Would a gutted cat sound better than a straight pipe? I want the most mellow sound. Have no money for a high flow so Im not going to buy one.

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1992 Camaro RS 3.1L
T5 Manual 5 speed
Cold/RAM air intake
Z-28 Exhaust
8.5mm MSD Ignition wires
TB Coolant bypass

Soon to be a 3.8L turbo RS

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Straight pipes have all of the cool sound of a rusty 1969 F*rd F-700 truck with the exhaust hanging from coat hanger wire. A gutted cat, alone, would sound like that truck's muffler before it fell off about five years ago!

Glasspacks are better than nothing and they are cheap.

 

So...put a glasspack in place of the cat? My god, Im gonna sound like I have 300HP. Sigh, its clogged tho.

 

Haven't we beaten this around a while already? Gutted cat, buy a cat-back, any performance cat-back, key is, same diameter pipe, possibly larger diameter than stock, quality muffler, tips of choice. Can't really go wrong with a flowmaster cat-back, any decibel level you want, for the most part



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Dan Young
1995 Z28/M6
Groton, CT

1985 Z28/A4
(Prospective purchase)

 

I agree, but I think Monkie is looking for something that can be purchased with pocket change...I've been there before. Monkie, have you tried going to the car junkyards? Every now and then, you can find some decent, undamaged, mufflers and pipes.

 

Well I got 140 bucks now. But I dont think I wanna spend it. Im gonna save up for the swap. But I dont know if I should put in a straight pipe. It would be free. But would it sound redneckish?

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1992 Camaro RS 3.1L
T5 Manual 5 speed
Cold/RAM air intake
Z-28 Exhaust
8.5mm MSD Ignition wires
TB Coolant bypass

Soon to be a 3.8L turbo RS

AIM screen name - Stopsign696

Kills:

95 (****) Probe GT,94 Mustang GT,91 CRX (dont ask me why he raced me),2nd Gen Z28 (350) haha to you V8 guys!,1992 RS 305 TBI (good race),First Gen Integra, Old Escort LX
More to come

 

Monkie gut the cats if you dont like the sound install str8 pipes

 

How hard is it to gut the cat? What to do?