difference in loudness
 

how much louder will an exhaust be if the CAT is gutted? will it be earplug loud or just a minor difference

Re: difference in loudness
 

depends on what other components are in the system. if you have a resonator + muffler it will make almost no difference, but just a muffler it will get abit louder.

Re: difference in loudness
 

you have a neon, so it shouldnt be that loud. ;)

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the stock exhaust comes with two resonators... so it should be that loud but there will be a difference?

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there will be a difference. it may sound like crap. I know that if I were to scrap my cats, I wouldn't be able to stand driving my car, and not in a good way. If your main reason in taking them off is to make the car sound louder, I'd just leave them on.

Re: difference in loudness
 

nope, my CAT is clogged. its restricting boost.

Re: difference in loudness
 

gutting the cats makes the exhaust sound like ass. not really LOUDER.. just different tone and maybe a bit louder

buy a testpipe.

your cars turbo anyway, it cant get but so loud

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Just replace the cat with a new one maybe :dunno:

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True. a turbo actually acts like a muffler before a muffler. i know of a couple SRT's that have straight pipe without cats or muffs and the shit sounds nice at idle but you get the drowning noise when driving at low rpms. i will be using the stock resonators, so it shouldnt sound bad.

Re: difference in loudness
 

There is no way your cat is clogged already.

But if you remove it it'll be a little louder when you're on the throttle but WAY louder when you let off the throttle.