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So upon doing a search on exhaust cutouts I read that some have reported going slower w em open. Do any of y'all have any experience with em positive or negative? I realize they're no miracle it just not wanna be the quietest guy at the track I guess.
 

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Unless you are running a seriously pimped engine your low end will suffer. They greatly diminish the scavenging effect that is needed to promote good flow.
 
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stykthyn said:
Unless you are running a seriously pimped engine your low end will suffer. They greatly diminish the scavenging effect that is needed to promote good flow.
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I see
 

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Its been my experience that's most cars typically run faster with mufflers. Fwiw I have mufflers on mine
 

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I have an exhaust cutout coming off my down pipe. I have never been to the track with it, but when it's open there's probably a 30-40 HP gain. Then again, my mustang is turbocharged. Cutouts do sound awesome though.
 

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What's wrong with being quiet at the track? I'd rather be quiet and fast then obnoxiously loud and slow making a 13 second pass. Don't be "that guy".
 

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Cut outs are more of a gimic than a performance mod. I never saw the point in them. Just one more thing to break.

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Cut outs are more of a gimic than a performance mod. I never saw the point in them. Just one more thing to break.

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If I did em I was gonna do the ones that you crawl under and uncap, I wasn't gonna spend any kind of serious $ on em.
 

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7upstang91 said:
What's wrong with being quiet at the track? I'd rather be quiet and fast then obnoxiously loud and slow making a 13 second pass. Don't be "that guy".
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I hope to make a 13 sec pass...
 

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i cant understand how cutouts can make it slower, but the evidence is there. on a tuned exhaust like a snowmachine or chainsaw, i can totally see how the pulses will reflect back, the bounce off the exhaust port and if the timing is right at the right rpm, it vacuums out the cylinder. i dont see it on a standard exhaust system though. i also dont buy into the "you need backpressure" thing. how can backpressure possibly help, especially with valve timing overlap. i had a cutout on my ls1 f.body with the qtech opener valve. it went from dead quiet to loud as hell at the touch of a button, which is very cool.
 

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Don't fall into the back pressure trap. The h abd x pipes on our cars are there to do exactly what you described. Tune the exhaust pulses and promote scavenging. Running open header with a cut out ruins that.
 

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You can run an exhaust that makes plenty of noise without having to crawl under and open cut outs.
 
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stykthyn said:
Don't fall into the back pressure trap. The h abd x pipes on our cars are there to do exactly what you described. Tune the exhaust pulses and promote scavenging. Running open header with a cut out ruins that.
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Right now the current exhaust set up is pretty basic. Stock h pipe, pre-cats removed, reg cats replaced w high flows, and forza flow mufflers.
 

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That should do you fine
 

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If it's too quiet, change the catback out for something more aggressive. Still too quiet, lose the cats.
 

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Cutouts are loud, but don't confuse that with sounding good.
They are really good if you want your car to sound like a 40 year old farm truck that the owner is too cheap to replace the muffler that fell off.
 
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Lol
 

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Cutouts are loud, but don't confuse that with sounding good.
They are really good if you want your car to sound like a 40 year old farm truck that the owner is too cheap to replace the muffler that fell off.
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2000xp8 said:
Cutouts are loud, but don't confuse that with sounding good.
They are really good if you want your car to sound like a 40 year old farm truck that the owner is too cheap to replace the muffler that fell off.
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That old truck better not have a catatytic convertor either. But for the same grass fire reasons it needs some muffler or at least pipe the exhaust end away from the ground. A good backfire and his pasture is on fire.
I was thinking do not found like a POJ, rusty, muffler less Camaro.
 
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