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Old 08-24-2008, 12:17 PM
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I was at a few exhaust places and they said that with the new catalytic converters it is not a big deal to change them in a full exhaust setup. They both said that the newer cats all have very limited back pressure it is all in the muffler.

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The newer cats flow really well... alot of it is in the muffler
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So changing just chainging out the muffler will cause for a performance increase?
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Just changing out a muffler wont net any real gain's in power. You will gain sound quality but that is it. You dont see any gains until you step up to Long tube's!
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You might gain 5rwhp by changing out to a good flowing muffler... if you cut the cats off and had it tuned good you might gain 2-3 more... To get any kind of power buy changing exhaust you will need to get some L/T or mid lenth headers... they will prolly net you around 25hp with a good tune
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