Muffler Eiminators with one cat??
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Muffler Eiminators with one cat??
I'm replacing my front Y-pipe and main cat on the '87 with the kit from Eckler's with no pre-cats (still will have main cat). I currently have the Dynomax Super Turbos and am considering muffler eliminators. How bad will this be? I want more sound than I have now but I haven't heard what the Super Turbos will sound like with the new cat and no pre-cats yet either. I'm just not sure I want to wait until spring to find out and THEN possibly have to install the eliminators. This stuff makes for a good winter project. 
Thanks, all!
Thanks, all!
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My 1990 had....
My 1990 had the precats removed and the original main cat in place. I went to a local muffler shop to have the mufflers replaced with through pipes. It came to $80 with dual chrome tips on each side so it looked stock. The muffler guy, after installing the straight throughs stated, "That's not near as loud as I thought it'd be." It kind of sounded like a big block boat at least to me.
On the flip side, though it sounded cool, I lost some bottom end and it moved the performance up the RPM range a bit. It did cut a little time off of my 1/4 so there may have been a HP increase but I couldn't feel a difference. It did sound cool though.
On the flip side, though it sounded cool, I lost some bottom end and it moved the performance up the RPM range a bit. It did cut a little time off of my 1/4 so there may have been a HP increase but I couldn't feel a difference. It did sound cool though.
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Thanks, guys! I did wonder about the loss of low-end grunt with the eliminators too. Thanks for pointing that out, VAHROOM! I do hate to give any of that up. Guess the only way I'll find out is to try them, eh?
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Originally Posted by 87Z52
Thanks, guys! I did wonder about the loss of low-end grunt with the eliminators too. Thanks for pointing that out, VAHROOM! I do hate to give any of that up. Guess the only way I'll find out is to try them, eh?
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there is a kit in ecklers which gives you the front and rear y pipes with no cats on at all, all you need is the muffler or muffler eliminators. i think its like 250$ bucks, supposed to add some real HP
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Originally Posted by 87Z52
88421, do you have the eliminators from Mid America or something else? If they are from MA, could you post a photo? I'd like to see how these look on a car. Thanks!
