Who makes electric cut outs

[blue66tang]

I would like to put some cut outs on my exhaust and i dont have a clue who makes them. I would like to get some 3" onse that i can put in right behind the headers. I thinkit would be sweet if i flipped them open in traffic when i am sitting next to some riced out civic with his windows shaking because of his way to loud music.

 

[65up2d8]

I would like to put some cut outs on my exhaust and i dont have a clue who makes them. I would like to get some 3" onse that i can put in right behind the headers. I thinkit would be sweet if i flipped them open in traffic when i am sitting next to some riced out civic with his windows shaking because of his way to loud music.

I don't know the supplier you "need", but if you don't mind me asking, why would this be "sweet"?

 

[Dark Knight]

http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=4

 

[Edbert]

Everyone I know who has installed cutouts (manual or electric) has regretted it later. They leak even when they are working right which can cause issues for some inspections and draw unwanted attention from LE. But after some time they break due to rust and corrosion, they can get stuck open that way too. They also are (debateably) not really for performance, guys who open them for the strip don't see better ETs. They are just a way to make your car LOUD, and that is kind of annoying.

 

[1969mach1351]

I have manual cutouts and have not had any problems. I saw a tenth better in the 1/4 with them open. For $40 that was well worth it. I've always wondered... When opening or closing electric ones it doesn’t hurt the engine at all? With the back pressure change.

 

[blue66tang]

I don't know the supplier you "need", but if you don't mind me asking, why would this be "sweet"?

It would be sweet to drown out the annoying punk guy next to me with the fart piped civic and loud music. Besides built engines always sound awesome with open exhaust. I would never run them on the street open, that would be retarted, way to loud for one, and way to much attention. I would mainly just use them at the strip, there is something about open headers at the track, even if hey dont help ET's.

 

[Edbert]

When opening or closing electric ones it doesn’t hurt the engine at all? With the back pressure change.

Nah, that's sort of the point. With a free flowing 2.5 or larger exhaust the backpressure difference is negligible, the difference is the sound.

 

[HHStang]

This guy seems to have the best stuff at the best prices and has good info on his website. Tell him Mike from SC sent you.

Charles Gerst, President
BadlanzHPE,Inc.
www.badlanzhpe.com
[email protected]

 

[65up2d8]

It would be sweet to drown out the annoying punk guy next to me with the fart piped civic and loud music. Besides built engines always sound awesome with open exhaust. I would never run them on the street open, that would be retarted, way to loud for one, and way to much attention. I would mainly just use them at the strip, there is something about open headers at the track, even if hey dont help ET's.

As you described the encounter originally, I'm still not sure why you'd want to essentially lure a guy into a street race who is minding his own business. What would it prove if you smoked him? Secondly, and even worse, what if he smoked you? I hate to admit it myself, but it is possible if he's running the right rubber bands in his Honda that he could smoke you.
I think you should just crank your own stereo and ignore him. As I alluded to above, its really a no win situation racing ricers, its dangerous and gives our hobby a bad name like theirs, and you will find yourself without a driver's license if you're not careful messing with some punk in a Civic, or worse yet, someone will get hurt and/or killed. With that being said, I did my share of street racing in high school and a little beyond, so I don't pretend to be all high and mighty from a moral standpoint, but IMO, the laws are just too tough today to be worth the risk, if it ever was.
Finally, I personally believe there's something to be said for just laughing at the idiots driving the somewhat fast and infuriating cars trying to goad you into a race without giving them the satisfaction of seeing what they have against a true musclecar. That kills those guys because that's what they're really looking for to brag to their dweeb buddies. Little do they know, all the same performance enhancements work on a V8 that work on their lawnmower engines, and while their numbers are often impressive with 20 p.s.i. of boost, the same works on properly built V8's, with even better results. There is no replacement for displacement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[blue66tang]

