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Old September-7th-2002, 12:10 AM
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Major exhaust Question
Is it better to have a performance muffler and exhaust or headers no ca converter and no muffler just tip or echo chamber
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Old September-7th-2002, 12:03 PM
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for the street you have to have a cat and muffler, but for nonop or race cars, anything goes. but our engines require the backpressure these create, so it's beneficial to have them.
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no inspection
see in my hick state there are no inspections or air quality stuff.you can run whatever you want.but you are saying you have to have a cat to make the car run rigtht.
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you can omit the cat, but the noise from having no muffler will deafen you, as well as reduce backpressure.
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so does less back pressure mean less power
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on this car yes. cut it off and try it, you'll see. car goes putt putt
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