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Old 02-24-2014, 01:18 PM
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Anyone know what type of mid pipe this is?
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It doesn't exactly look like a midpipe. The front piece looks like it has a heat shield on it, making that a catalytic converter. I would like to see a higher res picture with a couple of different angles. Maybe one looking into the front to see if there is a honeycomb present.
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Originally Posted by alnielsen
It doesn't exactly look like a midpipe. The front piece looks like it has a heat shield on it, making that a catalytic converter. I would like to see a higher res picture with a couple of different angles. Maybe one looking into the front to see if there is a honeycomb present.
No idea what you're trying to get at... but its a mid pipe and its dual resonated, I'm just trying to figure out what manufacture it is or if its a replica or knock off or what
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I think what he was trying to get at was his opinion, you asked and he answered. A few more pictures would help, but either way it looks cheap and doesn't look like a mid pipe to me either.

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Nope looks to have a catalyst on it. I think thats the magnaflow replacement cat for our cars.
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^^ I would agree. I recently bought one, not installed yet, that looks just like it.
If there's no cat strata, it's probably been gutted.
Note the heat burned the galvanized coating on the resonator.
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It is gutted cat so i was just calling it a mid-pipe. Will be interesting to hear how it sounds.
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Should sound like a gutted cat lol, loud and raspy. BHR makes a great mid pipe if the rasp is too loud for you.
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Originally Posted by JPYRITZ
Should sound like a gutted cat lol, loud and raspy. BHR makes a great mid pipe if the rasp is too loud for you.
stock cat gutted is not loud nor raspy
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Who's cat you been listening to?? I've been there done that then got smart a got a LEGIT mid pipe.
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Originally Posted by 2legit2quit
stock cat gutted is not loud nor raspy
Coming from a guy who ask what type of mid pipe is this? Then had more than one person tell him it looks more like a cat. Then you respond with it is a mid pipe a dual resonated one... Then anothe person says it a magnaflow cat just for you to turn around and say oh yeah it is a gutted cat I just call it a mid pipe.
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