Electric Cutouts
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Electric Cutouts
I have the B&B fusions on my Corvette right now and was wondering if cutouts would make it louder/deeper. The fusions already have a 'mild to wild' type setup, but would the cutouts change the sound much from "wild"?
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From: Granbury Tx
Yes.. Much louder. If you have a catless X pipe it would be pretty much open headers. It would sound "Wild"
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St. Jude Donor '08
Cutouts aren't as loud as some exhaust, but they have a very distinctive low tone.
In the old muscle cars you could put them right by the collectors and they were like open headers, I had them on my Hurst/Olds. On the Vette there is no room there so you have to put them back by the transmission and you direct the sound to the ground where it really rumbles in a super deep tone.
My QTP cutouts have been reliable for years now. My car is like Jekyll and Hyde..whisper quiet with stock exhaust, or rumbling like a race car.
Here is my thread:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...-on-my-c6.html
In the old muscle cars you could put them right by the collectors and they were like open headers, I had them on my Hurst/Olds. On the Vette there is no room there so you have to put them back by the transmission and you direct the sound to the ground where it really rumbles in a super deep tone.
My QTP cutouts have been reliable for years now. My car is like Jekyll and Hyde..whisper quiet with stock exhaust, or rumbling like a race car.
Here is my thread:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...-on-my-c6.html
Had QTP cutouts installed by Florida Performance in Fort Lauderdale. Overall very pleased with the job Rob, the shop owner, did. This was his first C6 and he found a great place to put them and made the custom mandrel bent Y-pipes to maximize flow from the cutouts. We found no way to put them right after the collectors but they fit well by the trans. I have the DTE brace too but it wasn't in the way.
Installed the wiring myself along the drivers side rocker panel, behind seat then out the wheel well under the carpet. Removed the rear inner fender and drilled a small hole in the wheel well then ran the wire down to the cutouts. Hardest part is finding a hot wire when the ignition is on on these C6's. I ended up tapping the seat heater fuse as others here have done.
They are loud and DEEP when open at idle. I've actually heard louder exhaust though, I was kind of surprised they are not louder. I think it is because of the turn downs and the fact that I have cats and the pipes are pretty long before the cutouts. On the track they have a nice race car sound - I'd say like Borla Stingers plus 25%. When you open them at a stoplight you will turn heads, that's for sure.
Overall happy with the mod, it gives me quiet during my morning drive but loud when I'm at the track which is what I wanted.
Here is a video of idle with cutouts open and closed. The gain on the mike makes the closed sound much louder than it is, it's really quiet with factory mufflers even with my cam.
Here are some pics:
Installed the wiring myself along the drivers side rocker panel, behind seat then out the wheel well under the carpet. Removed the rear inner fender and drilled a small hole in the wheel well then ran the wire down to the cutouts. Hardest part is finding a hot wire when the ignition is on on these C6's. I ended up tapping the seat heater fuse as others here have done.
They are loud and DEEP when open at idle. I've actually heard louder exhaust though, I was kind of surprised they are not louder. I think it is because of the turn downs and the fact that I have cats and the pipes are pretty long before the cutouts. On the track they have a nice race car sound - I'd say like Borla Stingers plus 25%. When you open them at a stoplight you will turn heads, that's for sure.
Overall happy with the mod, it gives me quiet during my morning drive but loud when I'm at the track which is what I wanted.
Here is a video of idle with cutouts open and closed. The gain on the mike makes the closed sound much louder than it is, it's really quiet with factory mufflers even with my cam.
Here are some pics:
