3" Straight Pipe - Good or Bad?
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3" Straight Pipe - Good or Bad?
So I've been on youtube a lot and noticed a couple guys posted up their vids of their Evo with a 3" straight pipe exhaust...and I'm wondering whether there are benefits to this? or will it hurt performance?
Ive searched here and my question isnt really answered...
personally I LOVE IT and I WANT IT...but will it hurt to have it?
and I know a bunch of you are saying stuff like "oh the cops are gonna love you" and "youre a ricer" or "your neighbors are gonna hate you"...but lets put that bs aside and just answer the question.
Heres some vids for reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w-2uUUVAjc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxfW-tsinA4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAeEpLMnvlU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsS9Dk5BVV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwjZ0oTfreU
Ive searched here and my question isnt really answered...
personally I LOVE IT and I WANT IT...but will it hurt to have it?
and I know a bunch of you are saying stuff like "oh the cops are gonna love you" and "youre a ricer" or "your neighbors are gonna hate you"...but lets put that bs aside and just answer the question.
Heres some vids for reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w-2uUUVAjc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxfW-tsinA4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAeEpLMnvlU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsS9Dk5BVV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwjZ0oTfreU
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Apparently you didn't search very hard.
A test pipe will yield performance gains over a cat or hi-flow cat.
There are benefits to both though depending on what you are looking for.
A test pipe will yield performance gains over a cat or hi-flow cat.
There are benefits to both though depending on what you are looking for.
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I have a straight 3" TBE with a test pipe and muffler. Sounds great. But fairly loud. No emissions laws here in Alabama so that's not a hassle.
My setup is slightly different from what you are asking but...
Someone....somewhere will always give you flak about how loud it is. My neighbors haven't said anything to me yet (either due to them not being able to hear -- being old...or because they aren't confrontational.)
Performance gains. Simple as that.
It will attract attention but not necessarily the only reason from a cop's standpoint. That's mostly speed.
Ricer? Who cares if it's not outlandish and as long as it's functional and beneficial.
You'll be fine.
My setup is slightly different from what you are asking but...
Someone....somewhere will always give you flak about how loud it is. My neighbors haven't said anything to me yet (either due to them not being able to hear -- being old...or because they aren't confrontational.)
Performance gains. Simple as that.
It will attract attention but not necessarily the only reason from a cop's standpoint. That's mostly speed.
Ricer? Who cares if it's not outlandish and as long as it's functional and beneficial.
You'll be fine.
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i gotta say its cool as all hell, sure there are performance benefits.. but sit in a car like that for an extended drive.. ugh it never bothered me but plenty of my friends get sick of strait pipes. omfg especially one year when we drove to vt.. people where dieing to get outa my friends car and into my subaru.. lol
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Did it for a week. Wont do it ever again. The car sounds like crap with a 3" straight pipe, drones, and is painfully loud at WOT, and I doubt the gains are THAT great over a good high flow muffler. Definitely not worth worth the trade in sound anyway.