You'll be fine...a lot of us guys did that back in the day waitting for a good exhaust to be made. It makes a nicer sound than the stock exhaust but the one thing I will say is don't do it for to long cause I know here in GA you have to have a pipe of some sort or you'll get a ticket. Must of us just unhooked it at the cat back and left the stock pipes there for looks and no cop b.s. Otherwise it won't hurt a thing!

 

Re: Need Advice In A Hurry WITH EXAHAUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got a wild hair up my ass and took off the mufflers on my 2003 V6 tib. I took off everything from the rear axle back. I just want to run it like this(with nothing just an open pipe.) will this hurt anything or do anything please give any input.....just took it off ten minutes ago and want to do drive around....please hurry.

 

Does the removal of the mufflers help hp or hurt the low rpm power.

 

Running like that will at best be obnoxious as hell, significantly reduce back pressure, and from what I understand is hard on the exhaust valves. If you have the V6, you still have 2 precats and a cat' converter resticting flow. I remember "back in the day" people running straight pipes at the high school.


I don't see where it says this is a temporary venture. Just get a catback and a high flow cat. Before I got my headers and catback, I had the resonator out and aftermarket mufflers on and wasn't too bad, but no mufflers?

 

i dont think ive ever gotten so bored as to start ripping the only exhaust i have off of my car...maybe its just me

 

ok "Bear" I wasnt bored I just couldent stand the kid on the next street with the loud as hell civic. All I did was unbolt it and took it off. It took 20 min to do. Now my car sounds like it does have balls.