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Old Oct 19, 2005 | 02:36 PM
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Muffler connected to Cat.

Does anyone see any problems to welding a round style muffler (glasspack, dynomax race mufflers, etc.) right to the cat instead of putting them in the back of the car?
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 10:49 PM
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exhaust fumes ..had a p.o.s. Iroc that had it...bad idea
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 11:11 PM
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O I would still run pipes to the back of the car. I am just curious if it would sound like **** or it would restrict the exhaust to put the muffler right after the cat.
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Old Oct 21, 2005 | 11:40 PM
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Well it sounded crappy to me on the Iroc....very *******\importish...not good better off with a nice catback system
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 12:26 AM
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Thats wierd. I drove my car two weeks with an open y pipe before I connected the rest of the exhaust. Never had any problems with fumes.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 12:51 AM
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I have fumes with open exhaust out the back...you have the cat on with the pipes open under the car?...

Thanks zero...can anyone else put there two cents in? Now that I don't trust you
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 12:54 AM
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Originally posted by crrllmich
I have fumes with open exhaust out the back...you have the cat on with the pipes open under the car?...

Thanks zero...can anyone else put there two cents in? Now that I don't trust you


I didn't even have a cat on, just an open y pipe dumped underneath.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 12:56 AM
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Can you smell? Just kidding...but that is odd.
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 09:35 AM
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Originally posted by crrllmich
I have fumes with open exhaust out the back...you have the cat on with the pipes open under the car?...

Thanks zero...can anyone else put there two cents in? Now that I don't trust you
note I said p.o.s. fumes came up through the hole for the shifter...car was rough..it does happen
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Old Oct 22, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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I'm sure its possible... but why would you? There isn't much room for a muffler right there and you won't see performance gains. I'd also rather have the minimal weight of a muffler behind the rear tires for more traction (although the weight is negligible).
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