Exhaust

[ride4lame]

I am doing my sr swap real soon and while prepping/ taking out the KA i realized that the stock exhaust needs to go. So heres my deal, i wanna do 3 inch straigh exhaust(ie no cat) I can get an inspection sticker....:icesangel So thats not an issue, but how loud will this be? I have heard cars with turbos aren't as loud? Any input would be awesome..Thanks soo much

[chrispy]

my car right now is running a gutted cat , but I will soon be running a 3" test pipe. It is very loud , and when you get your sr20det in it will be quieter, since the turbo acts like a muffler. I think it is in Europe , that you can run striaght pipes with no cat or muffler leagaly if it is turbocharged.

[BuudWeizErr]

I have a 3" downpipe, cat and HKS Hiper exhaust and it's quieter than my Accord which has 2.25" piping with a cat and a magnaflow muffler and a CAI. That is saying a lot, my Accord isn't loud.

[Ace]

I am running 3" downpipe, 3" test pipe, and 80mm Blitz Nur Spec haven't heard it yet:( But anyway keep your cat because if you have a test pipe and have to deal with any enforcement you get a fix it ticket and just bolt the cat back on. Then deal with the ticket and then put the test pipe back on. Thats my plan.

[BuudWeizErr]

Not here, if you get caught with no cat here, you get a huge fine. Like $1000 or something outrageous like that. That's why gutted cats own.

[Tai Mai Shu]

Or you can reweld the heatsheild back on, not get any unessary back presure, and still pass viusal

[ride4lame]

Thanks for all the input. I think i am gonna get a test pipe, run a cat during the week and test pipe for weekends. Then i won't have too much noise for daily driving, but can still let loose...

[BuudWeizErr]

Hah. I got 20 bucks that says you will do that for a couple weeks, then stop swapping on the weekends. I guarantee swapping piping will get old, REAL quick.

[Tai Mai Shu]

mmkkkk cats dont quite things down like a muffler, they are only there for one purpose and one only to make your car slow! oh and yeah something about emmisions...