QTP Electronic Exhaust Cutout Question

[ItsEcko06]

After reading about this product by QTP and having it brought to my attention by Hussein's thread, it sounds like a neat idea.having the option to keep your quiet exhaust, then instantly have an open and aggresssive exhuast while giving you the power. then close it right back up!

http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/QTEC/index.php

i was just curious who else out there has this product, what are your thoughts, and what the stock piping is on the 2.5s? the smallest piping they go down to is 2.25" but i'm not sure what it actually is. i'm sure it will give the 2.5s a decent performance gain but i'm wondering if i should upgrade my exhaust setup to 2.5" if its sitting at 2.25"

educate me!!!

[Hussain]

well, i know with my 3.5se there was a flat part in the pipe right before the cat.... i took my cat off but ended up putting it back on but replaced the flat spot with 3" and everything else 2.5".... i have my cut-out right before the cat where the flat spot used to be... heres a pic of the cat and flat piping



i have no idea how the 2.5s looks like under the car (aside from knowing it has a resonator that the 3.5se's don't have) but i'd assume it also has a flat spot... i'd replace that spot with 2.5" piping and put a 2.5" cut-out (3" sucks cuz it screws up ground clearance with no power benefits at all). this plus the Stillen headers should make you pretty quick.... stock i did a 14.4 in my 3.5se and when i unbolted my muffler (same general concept of the Exhaust cut-out but manual having to open it) i got a 13.912 and i'm pretty sure i can hit a 13.8 so that means the cut-out should make me .5 to .6 secs quicker and that combined with headers, my guess is that you could be a full sec quicker in the 1/4 mile (so 3.5se times)

[ItsEcko06]

thanks for the reply. i've been waiting around to see if anyone else had opinions because i saw your thread a while back when u posted. just wanted to see if any1 else had one.

anyway how much was the cost for the cut out and install? 200 is pricey plus the install can be too but i gotta do what i gotta do. just wanna make sure it sounds worth it.

[NISMOT]

Post A sound video Hussain, I want to hear it.

[Hussain]

not the best clips but here are a few clips

1st clip is before i got the cut-out so this is how it sounds with the cut-out CLOSEDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._page

heres a clip of it open, then closing, then 1 or 2 full revs with it open http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._page

and heres a clip of me driving with it open, then closed, then open again lolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v..._page

[NISMOT]

Thats whats up lol sounds good Thanks

[Hussain]

sorry i didn't reply sooner, idk how i didn't see your post lol so ya, it was like $171 shipped and then $60 to get the pipes installed and me and my friend ran the wires

[ItsEcko06]

wow, so how did u get it for 171? on the site the one i saw was like 200. i think it was the one with 2.25" piping.

[Hussain]

i just got the cut-out without the whole Y-pipe and everything.... then i had a shop do the welding and making me a Y-pipe for $60, then me and my friend ran the wires and mounted the switch