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Old 12-26-2006, 07:24 PM
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I was thinking about gutting my cat conv. Does anyone know how much that will change the tone of my exhaust? I have a stock muffler. Just wondering if it was worth the labor. I don’t want it to sound like shit either.
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Old 12-26-2006, 07:48 PM
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If you have a stock exhaust, why even waste the time in gutting your "cat"? I doubt you'd even notice a difference. Sound or performance.
But for what it's worth, I did it on my 2G turbo Eclipse with a cat back and noticed no difference what so ever.
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Old 12-26-2006, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by will_rex
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If you have a stock exhaust, why even waste the time in gutting your "cat"? I doubt you'd even notice a difference. Sound or performance.
But for what it's worth, I did it on my 2G turbo Eclipse with a cat back and noticed no difference what so ever.
You didn't notice a difference on a TURBO'D car? Um..
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I got a pre gutted cat I'll let you get for $15 picked up
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Old 12-27-2006, 04:56 AM
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I'd say leave it for now. The first thing you should do is replace your super restrictive stock muffler with something high performance. Much more effective.
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Originally Posted by RoanokeS13
I'd say leave it for now. The first thing you should do is replace your super restrictive stock muffler with something high performance. Much more effective.
I got some of that shit too...
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You are not gonna notice much of a difference in sound, maybe a little more gurgling, but unless you have a seriously high horsepower engine, it will not benefit you at all, especially if you even still have a stock exhaust. and possibly be very expensive if the fuzz ever get wind of it, and it will be noticibly stinkier.
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thanks guys
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Default Re: gutting cat?

Originally Posted by Jarrod
You didn't notice a difference on a TURBO'D car? Um..
Sometimes cats aren't the biggest restriction. Freeing up flow through the cat won't make a difference if there are flow problems somewhere else.
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