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If I 'cut' out the extra muffler what would it do for sound?

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Old 06-14-2002, 12:35 PM
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Default If I 'cut' out the extra muffler what would it do for sound?

Say I had a shop replace it with a straight pipe or something, would it sound any better? I am trying to refrain from using a fart pipe :P
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Default louder.

Louder isn't better necessarily unless you like rice cars.
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And louder isn't necessarily worse
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But it is not necessarily making the car quicker either.
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Default Louder + Not quicker = RICE

right?
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Default But what if it makes it sound better?

I have had the muffler off of my Borla..and sound much LESS rice, becuase of the sandblaster sound..
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a LOT louder
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