What is the difference between dumping and going with a full cat-back from a performance and sound point-of-view? I would like a louder car at idle as well as when I'm accelerating. I am looking at purchasing a MAC cat-back, but if I would get the same results from dumping right after my flowmaster 40s then I'll save the money.

Also, would it be weird to dump it and leave the tips just for looks?

I've always pondered this set-up, but not sure what the benefits are. [8D]

 

There is a little more drone inside the car, at least with Flowmasters but personally, I love the sound. When I had the 40s, it was actually a little more quiet at crusing speed. You can leave the tips for looks but I chose not to.

 

is the MAC cat-back supposed to be very much louder than the 40's? i have 40's on my car and they just dont do it for me.

 

Here is a mac setup http://youtube.com/watch?v=h8OQClvTcCk

 

if you want alot louder go with a straight through resonator catback, such as packs/stingers/slp

 

thanks for the link, but my speakers got lost somewhere during the move to my new house. i dont know how that happens but it did.

 

i have dumps and really like them the whole look in the back is not that bad i like it

 

+1 My stingers are plenty damn loud at WOT and I'm still running cats. Sound is all personal preference. I will say that if this will be a daily driver the dumps can get really annoying and deafening after a while. It will be exponentially louder inside the car. I would rather have the noise outside.

 

+1 - dumps are ear splitting

 

hmmm I was pondering dumps for a bit...

maybe Ill try it out just to see what its like...