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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 12:18 AM
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In my voyage in purchasing long tubes, I just was wondering if cats or no cats will effect the sound of the exhaust.
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Yes, Without cats you get a meaner throater sound !
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cats do effect the sound....if your worried about passing inspections...you car just drill the cats...that way they are on the car but do not function and from what i hear is the same sounds as if you had none....
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oh yes, on any v8 it makes quite a difference.
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Originally Posted by n8dogg
In my voyage in purchasing long tubes, I just was wondering if cats or no cats will effect the sound of the exhaust.
I don't have cats. when i bought the FRC it had a Jeggs larger dia.type muffler- resonator. coming off TPIS headers straight back to Borla mufflers with 4'' quad round chrome tips. With my strong H/C pkg. stage 4 setup from CARTEK, it makes s terrific sound.
I did put random cats on to pass Md. inspection and it sounded like ****. plus when u decellerated u would sometimes backfire which really is upsetting. Now i am back to NO cats.Also the last 2 emmissions test,, they gave me a waiver, no questions asked because i told them i could not go over there ramps cause my vette sits so low it would do a lot of damage.. This is in Md. Just telling u what i have esperienced. Good Luck!!
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