Took of my mufflers, should i have done it?

[Maza4ever14]

yesterday i went to a local muffler shop and got straight pipes. Well, its really just maybe a stock width piece of 18 inch pipe. it sounds loud but it can satisfy my urge to go loader. well it was only 80 bucks. but what are the pros and cons? im guessin it releaves back pressure but any other imput. should i get a cat back or leave the pipes with maybe a new x-pipe?

 

[97gtblue]

you meAN U HAVE KNOW MUFFLERS???HOW DOES IT SOUND DO U HAVE A CLIP??

 

[Maza4ever14]

no but ill get one for u tomorrow. i could get it right now but i dont wanna wake the neighbors LOL

 

[jmajorboner]

I thought your MILS go out if you did that...???

 

[Maza4ever14]

nothing has happened yet, no Check engine light or anything

 

[kanye west]

no the MIL only coms on if you dont have a cat. i had my mufflers of my car for like 6 months and it sounded great. put mufflers back on because of police. ha ha

 

[UhadMEatGT]

No mufflers sounds like A$$ on Mustangs. Another Deputy I work with did it and it sounded just like a rusted 76 Ford pick up. Very Hilljack. Worst than glass packs. Didnt sound like a clean Mustang anymore.

 

[jasonh_86]

I know a guy who ran no mufflers on an '03 cobra and i thought it sounded bad ass.. i thought about it for mine, just to play around with it, but decided not to..

 

[BuffaloZone]

No mufflers sounds like A$$ on Mustangs. Another Deputy I work with did it and it sounded just like a rusted 76 Ford pick up. Very Hilljack. Worst than glass packs. Didnt sound like a clean Mustang anymore.

I still haven't had a single person pass me pointing and laughing or rolling their eyes at me for having an O/R midpipe and glasspacks. But I do get dropped jaws with thumbs up...or great big grins after they just said "sweeeeeeeeeeet". And I hope it sounds even less "clean" after I install the 9psi KB that I ordered.

 

[ponysarepretty]

I have no mufflers too. Sounds decent. Haven't had any police give me crap about it.

I can't see anything wrong with it, most of the backpressure would be supplied by the 4 cats wouldn't it?

 

[rebelleader]

I ran with no mufflers for about a month. Car sounded great, but was a bit droney. I now have an SLP LM1, and my car is way quieter now.

 

[triggz]

I still haven't had a single person pass me pointing and laughing or rolling their eyes at me for having an O/R midpipe and glasspacks. But I do get dropped jaws with thumbs up...or great big grins after they just said "sweeeeeeeeeeet". And I hope it sounds even less "clean" after I install the 9psi KB that I ordered.

Do you have an audio clip? Id like to hear that.. I've forgotten what it sounds like. I had dumped packs for a little while, I agree. They sound evil and raw as all hell..Nowhere near the 'refined' sound of a flowmaster or borla, etc.


But anyway, mufflers don't do so much for volume. If you want volume, remove the cats. It makes a dramatic difference and bumps your car into that special class of 'badass sounding' mustangs.

 

[rebelleader]

But anyway, mufflers don't do so much for volume.

Well um... most mufflers tend to muffle sound, so saying that mufflers don't do much for volume is kind of wrong. I can say from first hand experience that removing my mufflers increased the volume of my exhaust greatly.

 

[Maza4ever14]

yeha i got compliments at work today from "wow your car sounds nice" to 'damn why is your car so loud?"

i just saveda clip but i need a site to host it

 

[STNG_96]

You should have done whatever YOU wanted to. I had a buddy cut his mufflers off his 97 GT, and I thought it sounded very good, but thats just me.

 

[MyEarsHurt]

When I installed my O/R midpipe I ran around town without any mufflers for a while, let me just say it was way too loud for me. It sounded mean as hell, but not worth the daily headache for me.

 

[GT 5spd]

When i put my o/r Prochamber on I started it without the mufflers, and even though it was loud it sounded like crap........IMO Get a Cat Back

 

[jmajorboner]

Can you send me the sound clip?

 

[topless98gt]

Here's a clip of my 98gt with no mufflers on a Bassani x-pipe.

I actually like the sound, but some people don't. It's REALLY loud.

http://www.synvb.com/98gt_dumped_xpipe.mp3

Just listen to the way that ****er sounds when I kill it!


Let me know what you guys think...I might run it this way for a while (have a set of cat-back pipes with and without mufflers)

 

[topless98gt]

Oh, and to list a disadvantage...if you run with no cats, you lose back pressure, which results in less low-end torque. IMO it's worth the sound. If you want to be able to switch between no mufflers and mufflers very easily, just get cutouts.