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No muffler advice _ ôŽĐ
wondering if no muffler is better? is this bad for my 302 engine/o2 sensors in the long run with no backpressure? i'd like to keep stock cats and pipe. can i just remove the muffler and put in a pipe and put a larger tip on? i do want a good deep sound too. or would it be better to replace the stock muffler with a fm orig40's si/so? any opinions would be appreciated! Thanks!
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From: Coleman, Wisconsin
Running without mufflers shouldn't hurt anything as long as you have a good length of pipe still on(like the rest of the exhaust) so there is still SOME backpressure. I'd still prefer 40 series over nothing at all.
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Originally posted by nfamous
does the o2 sencer of computer mess up if u take off the cats and just use a muffler and pipes?
does the o2 sencer of computer mess up if u take off the cats and just use a muffler and pipes?
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My opinion is that we're not back in the 50s fixing vehicles with bailing wire and such, we've come a long way since then, why don't you just buy a nice performance muffler for your truck and do everyone a favor by keeping it somewhat quiet?
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You shouldent hurt anything with just cats, i have no cats and a performance muffler and no peoblems, and WHO cares if were not in the 50's anymore, LOUDER IS BETTER!!!! Gotta make sure everyone knows your comming and going for that matter.
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I have a harley to let everyone know i'm comming. and they hear me go.
I have a Nite, and all my friends have named it the "stealth" truck now, cause the thing is so damn hard to see at night.
As for the o2 sensor problems. I have no cat on mine. got it that way, but you should see the horribal weld job the guy did.
I'd put a nice flow master on it to be honest. still loud, and good backpressure.
as for muffler tips.
You wanna be a ricer or something?
i'm tired of cars that try to sound ballzy, and my crappy blown out muffler truck sounds 10x better then there bravum pop pop cough.
I have a Nite, and all my friends have named it the "stealth" truck now, cause the thing is so damn hard to see at night.
As for the o2 sensor problems. I have no cat on mine. got it that way, but you should see the horribal weld job the guy did.
I'd put a nice flow master on it to be honest. still loud, and good backpressure.
as for muffler tips.
You wanna be a ricer or something?
i'm tired of cars that try to sound ballzy, and my crappy blown out muffler truck sounds 10x better then there bravum pop pop cough.