As you described the encounter originally, I'm still not sure why you'd want to essentially lure a guy into a street race who is minding his own business. What would it prove if you smoked him? Secondly, and even worse, what if he smoked you? I hate to admit it myself, but it is possible if he's running the right rubber bands in his Honda that he could smoke you.
I think you should just crank your own stereo and ignore him. As I alluded to above, its really a no win situation racing ricers, its dangerous and gives our hobby a bad name like theirs, and you will find yourself without a driver's license if you're not careful messing with some punk in a Civic, or worse yet, someone will get hurt and/or killed. With that being said, I did my share of street racing in high school and a little beyond, so I don't pretend to be all high and mighty from a moral standpoint, but IMO, the laws are just too tough today to be worth the risk, if it ever was.
Finally, I personally believe there's something to be said for just laughing at the idiots driving the somewhat fast and infuriating cars trying to goad you into a race without giving them the satisfaction of seeing what they have against a true musclecar. That kills those guys because that's what they're really looking for to brag to their dweeb buddies. Little do they know, all the same performance enhancements work on a V8 that work on their lawnmower engines, and while their numbers are often impressive with 20 p.s.i. of boost, the same works on properly built V8's, with even better results. There is no replacement for displacement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never said anything about street racing, i was just talking reving my engine up to drown out the anoying music of the guy next to me. Havnt you ever sat in trafic and wanted to punch the guy in the face next to you because his music is so anoying and loud its making your windows rattle. I never have street raced and probobly never will.

 

[Route666]

I don't agree that driving around with your stereo at self-deafening / look at me volume is minding your own business, it's being antagonistic. It certainly isn't pleasurable nor does it serve any other purpose.

Don't get cut-outs, the biggest thing they add is the ability to hang your wang out in noise terms and go "mine's the biggest". Enjoy what you want and give ricky race driver in his econohatch a thumbs up.

It is so infuriating living in a world where it seems everyone's happiness is based on how they've got it better than someone else, but not only that, having to cram it down their throat. Enjoy what you have, not how much better it is than someone elses.

 

[mustangman70]

Ive got a set of cut outs...man its amazing how a thread asking where to buy cut outs turns into a flame war... i have the flowtech set from summit, go with these as the electric cut outs can be added at a later date, yes its a pain in the ass to climb under and take em off lol, but the result is worth it... i will however say, that each time i use them.....the put the caps back on the flows with dumps sound liek pure heaven to me.. i love loud dont get me wrong....but when fgoing from open to closed you really truly se the amazing flowmaster sound

BTW dont get the QTP's there crap from my understanding...ill dig up the link to a company who makes a FAR better kit for about the same price

 

[gzminiz]

It is so infuriating living in a world where it seems everyone's happiness is based on how they've got it better than someone else, but not only that, having to cram it down their throat. Enjoy what you have, not how much better it is than someone elses.

Agreed, and one step further enjoy others rides for what its worth. Might not like the rice burners but some of the stuff they do is good work. The biggest hting i find different between the rice burner "scene" and the classic car "scene" is respect and class. Hope we keep it that way.

As for the dumps, I plan on doing electric cut outs as well, I found some at summit for $350 a set. They are DMH performance brand but i know nothing about them.

 

[blue66tang]

I don't agree that driving around with your stereo at self-deafening / look at me volume is minding your own business, it's being antagonistic. It certainly isn't pleasurable nor does it serve any other purpose.

Don't get cut-outs, the biggest thing they add is the ability to hang your wang out in noise terms and go "mine's the biggest". Enjoy what you want and give ricky race driver in his econohatch a thumbs up.

It is so infuriating living in a world where it seems everyone's happiness is based on how they've got it better than someone else, but not only that, having to cram it down their throat. Enjoy what you have, not how much better it is than someone elses.

Wow i think you guys are reading into this way to much. I dont want to drive around with them open, just simply make the guy next to me relize his music is too loud. They never seem to have a problem with pissing everybody off, and maybe he would get the hint. Jeez just haveing a little fun. I built this car to have fun with, and i am going to enjoy it anyway i want.

 

[Route666]

bluestang I'm not trying to annoy you or argue with you, but the attitude of enjoying it any way you want is basically the same as what you said in a previous post about the guy that annoys you in traffic so much you want to punch him in his face. Enjoying your car by obnoxiously blasting noise around is the same whether it is from a stereo or an exhaust. If loud stereos annoy you, loud exhaust annoys someone else.

