z34Phoenix Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 well yes my car is lightly modded compaired to yours. for my setup i dont need exhaust manifolds. its back pressure should be enough to compensate. and give me enough back pressure for the engine. secondly i am not going to run the cutout wide open. this will add any additonal amount of back pressure i might need. and since the majority of my mods are on the intake side. it is time to move to the exhaust. i have seen people with similar setups to mine gain power thru doing exhaust work. so that is what i am doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 What do you mean you don't need exhaust manifolds? That is what you have now. I think you are confusing headers with exhaust manifolds, somehow...Headers are good, they are what are in my sig, manifolds suck, they are factory. A good set of headers will benefit ANY car, whether you say it needs it or not. Exhaust manifolds are never perfect from the factory, and in our case, they are far from it. Your manifolds are too restrictive, they are even for a stock motor. The restriction in our exhaust system isn't the catback, it is the manifolds. But I'm glad you can tell me what will add power and what won't, given you havn't done it yet. I have, and I can tell you, it won't do shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairdo12 Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 I agree with Aaron with what he says so there is nothing I could add. Manifolds suck, more flow does not equal more go. I'm not an engineering student... I've got the engineering degree... doesn't make me the expert but Aaron has the background and the physical proof to support his claims. My senior year we always had fun with the young gun freshman know it alls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam'ron Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 i think i just stepped into a puddle of piss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairdo12 Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 i think i just stepped into a puddle of piss i must agree with you too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34Phoenix Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 well aaron, i have done enough research. and so far you are the only person, (besides the few people that agree with you on this forum) that is saying that a cutout will give no gain. i guess that everyone who has ever paid for one was waisting there money. and the people who have dyno'ed there with cutouts are just imagining thier gains. one in particular was a 95 Z. i will just trust my own perception. and other peoples research and true tests. it makes more sence to trust people who have experience and DONT have anything to GAIN by hyping thier own products. i understand that if you yield and support the true gains by cutouts, people will rather spend a less then doing a full system. a cutout is this low price system. it is obvious that you are set in your position on this. and so am i. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 well aaron, i have done enough research. and so far you are the only person, (besides the few people that agree with you on this forum) that is saying that a cutout will give no gain. i guess that everyone who has ever paid for one was waisting there money. and the people who have dyno'ed there with cutouts are just imagining thier gains. one in particular was a 95 Z. i will just trust my own perception. and other peoples research and true tests. it makes more sence to trust people who have experience and DONT have anything to GAIN by hyping thier own products. i understand that if you yield and support the true gains by cutouts, people will rather spend a less then doing a full system. a cutout is this low price system. it is obvious that you are set in your position on this. and so am i. There are very few 3.4 dynoes out there in the first place, and I have heard nothing of a cutout comparison, and I am on more 3.4 forums than you know exist. Cutouts gain on some vehicles no doubt, but on the 3.4, they are useless. I have nothing to gain here, how do you think I do? I do not make, sell, advertise, or do anything of that sort with the 3.4. I have nothing to gain here. I built headers for me, no one else, and I refuse 4 offers a week from people wanting headers. I build my own intake manifolds, not for other people. The last performance part for the 3.4 I sold was a warm air intake back in 2001, when I went to cold air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOT2B GM Posted July 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 If you wanna have a pissing match about "tuned equal length headers" and "no gain exhaust cutouts" maybe you guys should start your own thread about it. Back ON topic: I've gotten used to how my exhaust sounds and I don't mind the rasp it has at 2200-2500 rpms. And no offense taken on the resonator brand, but Vibrant is not a shitty brand by any means. Its built as well and looks as good as all the Magnaflow stuff I bought. And on a final note, last time I checked its not your car anymore, and it just sorta gets tiring hearing about the same things over and over. Just my .02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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