Alan
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Has anyone, who has a converter ever removed the mufflers for sound reasons? If so what did it sound like and is it harmful to the engine or cause a decrease in performance?
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Removing Mufflers
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f150fan
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I know the V8 Gen III sounds like a badass with no exhaust...dunno about the 6 cylinder though?! thumbs_u
SHOMAN89
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The closest I had on hearing a V6 SHO sound without mufflers is when my exhaust pipe snapped behind the resonator and talking about loud, that thing got attention just on my way home it made a GT wanna race on the highway, so I opened her up and left the GT conv. w/5 guys behind. Now I don't know how loud it was outside the car at 6-7k rpms but it sure was loud inside, so I wouldn't want to imagine the outside sound. It kind of had a simular sound to my dads 68' Camaro w/straight headers and the only way to keep it quite was to bearly give it gas to stay at a constant speed other than that it would be pretty noisy even at low rpm's.
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There have been many conversations on whether our cars need backpressure or not. I'm currently running a Bondurant catless y-pipe on my car which has very little backpressure resistance. I have lost some (not a lot) low end torque. The only real performance difference is that I get lots less wheel spin when I take off which is not all that bad. At higher speeds she takes off like it's nothing.
On a safety factor, I'd have to say that you'd be wise to have mufflers of some sort. I run Hookers which are extremely hi-flow. You definitely want the exhaust to vent out from under the car though.
Legal factors to consider also...every state is different, but find out what is legal in your state before you find yourself getting pulled over for a healthy ticket.
On a safety factor, I'd have to say that you'd be wise to have mufflers of some sort. I run Hookers which are extremely hi-flow. You definitely want the exhaust to vent out from under the car though.
Legal factors to consider also...every state is different, but find out what is legal in your state before you find yourself getting pulled over for a healthy ticket.
JaySHOguy
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I removed the mufflers, and put on some hollow mufflers I had hanging around. IMO, it is too loud for everyday driving... Its not so bad cruising at 40mph, but at 80... oh_my
Very loud and raspy all the way to the top of the RPM range. Sounds like a ****** off Honda shrug
Very loud and raspy all the way to the top of the RPM range. Sounds like a ****** off Honda shrug
viperrt450
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Yeah my other muffler fell off today so i have no mufflers on the car. All i can say is raspy. Anything above 3.5k. Didn't really notice any performace gains. But can't really test that out because it is snowing. It will eventaually get fixed
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