Exhaust?

[OrangeCrush]

Is there really a big difference that would justify messin' with the cats? I honestly don't remember ever seeing any performance gains by removing normally operating cats.

Just wondering.... hate to see you spend a bunch of extra money for no benefit.

Mark

[tomp]

I think you'd be better off getting custom mapping done on your ECM. If you don't have it already, it's probably running too lean with what you have there.

[Ernie Italy]

I have modified my cats with sports steel cats.
The difference is very big and the test about exhaust gas is ok for the law.

[HUM GOOD]

Originally Posted by Ernie Italy

I have modified my cats with sports steel cats.
The difference is very big and the test about exhaust gas is ok for the law.

Ernie, very interested in this Turmax....is it available in th US. All my searches come up in Italian.

Do these effect the sound?

[Ernie Italy]

Originally Posted by HUM GOOD

Ernie, very interested in this Turmax....is it available in th US. All my searches come up in Italian.

Do these effect the sound?

A little bit...the sound is more breathe and "open". Not loud... I like it

[HUM GOOD]

Originally Posted by tomp

I think you'd be better off getting custom mapping done on your ECM. If you don't have it already, it's probably running too lean with what you have there.

Custom mapping has been done already......i just feel the motor is taking in LOTS of air and not leaving fast enough.

I am also hoping to richin the sound up a little more. Don't get me wrong...the borla sound awful sweet....maybe one or two octives will satisfy me. ARE WE EVER SATISFIED? DO WE EVER GET ENOUGH?
Prolly not!!!!!!!

[tomp]

Anytime you open up the exhuast flow, you drop back pressure which is going to reduce your low end performance. It's a trade-off

Most exaust companies focus on wide-open performance numbers and not on the low-end. I ended up trashing my first exhaust system to go with one that had better low-end performance.

Also, it may be a good idea to swap out the MAF sensor for one that can meter the air better. The OEM unit can only meter within a certain range of air and you may be outside of that range if you have not changed it out.

If your exhaust is true duals, you may benefit from a cross over tube slightly smaller than the main exhaust pipes. This will give you some low-end back.

Originally Posted by HUM GOOD

Custom mapping has been done already......i just feel the motor is taking in LOTS of air and not leaving fast enough.

I am also hoping to richin the sound up a little more. Don't get me wrong...the borla sound awful sweet....maybe one or two octives will satisfy me. ARE WE EVER SATISFIED? DO WE EVER GET ENOUGH?
Prolly not!!!!!!!

[HUM GOOD]

Originally Posted by tomp

Anytime you open up the exhuast flow, you drop back pressure which is going to reduce your low end performance. It's a trade-off

Most exaust companies focus on wide-open performance numbers and not on the low-end. I ended up trashing my first exhaust system to go with one that had better low-end performance.

Also, it may be a good idea to swap out the MAF sensor for one that can meter the air better. The OEM unit can only meter within a certain range of air and you may be outside of that range if you have not changed it out.

If your exhaust is true duals, you may benefit from a cross over tube slightly smaller than the main exhaust pipes. This will give you some low-end back.

I dont have true duals, just catback borla. I want to go with the true duals but need to purchase another cat. So that whats leading me to look into my options. When the trues are put on I will also add the "H" pipe in also.

I haven't swapped out the MAF sensor. Who sells it and do you have a part #.

Thanks lots!

[tomp]

Which air intake do you have?

[HUM GOOD]

Originally Posted by tomp

Which air intake do you have?

The K&N

[KenP]

Originally Posted by OrangeCrush

Is there really a big difference that would justify messin' with the cats? I honestly don't remember ever seeing any performance gains by removing normally operating cats.

Just wondering.... hate to see you spend a bunch of extra money for no benefit.

Mark

I was told point-blank by three shops the "hi-flow" cats were no better than what we have already. I forgot the flow numbers and what the cell configuration is for the hi-perf cats, but it was all the same as our stock cats.

LPE didn't even offer them to us for our last truck with their engine in it.