I plan to get a Cutout for my Camaro but am not sure if i should also get the full exaust done because ive heard people say that if you have a flowmaster it still gives you better tones than just a cutout alone, but i dont want to waste money on a whole system if a Cutout is all i need, i was also thinking about maybe just a free-flow cat and the cutout, tell me what you guys think, thanks..

 

If you want to run on the str in CA you better just get a cat-back, I don't see you makin it too long with a cutout.

 

I dunno one of my freinds has a gutted cat, and a cutout right after it and he does fine in his T/A cops arent to bad around here, anyway it will just be a fix-it ticket if anything, whats your opinion bout the exaust though?

 

I'd get the cat-back and the cut-out if you really want a cut-out. You obviously can't run all the time with the cut-out. And I'd bet you might get tired of it, least this way you can choose.

 

Actually i was wondering if the tone would be the same without the flowmaster and just the cutout?

 

Having Flowmaster exhaust and a cut-out are 2 completely different sounds. Get the full exhaust and put the cut-out somewhere, then you have both.

 

just go with a good cat back... After hearing Mark A Shields' sound clip. I'm gonna get a Hooker Aerochamber kit. They sound crazy :rockon:

 

Mark needs to talk to hooker and show them this board. He could make some money from it!!! I would get both, that way you could have the open pipe and the flow sound when you wanted. I got tired of open pipe on my car. Of course it was open Y pipe!!

 

The friend with the T/A he is referring to is me. With the cut-out he will get a more deeper and louder tone if he were to keep the stock cat and muffler. The muffler does affect the sound of the exhaust even with the cut-out. There are times when I am driving that I can hear the Flowmaster sound from my exhaust. Not all the exhaust goes out the cut-out and some still comes out the muffler. If he were to get a hi-flo cat with the cut-out the exhaust tone will be very much louder. The tone will be a lot more raspier. The best thing I would do would get the cut-out now since he wants it for sound, then later on have the muffler and cat changed. There is power to be gained from switching out the massive stock cats on the cars for a smaller hi-flo one. As for problems with the cops, I have been running open cut-out for about 6 months now with no problems whatsoever.

 

That's EXACTLY what I did....and it sounds sooooooo good! If you just have a cut out with like a stock exhaust system....I don't think it would sound NEAR as good. When you have the exhaust cut out either open all the way or just partially open....your exhaust tone is still coming out of your muffler. On my 91 Z28 5.7 TPI (L98) the cut out gives my exhaust that much lower and much much louder volume. I'm running 3 inch cat back 80 series flowmaster, both cats removed, 3 inch exhaust cut, and 3 1/2 inch tips. And...I'll be getting a McCord Power Plate for my cut out so I can adjust the volume of it by the flip of a switch. And the interior resonance is REALLY loud and sounds soooo mean! I have it only partially open now and it's really loud...but with it all the way open....it's WAY to loud for the street....just to warn everyone. If anyone has any questions or wants a picture of my exhaust cut out....email me at hoppinss@aol.com

 

yeah Mark and his hookers

i wonder most likely he could make money, his sounds clips get alot of people on the Hooker band wagon...