hey guys im kinda new to the forums but yeah i have a 05 monte all engine is stock but i was wanting to know if u think getting a cut out with a stock exhaust would be worth it or should i just save up get the system then cut outs or are cut outs even worth it

 

I would steer clear of cut outs myself.

Our NA 3.8L's require some back pressure or you end up loosing out on HP through the mid to upper RPM range.


I already have flowmaster 40's, but I am going to have the U bend eliminated and the resonator replaced with a glass pack or a racing muffler. BTW, rummor has it the factory mufflers on the 3.8L are no more restrictive than flows. So unless your swapping out mufflers for sound I would stick with the factory mufflers... Ok, ingnore all that jumbo, the flows sound really nice..


TVW

 

yeah see my bro has both and like it sound good when he opens it but it does back fire so i guess imma stick with a cat back system

 

when you say "cut out" what are you referring to?

 

A cut out is a valve of sorts that dumps the exhaust right after the manifolds before it runs through the cat.

TVW

 

that's what I thought. But then when he made the comment about just "sticking with a catback system" and I got all confuzzled. I thought you guys were referring to a "cut out" as an axle back exhaust, where they cut out the old muffler and weld on the new to the existing piping.