will NED let me run w/o a muffler?

Ok so letting my car sit outside all winter was a stupid idea but I had no choice :( My exhaust rotted just before it enters the muffler and so I took it off. Right now I'm driving around w/o a muffler, it sounds ok and isn't as loud as you'd think.

I know they say no "open exhaust" on street nights but thats more open headers and cutouts, cause its no where near as loud as that. Will I be wasting a trip up there if I go like this?


oh yeah, I think I might be leaving it like this for a while because my gas mileage has skyrocketed compared to what it was before.....

New England has a muffler rule for all cars running at the track.If it sounds like it might have a performance muffler you might get away with it. They don't look under every car . But if it's loud you probably won't be allowed to run.

that sucks, I'm currently "between jobs" meaning i'm lazy and don't have one so I don't have the money to have it fixed yet.

There are no tailpipes on my car at all, the rot was directly as the curve goes into the muffler so it is more like having a dump instead of anything else

When can I go up there and run through open cutout? Since my cutout is before the catalytic convt, it would be a pretty significant gain in 1/4 mile ET.


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Street nights are muffler required,Saturdays are open exhaust.

No.

Here is the policy:
Mufflers: All Street Night competitors must use mufflers. Open headers or exhaust are not allowed on Street Night. All Street Eliminator, Modified Eliminator, Top Eliminator, Quick Rod, Motorcycle Eliminator and Top Bike entries must use mufflers during any Sunoco Race Fuels ET Series event or Top Bike event. Open headers or exhaust are not allowed. Collector insert cones are not allowed. In general, mufflers must meet the following criteria: A muffler must be produced by a recognized manufacturer who specifically indicates the device was produced as a muffler. These include, but are not limited to, the following manufacturers: Borla, Dynamax, Thrush, Rewarder, and Flowmaster. New England Dragway Officials have the option of rejecting any vehicle that contradicts the spirit of our intent to maintain a "Good Neighbor" policy with the towns of Brentwood and Epping.


And here is the link: http://www.newenglanddragway.com/trackinfo/handbook/gen_racing.shtml

thanks Ted

guess it will be a little longer than I thought before I get my first runs of the season in :rolleyes:

If you have any resonators in the exhaust, then you might be able to get away with it.

well my cat resonates, but thats b/c its hollow ;)

Your car without a muffler is nowhere as loud as the big block cars up there with bullit's on them;)

yeah I know that I'm definately not even close to being as loud as them, thats why I was kinda hoping they would let me slide on the whole muffler thing :confused:

oh well, i'm broke anyways so I couldn't afford to go racing in the first place

I bet you can find a used Dronemaster for around 50 bucks or so...

anyone run there with there cutout open on muffler night? I have mine after my cat..just before the axle...and it really sounds good..not like open exhaust..so was wondering..has anyone ran it?

Originally posted by TunedPort 335
I bet you can find a used Dronemaster for around 50 bucks or so...


not needed, I still have the muffler and tailpipes sitting in my basement. I just don't have any money to pay someone to fix the piece of pipe that rotted :mad: