anyone ever cut the muffler off?

[wdkingery]

got any opinions of losing the muffler on a 1.6NA?

i have a feelin this is going to happen to me soon..

[maxfax]

It will be LOUD..  And I mean Incredafreakingably LOUD.. 

[wdkingery]

It will be LOUD..  And I mean Incredafreakingably LOUD.. 

well, if that's true, then i'm glad you told me that ... shucks 

[trav1856]

cut it off? or just run straight pipe?

[wdkingery]

cut it off? or just run straight pipe?

both? cut it off and replace it with a straight pipe..

[sdwarf36]

Cut it off? Whats wrong with just waiting till vibration work-hardens your pipes till they split? Thats what I do....
 and +1 on the LOUD.

[wdkingery]

Cut it off? Whats wrong with just waiting till vibration work-hardens your pipes till they split? Thats what I do....
 and +1 on the LOUD.

hmm i'm not even sure what work-hardens means.. but loud like .. OMG why'd i do this loud? yeah this plan fell apart it seems.. the damn car is already loud to begin with. like it's not mufflerlessly loud: fart-can.. it's.. weird loud.

like .. at 55-65mph, the engine roar is kinda ..LOUD. from the front of the car loud.

[745 turbogreasel]

Just replaced mine with this

Added 2 spintech mufflers, and it's still loud.

[maxfax]

but loud like .. OMG why'd i do this loud? yeah this plan fell apart it seems..

Exactly..  With a TD it isn't as bad as the turbo helps muffle things..   I have 2" pipe and a glass pack on my NA and it is borderline "why'd I do this" loud...

[stomperz71]

I'm running a stright pipe on my '81 Caddy 1.6NA, Oh man its killer load. I put a resonator in and its still way to load. Running anything over 60mph, you can't even think! My last Caddy had a stright pipe with a 4" stack out the bed and it wasn't quit as bad for some reason. I'm looking to get some sort of muffler back on my Caddy I drive now.

[DJPyro]

I'm running 2.5 turbo back on my 1.9TD, it's "loud car" loud, but not obnoxious or unbearable, and it's no more audible over traffic than any other "loud car", if that.... However, A 1.6NA drove past me with his exhaust broken off at the rear beam (could see it dragging), and I could hear him over my car for a solid 1/2 km after he went past me. Put a turbo on it... Then ditch the muffler

Turbo=world's most expensive muffler.

[745 turbogreasel]

^ This post describes my caddy to a T.  I tried various combinations of 3 different mufflers, and it never made much diffrence.

[R.O.R-2.0]

^ This post describes my caddy to a T.  I tried various combinations of 3 different mufflers, and it never made much diffrence.

i had a straight pipe with a glass pack muffler on my car when it was still n/a..

it would get exhaust rap at like 800 RPMS, so it would rap for every shift..

it was STUPID LOUD for sure.. and i STILL HAD A MUFFLER!

[wdkingery]

  i wanted to cut my muffler off...

[8v-of-fury]

Soo doo itt!

I currently run my n/a with a 2" straight pipe with a glass pack for a muffler. You just need to make sure that the exhaust exits from under the car, or else it will resonate under the car and be ridiculous inside the cabin.

It is quieter than my 8v gasser I had on the same exhaust before I swapped motors.

Do it. Hack it off so that its easily fixable and your golden