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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 08:37 PM
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Has anyone gutted their stock cats? OR maybe just drilled a 1inch hole with a bit or something in that manner?

How much more noise should one expect/ and how will the sound be affected? lol kinda like your homemade "highflow" cats
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 08:40 PM
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Don't do it. It will smell really bad and you will not be happy with the tone. Just get a used exhaust system you will be much happier. Or if you just want a better tone, just spend like $50-100 for a cone filter and slap it on instead of the stock filter, it will sound good at wide open throttle.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 09:07 PM
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If anyone has done it, they most likely will not admit to it in print.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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I can say you will smell the exhaust more and it won't be much louder...."so I have heard"
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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DON'T DO IT SAYS:


Besides it will smell really bad.
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