive, and it fell off.
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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i just took off the tips and it does look better, in a way, because i have 315 wheels in rear a they stand out more
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