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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 02:27 AM
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well i cut my stock mufflers off to add a set of pypes violators and the car is extremly queit.even with just striaght pipes it really really queit. are the cats bad because i do get a smell. i have heard stock cars with borla that are louder then me with straight pipes. help
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 09:16 AM
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well i cut my stock mufflers off to add a set of pypes violators and the car is extremly queit.even with just striaght pipes it really really queit. are the cats bad because i do get a smell. i have heard stock cars with borla that are louder then me with straight pipes. help
The cats, and H-pipe will keep it from being loud. I chg'ed to Kook's headers, X-pipe & high performance cats & Ti Z06 exhaust. The cars sounds great but its not as loud as my old C3. You need to swap out the cats.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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anyone eles
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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if your getting a smell the cats could be going try a set of high flow cats and you should get a louder exhaust good luck
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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Straight pipes should definitely make it louder. What diameter pipes are you using? Check and see if the pipes aren't clogged from something...maybe that's where the smell comes from...otherwise you should hear a difference. Indy
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I don't have any complaints about my strait pipes being too quiet...

cats plugged is my guess..
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Time to the cats
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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well i got a set of headers so i will install them and see what happens
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thanks guys for the help
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