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Old 08-16-2010, 11:38 AM
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Kooks LTs with Cats or O/R H with stock manifolds?

I'm looking to change up the exhaust and quiet it down a bit. I've been kicking around the idea of either shorty headers and then electric cut-outs downstream of the cats so I can have loud days and quiet days or going Kooks LTs with Cats.

I'm running MAC axle backs.

It's not so much a question of HP as a question of noise. I'll sacrifice a few HP to be a little quieter. But if Kooks with Cats is quieter than an O/R H with stock manifolds it just might be the ticket.

Any help appreciated.

Soon to be part of the "went loud, now want some peace and quiet crew"
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Old 08-16-2010, 11:58 AM
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WHen i had my cams installed i had the h pipe installed with flowmasters. it sounded great at idle but when i took off the trumpeting sound that combo makes was evil. I have since put hi flow cats on and now i can really say i love my exhaust sound. So thumbs up for h pipe and hi flow cats.
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Old 08-16-2010, 12:19 PM
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o/r mid pipe will be louder
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Old 08-16-2010, 12:56 PM
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Youre not gonna quiet it down much with LTs( even with cats). youre best bet would be hi-flow cats or resonators.
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Old 08-17-2010, 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by smokestang
Youre not gonna quiet it down much with LTs( even with cats). youre best bet would be hi-flow cats or resonators.
Ditto


Lt with h pipe and hf cats. Added ATflowmasters=no drone. Added m80s=no trumpeting......now it's freaking perfect. Wonderful deep idle with cam lope. Thick fat deep tone with any throttle, no drone, no trumpeting.

Forget the shorties. Lt's or stock manifolds.
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Old 08-17-2010, 01:00 PM
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I guess I'll just throw the stock H back in and add electric cut-outs. Seems to be the most cost effective solution.
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Old 08-17-2010, 05:27 PM
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What happens if you replace your hi-flow cats with resonators,what would the sound difference be like.
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Old 08-17-2010, 11:13 PM
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I have pypes hf cats. I really feel like they are superfow....they didn't do much at all and the reason why I also added resonators.

Kooks hf s have been known to fail and clog up.
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