well yesterday i was at work and decided to throw my car on the rack and disconect the down pipe at the cat to see if theres a difference. WOW!!! my car felt so freakin bad. on my way home a ek hatch reved on me so i though ok lets go!! i smoked his ass HARD!! lol i just wanted to let you guys know lol :biggthump

well yesterday i was at work and decided to throw my car on the rack and disconect the down pipe at the cat to see if theres a difference. WOW!!! my car felt so freakin bad. on my way home a ek hatch reved on me so i though ok lets go!! i smoked his ass HARD!! lol i just wanted to let you guys know lol :biggthump
Welcome to the no exhaust club :biggthump I bet it sounded like shit though..

I remember those days b/f I got an exhaust. The sound alone adds about 50whp:rofl:

s4 and no exhaust the car sounds like a V8...


but its not worth for the car to go to the impound!

i need to get on exhaust cut off those electric ones just hit the switch. love he way the spooling sounds. but yeah that sh*t was fun

isn't the sound ridiculously loud? feels nice *** :)

you mean you raced him at the track right adam :D. lol. i just gutted my cat, felt a little power gain. i did drive my car on just the dp too that $hit sounded crazy.

you mean you raced him at the track right adam :D. lol. i just gutted my cat, felt a little power gain. i did drive my car on just the dp too that $hit sounded crazy.
Open dp with a crappy idle will get the looks from other drivers :laugh:

When I first put my turbo together, and getting the kinks worked out, I drove it with just the downpipe and test pipe. I'd drive 2 blocks over to the industrial park and rip around in there. The shock and awe was a blast. :)

I was driving through the neighborhood at about 30mph in 2nd gear and the car was so loud that I had some guy yell at me "SLOW DOWN, I HAVE 3 KIDS!!!" Like I was about to run up on his lawn and crash through his fence or something. lol

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Open dp with a crappy idle will get the looks from other drivers :laugh:

at the time it idled just right :D phucker lol

Well im side exit right now, one of the MP's on base yelled at me to slow down i was going 25 in a 25 zone lol

I have a Seid exaust.. pretty damn Loud. I don't know the power diffrence yet being that I don't have a full exuast yet.. But I know I won't miss how loud it is.

3" qtec is your friend. From quiet to loud in 4 seconds.

you mean you raced him at the track right adam :D. lol. i just gutted my cat, felt a little power gain. i did drive my car on just the dp too that $hit sounded crazy.
oh of course i would never race on the street...lol and my idle is perfect. my car is running so good and strong (knock on wood) but that thing sounds like its outta hell when you gun it. wish i could leave it open . :biggthump

I was driving through the neighborhood at about 30mph in 2nd gear and the car was so loud that I had some guy yell at me "SLOW DOWN, I HAVE 3 KIDS!!!" Like I was about to run up on his lawn and crash through his fence or something. lol

I've been yelled at while driving 5mph under the speed limit in a residential area :squint:.

this was with my exhaust (3" side exit) all connected.

I used to get people telling me to slow down all the time in the SE-R when I was going at or under the speed limit.

Every single time, I would stop and ask them how fast they thought I was going, and I would inform them that I was obeying the speed limit. If it was someone in the neighborhood I had seen before, I would tell them that I've seen them going faster than that.

Idiots.

When I first put on the T25, I didn't have a downpipe at all, just open elbow. That was loud.

Either way, I would recommend against running that way too often, cops are bastards here.

yea, reminds me of when i installed my turbo and hadnt installed a downpipe..its loud as hell but sounds bad ass when its spooling

aaaahh soo tempting, i cant decide whether to make a side exit on for my t28 seutp or go with a 3" straight through back to a magnaflow, The only reason I might go with the 3" catback is because I want to drop the car a littlea nd would be scared that a 3" side exit would scrape on a heavy turn.... ahh decidsions decisions.

^^^ I have yet to scrap my side exit... not sure how low you have your car though? It's probably best to go with a full catback if you ever want a women to ride in your car again :)

I only went side exit due to the fact I'm adding a receiver and will be towing my geat to the track in the near future...

dumb question. but would you gain more hp/tq with just downpipe, or if you have a full 3" exhaust/test pipe its the same?