quick noob question

is running a straight pipe really worth it in a street car?

especially in CA?

 

NO!!!

That's like a ten THOUSAND dollar fine if I remember correctly... Not allowed to touch those Cats son...

 

Friend just picked up a TII with a side exit exhaust, no muffler. Very loud, but great sound.

 

Absolutely not. Hell, even at the track a "straight pipe" is pushing it. I have a little dump pipe that connects to my downpipe and dumps out from behind the passenger tire. It swaps on with v-bands. Last time at the 1/4 mile they asked me to put the rest of my exhaust back on.

Rotary engines are the most efficient way of converting fuel into noise.

 

i ran a straight pipe 3in on my s5 na and it is unbelievabley loud and it was shoting a 4 foot flame

 

im running a full cork sport system

3in dp
high flow cat
3in cat back

all power series. and since hear in ny, weve had a full week of beautiful days, ive driven it almost every day and it got me 2 exhuast tickets. WAY loud, both cops told me it'd get me pulled over everytime. i cant imagine what its like in CA

 

get ready for that boost creep...im suffering frum it rite now...10lbs....11...12...oops time to let off the gas.....time to think about porting that wastegate!....(to think my silencer was keeping me at 10lbs!..)...yea i know..im an idiot...lol

 

Actually, I've been running a hollow cat or straight pipe for a couple years in CA, and I've never had a cop pull me over for being too loud. They only like to hassle me for not having a front liscense plate; I refuse to make the front end ugly with one.

The car's loud, but not obnoxious like all the damn hondas running fart mufflers. Racing beat's mufflers get rid of a lot of the high frequency sound.

Although, I am looking to pick up a presilencer. Anyone wanna sell me a used one?

 

yea..ive been running straight pipe too..but constantly on the lookout for cops...they usually run my plate and leave...but it was wierd ...this one day... a cop randomly pulled into my parking lot at work...at 8pm at nite...got out of his car...looked into my car with a flash light...went back into his car and typed on his keyboard..then took off....kinda spooked me...prob just ran my plate..prob thought it was stolen...considering the rattle can paint job, (which looks ok for spray paint), and my quick release steering wheel hub....lol

 

i blew my motor. boosted over 12 pounds.. its in my otehr thread. anyways I puleld the motor outalready, and ready to send it to the shop to rebuild.. soexpensive.. soo sadd today...

 

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