Also I deeply understand what you say about them not having a problem about annoying people, so why shouldn't I? but that is where maturity and having a conscience (or just being conscientious) comes in - two wrongs don't make a right, they just end up creating more wrongs.

I like to enjoy driving, I love noise, WOT, corners, etc, but I do it when noone is around, so people don't think I'm trying to race them or start a "sheep effect" or whatever.

gzminiz - I agree, even though it makes me feel dirty sometimes, I can't help but like some cars I know I "shouldn't" because it doesn't fit in with the lifestyle I like.

 

[Edbert]

two wrongs don't make a right,

True, but three lefts make a right

 

[1320stang]

Spend over $400 including installation to be able to piss off someone the one or two times you might get to use it as such? I can think of several different things to spend that kind of coin on.

Also, I don't think electric cutouts are street legal anywhere. Not sure how inspections are done in OR though.

 

[mustangman70]

Spend over $400 including installation to be able to piss off someone the one or two times you might get to use it as such?

maybe 400 dollars to somebody else is worth it to be able to flip a switch and go from a loud monster to a quiet sleeper?

you DO achieve gains in ET times if your making enough power to utilize cut outs....and furthermore maybe some people go the track alot and would like to have a system where you didnt have to crawl on your back just to un cap em ( i do and im at the track alot) i would LOVE to just flip a switch once i get there and close it by a switch when i leave...... and i use my cut outs ALOT, I have been pulled over a couple times with them open and was never even talked to about them


Lighten up man

 

[1320stang]

It makes more sense in your case, however I'm not sure the package you have needs the cutouts. Have you run any back to back runs with and without the cutouts?

Most all the racing done by anyone on this board that I've seen is brackets, which consistancy is king. My buddy used to have an '89 Probe, totally stock, the first time he took it to the track, it ran a 18.9 or a 19.0 every pass. That, my friend, is pretty damn consistant, albeit very slow. He went to the finals where he redlit and still won $50 in the no-E class. Had he not redlit, he would have beaten the Ranger he was racing against and won, I think it was $150. This on a $15 entry. It was his first time ever to race on a drag strip, the guy in the Ranger was a former track Champion that was going thru a couple year rebuild on his 9 second Vette to make it a low 8 second car. My buddy has since won a Bracket 2 class at the NMRA St. Louis race and has runnered up a couple more times at big races in his '68 Mustang that runs high 11's thru the mufflers. Plus a lot of tracks are now implementing the use of mufflers due to sound ordiances in the communities that they're in. My opinion is, if you're running above 10 seconds in the quarter, a properly sized exhaust system isn't going to make that much difference over an open system or a full system with cutouts.

Lighten up? Man, if you think that was harsh, you've got pretty thin skin. $400 spent on 75-150 shot NO2 system and a set of manual cutouts would be better than some electric cutouts on his particular setup. I'm old and turning grey and have been thru a bunch of the stuff you younger guys are going thru now. All we're doing is giving advice, whether or not you all listen to it is up to you. 10-15 years down the road when he's married with 2-3 kids he'll wonder why he wasted $400 on stuff like that. I've tried to learn from others mistakes and experiences, ask a lot of questions and come to my own conclusions based on a cross section of the responses. I've also tended to waste a lot less money on stuff that I felt was important to me.

 

[mustangman70]

Whoa man i wasent calling it harsh at all lol just saying to open up your views just a lil bit

Ive allready spent the 400 dollars on the nitrous setup and manual cut outs LOL

Dont get me wrong when it came to buying them i also said ppphhhh no way im spending that much on cut outs....but everytime i have to get under the ride to do it i wish i would have spent the extra couple hundred bucks i picked up like a tenth and a half last time running them back to back actually, but i also pulled like 2 more degrees of timing that run so who knows....I dunno about you man....but when im married with 2-3 kids im going to be smiling back at the days that I was able to blow 400-500 bucks a pop on "useless" mods