thinkin of getting cutout

pi3yeargrad · 08-15-2006, 05:27 PM

what do u guys think? it would be more for sound then performance right? u all with one, what do u think...u like em? any sound clips out there? Also, where would be the ideal place to install and what size inlet would be needed? we got 2.5 in pipe?

Vyrus · 08-15-2006, 05:56 PM

Size depends on where you install it... you'll need two 2.25"s if you're going to replace the resonators, a 2.5" on OEM exhaust (I think?), 3" if you have an aftermarket 3" exhaust.

My vote is no. They leak, they're a mess, unnecessary, no performance gains, obnoxiously loud. But that's just me.

-Cyrus

pi3yeargrad · 08-15-2006, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Vyrus

Size depends on where you install it... you'll need two 2.25"s if you're going to replace the resonators, a 2.5" on OEM exhaust (I think?), 3" if you have an aftermarket 3" exhaust.

My vote is no. They leak, they're a mess, unnecessary, no performance gains, obnoxiously loud. But that's just me.

-Cyrus

lol...the only reason Id want it is for the obnoxiously loud part I think...lol...I can just imagine some guy reving it at me with their 40 series (even though I also got a 40 series) and then me opening it up and just laughin my butt off when hes like WTF?? lol

pi3yeargrad · 08-16-2006, 11:16 AM

come one guys no comments? noone gots one that can give some advice?

**Blackbeauty** · 08-16-2006, 11:52 AM

Smokespeedtitan has one. I was looking for this for my old Ford. Sold the truck and got the Titan while I was deliberating.

Loud, low end torque loss, high end speed gain. Those are the basic highlights.

exhaust cutout

I want it louder!!

smokespeedtitan · 08-16-2006, 12:45 PM

THey are really loud, mine are in place of the resonators and they are 2.25", i always have them open, i love the reactions i get when people hear my truck. so i say if you want really loud then you want these.

Steamguy · 08-16-2006, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by smokespeedtitan

THey are really loud, mine are in place of the resonators and they are 2.25", i always have them open, i love the reactions i get when people hear my truck. so i say if you want really loud then you want these.

They must be legal in Texas. They for sure aren't in Washington State. And now when you go into the 'inspection station' they actually look under the car/truck with a mirror at the exhaust mods to make sure you still have the cats on.

But, from an old hotrodder...

You will lose substantial low end torque and power with the cutouts open. The trick used to be to get the car launched, then pull the cutout. That way, as the car has now gotten rolling and the engine is now winding up, the cutout opens at the right time.

Install your cutouts ahead of the cats and the muffler. Make sure that you have a 'tail' on the cutout so the exhaust dumps to the street. Otherwise, the floorboards and whatever's in the way can get AWFUL hot. Hot enough to make carpets smoke. Don't ask how I know this...

Hope this helps.

pi3yeargrad · 08-16-2006, 07:15 PM

awesome guys, thanks for the replies

and smokespeedtitan, u got a sound clip?

smokespeedtitan · 08-19-2006, 03:53 PM

i do not have a sound clip unfortunatly but i can say that my inspection is up this month and the cutouts have to be closed when i get it inspected.
i will try to get a sound clip ASAP.

pi3yeargrad · 08-20-2006, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by smokespeedtitan

i do not have a sound clip unfortunatly but i can say that my inspection is up this month and the cutouts have to be closed when i get it inspected.
i will try to get a sound clip ASAP.

awesome thatd be great thanks

Mr. B · 08-20-2006, 12:34 AM

I had a pair of cut-outs on my '72 Buick Skylark back in the mid 80's ....yep, she was loud.... I played with them almost daily for about a month....and then a little less and a little less and after about 6 months I never even fooled with them at all.....cut-outs is something that I hope everybody gets to play with at least once in their life, as I did.....but I'll never spend money on that kind of foolishness again on account of me being too dang old now.

smokespeedtitan · 08-24-2006, 12:21 PM

Heres some pictures of my cutouts.

And heres some of my truck.

pi3yeargrad · 08-24-2006, 12:59 PM

kewl, so got manual cutouts then...u ever take em off?

Also, were u able to et a sound clip with em off?

smokespeedtitan · 08-24-2006, 01:10 PM

i just closed them im going to get my inspection done this week, but after that they stay open. i didnt put on the electric part because they are open all the time anyways.

pi3yeargrad · 08-24-2006, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by smokespeedtitan

i just closed them im going to get my inspection done this week, but after that they stay open. i didnt put on the electric part because they are open all the time anyways.

u wanna sell me the electric parts