I DO... Makes me *** everytime I start it, wow is all i gotta say... And ive only had it a couple hrs... why didnt i do this sooner... now my car does it all... no need for a woman at all unless i want that warm fuzzy feeling around my third arm :-D later guys.... JUST letting the people who are thinking about cutouts to go for it all the way... hell yea soo loud sooo creamy hehehe

 

i ran open headers for awhile, i really got tired of it, cutouts would be cool because i only want it to be loud when i cruise, not everyday back and forth to work.

but i did love the sound!!

 

Mine is still in the box, but I love it anyway.

I am still debating on whether or not to install it.

 

Yea i debated for about 2months and then did it... well worth it

 

ah the sound of open exhaust. It brings a smile to my face every time i start my car.

 

One you get one, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

 

when you have had open headers for about a year on a daily driver, its kinda nice to have full exhaust.

especially when it is late at night, your tired, on the freeway, listening to your engine drone on at 3,800rpm out of open headers......

you get the idea.

im going to install a cut-out with a electric plate. i noticed a lot of top end go out the window with full exhaust

 

Im really enjoying the look on peoples faces when i pass them though, there like wtf looking at me pass them all nicely, hahaha its a gr8 feeling

 

I gained 21rwhp and 8rwtq by opening my cutout (before cat) in 2nd gear. It's well worth it.

Nevermind the fact that I gained an average of 20rwhp throughout the whole HP curve, and gained upwards of 15rwtq throughout the torque curve.

:hail: The cutout

 

I really love mine as well.....but what REALLY made the biggest difference is getting the McCord Power Plate II for it. By the flip of a switch...NASCAR loud! without having to crawl underneath of the car

 

yep, I love my cutout! I got the electric butterfly plate so I can close it when ever I want... but that doesn't happen to often! I absolutly love the sound, you mention "Nascar loud", I have audio clips of my car that sound like a nascar flying by! I'm not sure if the rev sounds like a nascar (didn't rev very high at all), as I have never heard a nascar rev before But the flyby does sound like a nascar, especialy right after I passed the camera and was heading off in the distance. now if I only had 800 HP like a nascar

When I close the cutout, it seems like I'm in "stealth mode" hehe!

www.danielbuck.net/wip/accelerate.mp3

www.danielbuck.net/wip/rev.mp3

Yall got any clips of your exhaust with the cutout open?

 

I wish I had a clip of mine... Its really bubbly at idle, and it scream up high..... before the trans would shift around 4500.... now it just keeps pulling and screams its sooooo tender....:hail:

 

Where is the best place to get one with the electric controls, and how hard is it to install?

 

Mc.... Something I forget its up top on the top somewhere its like 120 with the cutout or something if i recall correctly

 

Nice! I've got a pair of brand new 2.5" cut outs still in the box and just sitting on my self. Maybe I'll weld 'em on next week. Anybody have some open and closed 1/4 mile times?

 

*cough cough*

 

Why u coughin coughin my thread :-D

 

Just a minor cold, that's all.

 

yea where is the best and cheapest place to get them? i want one, i just dont know where to get one

 

You can get them from McCord or QTEC. They're both pretty much the same. You'll find stories about both of them going bad, but I think McCord has the better warrenty if I remember correctly.

McCord's Website

QTEC's Website

 

warrenty!? does that include leaking? Mine leaks a bit when it's close... but it's not closed to often

 

I'm just starting a build up that in all likely hood wont break 300 hp any time soon. I have 2055's on the way w/ a 3 inch american thunder ready to go on also. Do you think that the cutout would offer me that much of a power gain? Oh, and by the way, no cats, just headers and cat back.

-chuck

 

cutouts wouldn't hurt.

 

I think the warrenty covers the motor and wiring, but I'm not sure.

 

Cutouts... or dumps..

My dad had them on a 57 bel air when he was about 17 back in 62.

But him and my uncle fabbed it up to open and close the headers from inside the car.

Any of you done this?

 

That's what the electronic cutout's we are talking about do. We can open them all the way or anywhere in between so we tune'em....and scare off lil ricers....lol

here is my switch panel for my cutout..

 

post where you installed you cutout in the system. Before cats, after cats, Near Muffler, ECT.

 

I have mine right before the over axle bend... I was going to do it at the y pipe but then i heard people saying the floor pan got so.. I installed near the rear

 

Installed mine right under the rear passenger seat. I don't have either of my cats....check my sig...for the full set-up

 

Did Shawn Finley Install the Cutout. Good Man he is and very talented. He has more knowledge about engines in his finger than most people will ever Know about a engine.

 

You got it......he installed my whole exhaust system....he's know's what he's doing.....

 

So does the electronic cutout leak? When i have it closed i don't want it to sound like i got a hole in my exhaust. That's the only thing that i'm worried about with it. I think I'm going to buy a McCord PPII this summer

 

my McCord leaks when it's closed, it doesn't sound to bad though, I have driven around with it closed and people didn't notice the leak. you have to listen for it. But then again, I might be lucky and have a good sealing plate.

 

mine dosen't leak at all.....only way you would be able to hear a leak is if you crawl underneath the car.....

 

I thought about getting one and installing it in front of the cat. Has anyone done this? Do you have pics?

 

i ran my car with just headers and a y-pipe for about 8 months, so its exactly the same thing.

exhaust dumps right under the passenger seat.

only downside is, it is LOUD inside the car. don't expect to be able to talk on to the person next to you when your accelerating (even slowly) with the cutout open.

 

It sounds great and i have wanted to have a cut out for a LONG time, but i was wondering, what is the diameter of the exhaust pipe before the cat, since thats where i want to put it

 

I'll hafta modify my SFC's when I install those, but thats about the only downside to this modification

 

TunedPort335, what size is that there I want one SO bad.
Please someone help me out here!

 

why did you dyno in 2nd gear?


adam

 

I got 2.73's and the tires were wrinkling in 3rd at 4000rpm, they were gonna break the bead.

My setup is Edelbrock 1 5/8 headers, into a 3" Edelbrock Y pipe, 3" cutout, high flow cat, soon to be 3" Hooker catback.

 

did you put some more air in them?

you pretty much wasted that time on the dyno, wouldn't you say?
i wouldnt bother unless i was in the proper gear.


adam

 

mine sounds ok.. but gets annoying as phuq after a while (just TO loud). then when i got the electric cut otu it was ok, cuase i coudl close/open it whenever.. but then i had to go to drews apartment which has speedbumps from hell and ripped the electric part fot he cut out right off

 

Basically you are right, but I wanted to get a starting point. The tires had around 32psi in them, what the book calls for.

 

Who sells their cutouts with the electronic open close?

And how hard is it wire up so it runs into the car?

 

See my post above for links to the websites.

 

I don't need a cut out, the exhaust is loud enough as it is

 

love your switchs, much props. :hail:

 

:yourock: sweet! i love my hooker cat back...and with a car like yours, with all you've done to it recently, a good sounding exhaust is a must . no blowmaster to ruin that beastly car!!