ok by now you guys all know what im running, turbo muff and no pipes outt it. had a thought today. no muff and 4" pipes from the cats back. how would that sound. just get a reducer or even have the muffler shop do but im still gunna have it forward side exit. so to go out the manifold with 4" pipes and out in front of the rear tire. ? ? ? what you think i bet it would look BA with 4" pipes prolly slashed at an angle coming out the side.


anyother options? i dont really want to buy a new muffler. maybe even 4 inch out the muffler? idk

 

well first off thats not even close to a straight pipe. Striaght pipes are no cats or anything jus headers then a pipe that exits out the rear of the truck somewhere. If your gonna do it illegal by not having a muff why dont you jus take it all the way and cut off the cats too? you wanted opinions and you got mine.

 

ooookkkkaayyyyy but how would it SOUND, lets not get our mind off the big picture

 

well it would be really mean sounding. the cats give it that
"V6" sound. no cats would give it a real motor sound. go youtuba a video of a ranger with straight pipes or just a v6 with straight pipes.

 

lol it would sound kinda like this....; brrrrrrrrr BRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPCH POW BRRRRRRRR..... lol the "POW" is the back fire...


hey you asked what it would sound like..




but really it probly be loud and maybe sound good.. it matters what you like.

 

thats a perfect sample^^^^

 

hahaha that's how i imagined the backfire was gonna sound like

 

lmao oh sry one more question how does a turndown affect the sound and do you put one right out of the muff or down the pipes a ways?

 

Wherever you want the turndown. mines right after my muffler. Heres a 4.0 straight pipe. its a turbo but you get the idea. And his sounds so good because he ran a pipe off each header.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJwfFCuvXMw

 

Mine is true dual now, but not straight pipe. that video makes me want to pull off the two cats that I have left. I just don't want to deal with the C/E light and I'm not sure if Rogue tunes delete the downstream O2s.

 

1) 4" pipes . . . umm, wow.

2) It's an American V6, it was not designed to sound good without mufflers (or run well without cats).

 

4" pipes, are you serious. You should stick to 2.5 or less.

 

that mustang sounded nice.. as for 4" piping, 1. it would look horrible on a small truck, and 2. it would perform horribly id imagine.

 

Not even so much that as the fact 4" is overkill, by far. 2.25" would be fine for most moderately modded V6s to maintain nice back pressure.

4" is overkill on a 302, I'm pretty sure your stock 4.0 can do without the massive piping, the difference in weight to 4" pipe is surprising as well.

 

^^^^Yeah i agree u need to keep it below 3".

 

haha 4 inch pipes...

straight pipes sound like pure garbage