striaght piping
 

found a guy with a 97 s10 in town with the 4.3 in it who cut off his muffler and welded in a straight pipe.--sounds extremely good (not as loud as i would expect) and i can get it done to mine for real cheap and keep the muffler. im just wondering if there are any performance/ mileage (other than me standing on it more than usual) drawbacks? will i get more power? i live in northern canada so the cops arent a problem--i'd be able to keep the revs low and quiet in town.

thanks alot!

ps--pics of my custom do-it-myelf subwoofer box coming soon--once i finish it! [8D]

RE: striaght piping
 

buellher?:D

RE: striaght piping
 

should give you a little more power, might make your oil pressure jump a little, but that will probably be from you leaning on it. No real other drawbacks, other than killing the ozone, but who really cares about that???

RE: striaght piping
 

ozone is overrated---especially if its what i have to sacrifice to get more power lol![:-]

RE: striaght piping
 

besides, removing the muffler doesnt kill the ozone, flooring it all the time to hear the sound is what does it

RE: striaght piping
 

Do you plan on removing the cat as well, or leaving that on?

if so, what are your plans to deal with the sensors?

RE: striaght piping
 

just took the muffler out and put a blank pipe in its place a few days ago---sounds great--not too loud with a nice crackle at about 4000rpm--idle sounds gorgeous

gonna stick with just losing the muffler. [8D]

RE: striaght piping
 

Would it be possible for you to put a sound clip on here...i would love to hear what is sounds like.

RE: striaght piping
 

lol here you go---great little vid i just made haha!

http://alwaysmad.com/gallery/showpho...7&limit=recent

just my digital camera's microphone cant quite handle the sound--but you get the idea lol

[8D]

RE: striaght piping
 

"You do not have permission to view the images in this category."

Please put your files somewhere that doesn't require all of us to register to view them...