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Old May 14, 2009 | 08:59 AM
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Question 2 questions.........

ok, so the car flooded (lesson learned) and it had to go to the dealer. They did the flush and spark plug clean and yadda yadda.....

now the car sputters and hesitates between 7800-9000 RPM. are the plugs just F'ed up?

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I want a deeper sound..so I thought about a midpipe. Will I get the same results if i gut the stock pipe as buying one? I see that a midpipe is just 1 piece of section...pretty simple for my exhaust guy to make.

also, if I build one...what codes will I throw? if so, where can I buy the cat delete CEL?

thanks guys

and how big can the sigs be here?
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Old May 14, 2009 | 09:15 AM
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want a high flow cat? im selling one... lol i now have a AP DR Midpipe no codes with high flow cat
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Old May 14, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by heyarnold69
want a high flow cat? im selling one... lol i now have a AP DR Midpipe no codes with high flow cat
Im going to go with no cat...I have a corksport catback...so if its to loud, I will get a cat..

also, where is the best place to buy?
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Old May 14, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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^buy what?
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Old May 14, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by dozer
^buy what?
midpipe....if there is no cat..I dont think it really matters where its from..pipe is pipe
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Old May 14, 2009 | 11:37 AM
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yeah just differnet sounds...BHR is coming out with one hopefully very soon but there is a ton of places that sell them....then u need to decide if u want resonated or non resonated.....search the boards and u will find everything u need
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Old May 14, 2009 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 04RX8man
yeah just differnet sounds...BHR is coming out with one hopefully very soon but there is a ton of places that sell them....then u need to decide if u want resonated or non resonated.....search the boards and u will find everything u need
i cant really decide...not sure if i can even tell a diff in resonated or un-resonated. I have a corksport cat back as well
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Old May 14, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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well a non resonated is crazy raspy(from what i've heard) and loud the resonator will quiet it down and take alot fo teh rasp out of it!
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Old May 15, 2009 | 04:04 PM
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i have a turboxs full system. I first gutted my cat after installing the cat back portion and the sound difference was neglible almost nothing from full cat to rodded cat. however when i added the mid pipe it got crazy loud.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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LOTS of midpipes out there, I personally would go with a resonated pipe as the non-resonated are a bit too loud / raspy IMO.
do some searching on here and check out sound clips on youtube.
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Old May 15, 2009 | 05:23 PM
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^I have the same views towards the unresonatedones
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