I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street???
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I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street???
I was bolting up my new exhaust and wondered how much power i could gain by running no rear section or muffler at all. The car was super loud and sounded crazy as hell. It was such a unique sound that i decided to leave it off for a while. The Vtec is ear piercing and that is no joke......the sound reminded me of the Spoon full tune Type-R. Now to the point of this post.....Is there any negative effects to running no rear section on our cars??? if so please let me know because i want to leave it this way...thanks for the help
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (jdmspoonitr)
I don't see any negative effects of running open exhaust, besides the fact that cops will be paying more attention to you.
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (jdmspoonitr)
I ran open header for a while wiating for my 2.5" CAT to come in. more top end, but crazy sound. You could hear me from blocks away coming, very loud but lets not get into the story of the 5 cop cars who pulled me over 
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (Boost Friendly)
I ran open header for a while wiating for my 2.5" CAT to come in. more top end, but crazy sound. You could hear me from blocks away coming, very loud but lets not get into the story of the 5 cop cars who pulled me over
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (SOMEguyFROMoregon)
I ran mine for 2 days with just the b-pipe...it was crazy loud.....you could literraly hear it a mile and half away @ WOT
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (jdmspoonitr)
my car has an apexi n1 turbo muffler, 2.5" under axle NO RESONator piping, HF CAT, Mugen 4-1 header and my car sounds like a N1 championship car!...as a result rarely sees the street!...car sounds like a Tiger purring on steriods and then all heel starts to break loose at around 3K rpms then the sound smooths out at 4.5-5Krpms and then VTEC..its such a subliminal sound!......sounds like a full fledged race car! 
NOT ADVISABLE FOR STREET USE!!!!!.....
NOT ADVISABLE FOR STREET USE!!!!!.....
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (DC2#428)
I ran a DC Race Header on my car for 5 mintues and got pulled over and had to remove it. 
That sucker is louder than a Harley at WOT and made the whole car shake
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That sucker is louder than a Harley at WOT and made the whole car shake Miguel
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (SIINSI)
it sounds like a cross between a harley and a loud dump truck....very deep and droney inside the car at partial throttle, loud as FAWK at WOT, I couldn't take it...
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (SIINSI)
I ran a DC Race Header on my car for 5 mintues and got pulled over and had to remove it. That sucker is louder than a Harley at WOT and made the whole car shake
Miguel
That sucker is louder than a Harley at WOT and made the whole car shake Miguel
there is no way these exhaust setups can be driven on the street!....you would be very VERY lucky to get away with it for a day!....But it intimidates a lot of ricers here! because its not your typical exhaust note!
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (jdmspoonitr)
Probably no negative effects to your car, but, coming from somewhat of a tree-hugger, it pollutes. It's also illegal. What's the benefit of doing this on the street anyway? More noise?
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (Spoon1)
wouldnt the lack of back pressure cause loss of power in the lower rpms? and also wouldnt black stuff get all over the car?
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (GM2000ITR)
Anybody that was at expo heard what an open header sounds like.... It's fawking loud.
Craig - Who drove into town for gas with open header
Craig - Who drove into town for gas with open header
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (jdmspoonitr)
Probably no negative effects to your car, but, coming from somewhat of a tree-hugger, it pollutes. It's also illegal. What's the benefit of doing this on the street anyway? More noise?
as opposed to spoon's USDM itr...LOL
yes, less back pressure does cause less torque down low---but more hp up top...
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (1 FAST R)
I don't see any negative effects of running open exhaust, besides the fact that cops will be paying more attention to you.
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (Jmm0056)
wouldnt the lack of back pressure cause loss of power in the lower rpms?
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (Pinhead)
it sounds like a cross between a harley and a loud dump truck....very deep and droney inside the car at partial throttle, loud as FAWK at WOT, I couldn't take it...
yup, i ran open header for 2 months once and another couple weeks recently. I hate it. How much is a hytech twinloop again?
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Re: I was wondering if anyone ever ran open exhaust on the street??? (jdmspoonitr)
I was bolting up my new exhaust and wondered how much power i could gain by running no rear section or muffler at all. The car was super loud and sounded crazy as hell. It was such a unique sound that i decided to leave it off for a while. The Vtec is ear piercing and that is no joke......the sound reminded me of the Spoon full tune Type-R. Now to the point of this post.....Is there any negative effects to running no rear section on our cars??? if so please let me know because i want to leave it this way...thanks for the help
Uhhh hello?! Anyone ever heard of carbon monoxide? The exhaust systems pipes the gases under and away from the car for a reason. If you are ignorant enough to run your car without a proper exhaust system - for the love of God keep your windows open.
