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catted downpipes vs non catted

Old 08-16-2013, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Fast Filly
I saw the power differences on the site just didn't know the difference from catted to none. Thanks for the help guys, I think I still with what I got its just time for the cat back which I think I'm going to go with full race setup without the resonator to hopefully get a little more of the turbo noise. Thoughts or does anyone have this combo?
I have the FullRace catback without resonator, and I think it sounds great, in fact it is the best sounding and highest quality catback made. It has zero interior drone, but doesn't have as much turbo whistle as some of the 4" exhaust, but the 4" sound like s***. I gained some pretty good throttle response with the system to.
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Do you have just the cat-back or do you have downpipes as well?
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Originally Posted by EcoboostDave
doesn't have as much turbo whistle as some of the 4" exhaust, but the 4" sound like s***.
So 4" has more turbo whistle but sounds like s***? Here's the thing, idle-4000 rpm a good 4" will sound better than any 3" exhaust. Fuller and deeper. Over 4000 the rasp will show up on a 4". Some are more raspy than others. So 4" is good for some and 3" is good for others. Also there is a difference between interior resonance and interior exhaust volume. If you remove the resonator, volume will increase. Good luck.
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Installed my Kooks down pipe this afternoon. Very small increase in exhaust note at WOT, which was what I'm after and little increase in torque down low. I measured torque increase but the amount of wheel hop I'm getting where I didn't have any before.
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Originally Posted by Joewee3.5
So 4" has more turbo whistle but sounds like s***? Here's the thing, idle-4000 rpm a good 4" will sound better than any 3" exhaust. Fuller and deeper. Over 4000 the rasp will show up on a 4". Some are more raspy than others. So 4" is good for some and 3" is good for others. Also there is a difference between interior resonance and interior exhaust volume. If you remove the resonator, volume will increase. Good luck.
That's just my opinion joe. I watched your video a few time, and its way to aggressive for me, but that's me. The FullRace has almost to rasp to it and has nice growl to it, but it doesn't have as much turbo whistle like yours which would be nice, but I just couldn't handle it being that loud as a DD. maybe I'm just getting old.
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Mines still a little too loud in the cab. I bought the corsa because it supposedly knocks that interior resonance down. Well, it may do that but the interior sound is still up. Thanks for the compliments. Do you have any vids of yours?


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