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Makin my Exaust more aggressive...wats next?

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Old 10-20-2008, 09:01 AM
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Makin my Exaust more aggressive...wats next?

okay i have a ccat back 2.25 inch pipes to a str8 through magnaflow muffler..no resonator, and i still want it more aggressive, its really not that loud.....

now just respond if u can help, dont tell me ,"uy shuda got this blah blah".. im just asking for some advice as far as,, eliminating the CAT ? i heard from the exaust shop it might throw CEL's... or should i get new headers, becuz i heard the header is tthe most restrictive part... let me know what my next step is , thanks!
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no cat will throw codes. youve gotta get it tuned out (fred at smg can do it)
the header i didnt see much of a hp gain maybe 8 at the wheels.
i got a catless downpipe and have a very agressive muffler but the car sounds sooo raspy. its pretty bad. the header will give your car some nice low end grunt sound but make sure you have a cat cause its not worth it to run without if your muffler is that loud to begin with
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how is that possible... i have heard many 2.2 l61s with many different exhausts.


my personal exhaust is a pacesetter without a resonator and its pretty damn loud.... too loud IMO


i have yet to hear a 2.2 without a resonator that didnt sound pretty loud,


if u really want a loud shitty sounding exhaust u can get a bigger DP.... my car has never sounded worse than with that setup.
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what is the tune going to do for the sound though ?.... do u mean just get it tuned how it is right now, or maybe take off the cat, and then get it tuned by fred ...let me know.

i know i think i heard your car yesterday , it was realy loud but yes raspy too..
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sorry i forgot it was a 2.2 then youll have to send out for a trifecta? tune and they will get rid of the no cat code
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1. Spelling and grammar please
2. You have a 2.2, aggressive is not an adjective
3. No cat will throw cel's
4. No cat on a NA engine less than 6 cyl is rice
5. No cat is illegal
6. No cat can/will void your warranty

Don't give me any bullsh*t about #6
GM can void your warranty for anything you do to your car
The Magnuson Moss act only works if you have the money to pay for lawyers and court fees.

You are better off buying a different car if you want an "aggressive" sound

Oh yeah, your 2.2L is not a SS
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Do us all a favor and also take off the Impala decal.

Think of it like this. When you push air through small tubing the vibration has a higher pitch (aka like playing a Trumpet). But when you push air through larger tubing you get the oppisite (aka like playing a Tuba). Its all about vibration of the air passing through the pipe that gives you the tone you want.
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Originally Posted by brickerenator
1. Spelling and grammar please
2. You have a 2.2, aggressive is not an adjective
3. No cat will throw cel's
4. No cat on a NA engine less than 6 cyl is rice
5. No cat is illegal
6. No cat can/will void your warranty

Don't give me any bullsh*t about #6
GM can void your warranty for anything you do to your car
The Magnuson Moss act only works if you have the money to pay for lawyers and court fees.

You are better off buying a different car if you want an "aggressive" sound

Oh yeah, your 2.2L is not a SS
QFT and because I LMFAO at it
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these forums suck ass now.. nobody came on here to listen to you giving us a list of your opinions and facts about what u think is rice if its 4cy or if its illegal, keep it to yourself, as i stated in the original post, if u cant hlep me, just shut the **** up .its that simple, not one of ur statements in the list helped one bit, therefore, dont post! THANKS
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Originally Posted by bboyfreeflow
these forums suck ass now.. nobody came on here to listen to you giving us a list of your opinions and facts about what u think is rice if its 4cy or if its illegal, keep it to yourself, as i stated in the original post, if u cant hlep me, just shut the **** up .its that simple, not one of ur statements in the list helped one bit, therefore, dont post! THANKS
Think of it like this. When you push air through small tubing the vibration has a higher pitch (aka like playing a Trumpet). But when you push air through larger tubing you get the oppisite (aka like playing a Tuba). Its all about vibration of the air passing through the pipe that gives you the tone you want.
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If you're going to have an attitude when someone offers there opinions then just use the search tool; there are 1,000,000,000,000,000's of threads about 2.2 and exhausts already anyways.....
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