[Bell040]

I finally installed my cutouts yesterday. I had them sitting around for months getting the oval pipe ordered and cut.

I decided that I wanted them behind the rear axle for a few reasons:

1) Cabin noise... When they are under the front seats, you can’t even hear the radio if they are opened. “Under-the-seats” may be okay for occasional use, but I wanted to run these wide open for a while if I so choose. I make the people behind me deal with it . I drove about 40 miles today with them open. No horrible drone (but it is there), but the DFCO popping is exaggerated.

2) Exhaust smell... I heard a few people complain about the smell. It does smell pretty rank when standing behind the car during idle. I bet it would smell like that in the entire car if you were cruising around with them open under the seats.

3) Heat… I figured there would be less hot gasses under the car.

4) Farther from the O2 sensor… A few people were saying that dumping exhaust immediately after the cats could affect the O2 sensor readings.

5) After the x-pipe… I am not sure what the x-pipe does, but it is still doing its job when the cutouts are open

Pics:

I forgot to remove the tape...


I think I will powdercoat the tips black...


I felt the GFX diffuser after driving with them open for ~40 miles, cool to the touch.










Video... sorry the quality is crappy, thought my new fancy Camera was supposed to be 1080p good video... guess not:


BEFORE CAM:



I am installing a cam soon, then I will have an "after-cam" video.

EDIT... added the "after cam video"

AFTER CAM: