I am getting a full exhuast on my car. It is going to be 2.25 inch from the header back. It is not going to have a cat. I was wondering what you guys think of Ractive mufflers.

It is not going to have a cat.
Why? The cat isn't costing you hp. and why be a gross polluter?

Originally posted by Subculture

Why? The cat isn't costing you hp. and why be a gross polluter?

Exactly! Why?

Not to mention, it will be loud as hell! The cat actually assists with baffling the exhaust sound on top of not making you a gross polluter!

:mad:

I have a Ractive straight-through stainless steel exhaust, and it's fine. Very nice. Very deep tone, not blatty. I would suggest using a resonator as well, otherwise it's a little too loud.

Not to harp, but I would suggest a cat as well.

Unless you're turbocharged, it won't affect your power output, and it will quiet things down too.

Unless you're turbocharged, it won't affect your power output
Even with a turbo you should run a cat. You would need to be running some big amount of boost before the stock cat becomes restrictive. And then you can always go with a TTZ cat or a high flow cat like Random.

I'm turbo, at first I didn't have a cat, and then I put it on. can't tell the difference in the car except it is a little quiter.

The reason I am not running a cat is bacause it cost like $150 and I do not have that money. The cat does not effect the sound. The cat is for emmisions. In FL we do not have emmisions. What I am going to do is get a test pipe to replace the cat, until I have the money to get a high flow cat.:confused:

What's wrong with your OE Nissan cat?

Unless you have a really high mileage car, you should consider leaving the cat in. Even a stock cat should not cause significant back-pressure. Of course, you probably will see a power gain if your stock cat has a lot of miles on it. Stuff in there melts, etc. In that case, just hollow it out for now.

BTW, I have the EXACT same car as you. Same year, color, wheels, same way-too-tall antenna...

http://proteus.tenon.com/~eric/dsc_173.bmp

We are car twins!!

--Eric

Hey rally kid that sure is a nice car you have!!! Man I am sick and tired of everybody chewing on everybodies stuff. Why you gotta hate. Do you really think that my one car is going to make a difference in polution?!!! Here is my situation: I have bout $130, I have a crapy exhuast with holes in it and a rusty stock cat. I live in FL where there is NO, I repeat NO emmisions. I want to get a straight exhaust with a ractive muffler and I just wanna know what you guys think of a Ractive muffler and all you do is chew on the no cat. So I will ask again WHAT DO YOU THINK OF RACTIVE MUFFLERS?!!!!!!! This is what I am going to do I am going to have the exhaust put on with my stock cat, then make a test pipe to replace the cat and then when I have money I am going to get a nice cat. OK?!!!! please tell me what you think of Ractive.:mad:

Didn't you read my response?

On the topic of mufflers,

will a cat-back for an SE-R fit an NX2000?

--Eric

Originally posted by RallyKid
On the topic of mufflers,

will a cat-back for an SE-R fit an NX2000?

--Eric

It will be about six inches too long. However, you can chop and reweld it to fit the NX2000.

Originally posted by MadNX
Do you really think that my one car is going to make a difference in polution?!!!

It's always just one car...it adds up :(
Just because your state doesn't have emissions gives you the right to pollute?
I walked into an audio store the other day...I took a few CD players...afterall, there were no signs telling me not to.