No mufflears?!
removing the restriction from your exhaust system should get you a power gain, nota power loss.
and regarding the legality of it, unless you have a decibel meter and can conduct some tests, theres no way to be sure, but i'm guessing going wide-open-throttle in your neighborhood would probably exceed legal limits. here is some reading material for you on that subject:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...el+legal+limit
and regarding the legality of it, unless you have a decibel meter and can conduct some tests, theres no way to be sure, but i'm guessing going wide-open-throttle in your neighborhood would probably exceed legal limits. here is some reading material for you on that subject:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...el+legal+limit


