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Old 07-07-03, 08:24 PM
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do i need a muffler?
do i have to have a muffler on my car for back pressure for it to run right?
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Old 07-07-03, 08:30 PM
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without it cops from miles away will find you
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I went to the drag strip a couple nights ago with only a RB header and a turndown. Car ran great.
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Car ran great.
and so did the wildlife in a 2 mile radius when they heard it run
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If you've got a stock exhaust with all the converters and no muffler, it actually isn't very loud and sounds surprizingly good.
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so i don't need it for it run the way it's supposed to
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nope it should run better at higher rpm with less back pressure
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cool because the cops haven't pulled me over yet after my muffler got ripped off
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Yeah it was LOUD!! Lined up twice with my buddy and his S4 TII that was running JUST an RB downpipe from the turbo We were rivaling the pro-drag cars in the amount of decibles

Oh, and I beat him BOTH times Needless to say, his TII isnt running as good as it should....
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