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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 02:25 AM
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Im thinkin about gutting my cats and taking off my Flowmaster and run a strait exhaust... Ill keep my 3 inch but im just wondering if it will help and if it will damage anything?
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 09:01 AM
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it shouldn't damage anything, but getting rid of the cat's won't even gain you a tenth. this isn't 1976.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 09:07 AM
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It will damage your hearing! That thing will be hideously loud w/o any kind of muffler. At least keep most of the tailpipe.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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I plan on keeping the tailpipe but just wanna run a strait exhaust out behind the tire with no muffler.. Im just wnodering if gain anything from it..
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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Only gains are noise....Might, probably loose some lowend.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 06:27 PM
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Shitty.... never mind then... I have a flow master... and I heard ther were better mufflers out there.... What would be a good muffler for performance?
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Old Jan 14, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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I had my cats removed and cranked the truck on the rack with no muff.... DONT DO IT!lol It was so loud and it popped like crazy.
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