[Z06] Catless or catted x-pipe?
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Catless or catted x-pipe?
i want to do headers to x-pipe to stock TI ehxaust..just wondering what people think. If i go catless would it be to loud even with the TIs (or smell really bad) or with the hi-flow cats and the TIs will it be to quiet. Again thanks for the insight and responses i really apprecaite it. You guys are helping a noob out lol!
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have you heard a vette with no cats, just wondering if its crazy loud, im thinking no cats with TIs might be a perfect setup with LT..please some insight on what you guys have! thanks!
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my 03Z, headers, xpipe, stock exhaust with NO CATS, not loud at all and always have comments on how great it sounds, idle and accelerating
, no bad exhaust smell unless you are behind car
GO FOR IT
, no bad exhaust smell unless you are behind carGO FOR IT
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well i guess i might try no cats, both people say they arnt loud so..maybe save money and try no cats lol..i just think it may be to quiet with hi flows an the ti..and i definitly wana hear that awsome engine! grrrrr such a hard decision
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getting it reged and inspected isnt a prob, but i just want to know if headers and catless xpipe to the stock TI's would be crazy loud...please someone who has heard this or done this, let me know, because i want to order xpipe soon lol...i want it noticably loud but not like anoying loud and drowning. I figured catless to TIs would be perfect just hope someone has heard or done this! let me know, that would be great..appreciate it!!!
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getting it reged and inspected isnt a prob, but i just want to know if headers and catless xpipe to the stock TI's would be crazy loud...please someone who has heard this or done this, let me know, because i want to order xpipe soon lol...i want it noticably loud but not like anoying loud and drowning. I figured catless to TIs would be perfect just hope someone has heard or done this! let me know, that would be great..appreciate it!!!
Evan
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thanks so much man thats what i needed, i want to do the same thing cause cats are to expensive. Nice, now time to just pick out a catless xpipe! glad it sounds good also! thanks alot guys i appreciate it! and stevo it only smells from behind the car right...my sti was the same way..smelled for other people, but not me inside the car lmao..again thanks so happy cause thats the way im going.
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I also, have lt's off road x pipe and stock Ti's. I also have an ms3 cam, and heads. I was worried that it was going to sound muffled through the stock cat back. I heard it today for the first time after all the parts were installed, and it sounds just right. I am very happy with it. I wouldnt want it any louder.
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Forget the sound... not a big deal..
The smell is what I'd think about more. People behind you hating your car from the stink, and your clothes smell like a lawnmower after driving for a few miles.
I vote for catted.
The smell is what I'd think about more. People behind you hating your car from the stink, and your clothes smell like a lawnmower after driving for a few miles.
I vote for catted.
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Stock Ti's sound awsome with headers and no cats! I had that set-up for a long time but unfotunatly its not worth the chance anymore of getting busted here in CA without cats.
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Headers/Catless X/Stock Ti:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTn3Q4QwsE
Honestly, i prefer catted just because of the smell, the sound is almost the same tiny bit louder mainly more rasp without cats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTn3Q4QwsE
Honestly, i prefer catted just because of the smell, the sound is almost the same tiny bit louder mainly more rasp without cats.
