Stock H-pipe gutted?

[silverlx5.0]

has anyone gutted the stock h-pipe on the stangs? Is there a lot of difference to be expected? I did this on my 96 cobra and it made it a lot louder at WOT, I want to have the look of cats because I have had a few state troopers actually look under my old car to see if it had cats on it... Just curious to see if anyone has done it. Thanks

 

[Jesseswhite87GT]

has anyone gutted the stock h-pipe on the stangs? Is there a lot of difference to be expected? I did this on my 96 cobra and it made it a lot louder at WOT, I want to have the look of cats because I have had a few state troopers actually look under my old car to see if it had cats on it... Just curious to see if anyone has done it. Thanks

I personally think that gutting the cats would be a waste of time. You can get a cheap MAC h or X pipe. If your still worried about troopers, then tack weld the stock cat shields onto the off road pipe. Or kill two birds w/ one stone and just get lowering springs. Most troopers arent going to get on the ground on thier back to check then.

 

[88stangmangt]

ya but if they wanted to be real dicks they could give you a ticket to make you go to a shop to test for smog levels but most wont go through such acts. but yes if you have another catted h-pipe but em. i would go to home depot and get a 2 or 3 foot copper pipe and jam in in there till you break all the fins loose.

 

[Eighty8LX50]

I have a stock H-pipe from a 88 gt that has all gutted cats I will sell for $30.00 + shipping, but I dont know how I would ship it without cutting the pipe in the middle.