Compared to a catback, they're cheap.

Here's a QTEC: http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/qtec.htm

 

can you use them with stock exhaust manifolds or do you need to get headers first? I know it would be more effective with headers but I am going to purchase one thing at a time, I think.

 

electric cutout are a waist of money they are like $150 dollors a peice, it takes mabey 2 minitues to crawl under the car and twist off 3 wignuts. and if you want two cutout since you want a true duel your looking over $300 I don't see how that is cheeper than a catback. I have two 3inch cutouts i'll sell you cheap if you want them.

 

I prefer the ability to alter the sound of my exhaust when ever I want or need without crawling under my car.

Also, I don't want to run my car capped all the time and if I want a bit more sound and power, say, after a hard day at the office, the last thing I want to do is to crawl under my car to play with wingnuts.

Therefore I am willing to pay the 100 bucks for the convenience.

But... What ever floats your boat, you know...

CoogsLS1: Here is a link to another choice: the MPP2 by McCord.

TS

 

Thanks i thought that is what it was but i didnt know soo many people put it on there f-bods. It seems like a whole lot of work to have that put on and to have it remotely controlled seems like even more time. I have flowmasters and i like the sound but i think i am going to be getting slp loud mouth.

 

Maybe I'm just missing something? but why do some people have a cutout and a high performance muffler? Doesn't the cutout take the muffler out of the loop all together. It just seems like a waste of money

 

I don't think it's waste of money...

Some people want to have a better sounding exhaust for everyday driving and a cutout for the track or for other occasions when you need that little extra punch.

Just like me. I have a Flowmaster muffler (Yes..., the performance results can be debated, of course, but at least it gives better sound over the stock system.) and a cutout. I am also installing an electric plate for it soon.

That way I'll have best of both worlds: wide open exhaust when needed and silent enough exhaust for everyday driving but still better sounding than stock.

That is the way I like it.

TS

 

TS, I couldnt agree with you more. I have the flowmasters on right now but I believe I am going to make the switch to slp loud mouth. I want to install the electric cut off as well. Is wiring hard for the switch or can it just be ran up to the engine bay and then thru the fire wall? Or is there a whole other way to do it?

Thanks for the link too.

 

I have a Flowmaster muffler (which flows like crap) and I love the sound. But, I also have the cutout in front of the muffler, under the rear passenger seat.

Driving around town, I have the cutout open most of the time because it has a really good sound. But, it resonates around 2,000 RPM. With the 4.11 gears, when I go on a long trip, 80 MPH in 6th keeps me at 2,100 RPM, and the drone gets annoying.

So, I flip the switch and close the cutout, giving me a quiet ride to my destination, where I flip the switch again and open the cutout up again, letting everyone know that I have arrived.

So, it's not a waste of money in my opinion, but to each his own. If **YOU** want to crawl under your car and screw around capping a hot exhuast ... be my guest.

 

A lot of you are saying that Flowmaster mufflers "flow" like crap, but is that in comparison to other AFTERMARKET mufflers, or in comparison to the STOCK muffler?? I'd like to think that the Flowmaster muffler wouldn't flow any worse than the stock one, since the inlets and outlets are 1/4" bigger pipe, and considering it's louder than stock, would that not mean the stock one is more restrictive to limit the noise? As long as there is no power loss from original I'm happy. If it's more restrictive than other aftermarket mufflers though, I'll accept that.

 

Its less restrictive than stock yet more restrictive than other aftermarket mufflers. The sound is classic though I believe there are individuals on the board who think flowmasters are more restrictive than stock ones but bringing up your valid points Pete, I dont believe them...even if the set up is bass ackwards.

 

Cool, that's sorta what I hoped. As long as I'm not losing power over stock! The sound is definitely great though. IMO, it's not too "loud", but it just "sounds" so sweet!

Good one!

 

Agreed. Beautiful sound. This is tying in with the cold air induction thread but we have more people talking on here. So for all of you calling me off topic, go to hell!!jk anyway enough of that.

on lmperformance.com they have a SSRA add-on kit. It says its for a whisper lid, I have a whisper lid, do I need to actual kit or just the add-on piece? Only the add-on would save me some well needed money !

 

TTT

 

The SSRA is a cold air induction kit. The Super Sucker add on is a scoop similar to the SSRA's for other brand cold air induction kits. Air lids and Cold air kits are two different things. The airlid goes on top of your filter whereas cold air kits(SSRA, FTRA, SLP) go under the filter and make use of the free ram air(FRA) mod. Go with the SSRA kit.