Removed front cats and still fairly quiet
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Removed front cats and still fairly quiet
I have a 99 5.4L with a 14" Magnaflow si/so dumped before the front axle. A shop took out the front cats and replaced them with pipe. They would only remove these since they were pre-cats. The truck just isn't every much louder. Is it the muffler that is quieting it down so much? Was it a waste of me just removing my front cats?
The muffler only has about 1,000 miles on it, so I am not sure if it will get louder or not.
The muffler only has about 1,000 miles on it, so I am not sure if it will get louder or not.
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That's for sure.
I could spend more money on HF cats, but will that really make that much of a difference in sound over the stock 2? I don't really want to remove them altogether since I don't want to lose low end, etc.
Edit on my original post, I just realized I said dumped before the front axle; LOL, i meant rear axle.
I could spend more money on HF cats, but will that really make that much of a difference in sound over the stock 2? I don't really want to remove them altogether since I don't want to lose low end, etc.
Edit on my original post, I just realized I said dumped before the front axle; LOL, i meant rear axle.
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My main concern is that I will spend money on high flows, and it still won't be much different. I did a search and it seems that maybe my mufflers are just quiet. Or perhaps quiet in dumped form.
Does anyone have any sound clips of a dumped magnalfow (I have hears clips with tips), and high flows?
Maybe I should switch to Super44s...
Does anyone have any sound clips of a dumped magnalfow (I have hears clips with tips), and high flows?
Maybe I should switch to Super44s...
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I have dual magnaflows with the stock cats right now. Here is a clip of what it sounds like. I am going to put hf maggies on next week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGQFCnTlXh8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGQFCnTlXh8
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Swapping out OE cats for hi-flows made a day and night difference on mine. They make the overall sound more aggressive and louder. I've got vids of my exhaust with OE and hi-flows. My only regret is that I didn't have them installed on day one.
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You won't lose any power/torque, you gain both from swapping them out.
Edit:
You won't lose any power/torque, you gain both from swapping them out.