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Crazycoot · 07-20-2016, 12:52 AM

If I use gutted cats rather than connecting test pipes, will the exhaust airflow become more turbulent and disruptive to the point of losing power?

2010reddevil · 07-20-2016, 01:47 AM

Not to any point that you'd notice. But installing headers with o/r pipes are going to actually give you power
The manifolds are the real power robber combined with the 4 cats.

07-20-2016, 12:52 AM	#1
Crazycoot Drives: '13 ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: NC Posts: 257 View My Garage	Gutted cats: Air flow disruption If I use gutted cats rather than connecting test pipes, will the exhaust airflow become more turbulent and disruptive to the point of losing power?

07-20-2016, 01:47 AM	#2
2010reddevil Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS Victory Red 6M Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Gulf Coast, TX Posts: 1,424	Not to any point that you'd notice. But installing headers with o/r pipes are going to actually give you power The manifolds are the real power robber combined with the 4 cats. __________________ 2011 2SS 6A Red Jewel Metallic, Vararam Tune CAI, Magnaflow 3" Competition c/b, Speed Engineering 1-7/8 LT's, Circle D 5C, M/T 275/40R20 S/S, HPTuners tune by Ryan@GPI 12.3 @ 112 ACM as of 12/22/19 Gone on 12/28/19 R I P 2010 2SS 6M Victory Red/Black (old ride) CAI intake, Speed Engineering 1 7/8" LT's, X4 base tune, Flowmaster Outlaw axle-back. 12.6 @ 115 SAR as of 9/19/15 Gone but never forgotten.