# Cutout's or no cutouts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 17, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851 "2009-03-17T07:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/1 "2009-03-17T07:02:09Z")
I think my stock muffler is choking my car out a little bit with the Big cam so heres my alternative… I could add 2 cutouts (manual) or just put a Magnaflow muffler on it. They are both going to run around $100 ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/2 "2009-03-17T07:03:48Z")
Do it. No question about it. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/3 "2009-03-17T07:04:18Z")
get a electric cutouts, youll hate manual ones after a couple times ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/4 "2009-03-17T07:04:57Z")
I know on turbo cars you should get a re-tune if you do cutouts… I dunno about NA cars or LSx’s. Be a man. Just run straight pipes like me. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/5 "2009-03-17T07:05:17Z")
> [@(sun.8/13/06) Northtowns meet before twizteds house](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sun-8-13-06-northtowns-meet-before-twizteds-house/15696/3): > > get a electric cutouts, youll hate manual ones after a couple times yah but just for the butterfly valve im looking at another 200$ ++. Dont really want to spend that ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/6 "2009-03-17T07:05:43Z")
> [@Someone school me on TDI's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/someone-school-me-on-tdis/15695/7): > > I know on turbo cars you should get a re-tune if you do cutouts… I dunno about NA cars or LSx’s. Be a man. Just run straight pipes like me. my SLP exhaust was straight pipes! thats why it was way too loud. ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/7 "2009-03-17T07:06:46Z")
why two? run one where it connects at the y pipe and then you can get an electric one, I would do that before i put a different muffler/exhaust on it. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/8 "2009-03-17T07:08:21Z")
> [@Garry's Mod for the source engine... anyone use it?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garrys-mod-for-the-source-engine-anyone-use-it/15439/10): > > why two? run one where it connects at the y pipe and then you can get an electric one, I would do that before i put a different muffler/exhaust on it. I have the spohn torque arm there and it has the cross brace. With my car being lowered, my only choice/room for cutouts is One on each side of the Y pipe where the headers go into the Y pipe. ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/9 "2009-03-17T07:10:28Z")
im doing cutouts so u cant. just put ur catback back on. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/10 "2009-03-17T07:11:07Z")
> [@Gas Hike @ 6pm 8.8.2006?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gas-hike-6pm-8-8-2006/15680/27): > > im doing cutouts so u cant. > > just put ur catback back on. cant do that lol ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/11 "2009-03-17T07:11:36Z")
> [@I think I'm going to die](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-think-im-going-to-die/15671/38): > > cant do that lol be a man, loud pipes save lives… ask a harley guy. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/12 "2009-03-17T07:12:10Z")
> [@My rant on motorcyclists](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-rant-on-motorcyclists/15698/2): > > be a man, loud pipes save lives… ask a harley guy. lollll ---
**Author:** ![jays05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jays05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jays05)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/13 "2009-03-17T07:15:23Z")
My car gained 20whp with the cutout open. But I have a quiet and restrictive exhaust. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/14 "2009-03-17T07:20:44Z")
> [@8/9 Shredd & Ragan Import Night](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-9-shredd-ragan-import-night/15697/5): > > My car gained 20whp with the cutout open. But I have a quiet and restrictive exhaust. yah. When my car was tuned and stuff, the exhaust I had on there was just as restrictive as a open cutout…but now I have the muffler on it and im worried about it choking out up top. ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/15 "2009-03-17T07:22:10Z")
> [@My rant on motorcyclists](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-rant-on-motorcyclists/15698/8): > > yah. > > When my car was tuned and stuff, the exhaust I had on there was just as restrictive as a open cutout…but now I have the muffler on it and im worried about it choking out up top. then get some open mufflers, but if ur worried about sound, not sure how quiet it will be ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/16 "2009-03-17T07:24:09Z")
> [@deadbeatrec"](#): > > then get some open mufflers, but if ur worried about sound, not sure how quiet it will be I might just go with a Borla muffler or Magnaflow. ---
**Author:** ![jays05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jays05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jays05)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/17 "2009-03-17T07:24:19Z")
Up top is where it helped me, I dunno about the new tune but with my old tune there was no increase in TQ, just HP. ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/18 "2009-03-17T07:25:14Z")
> [@jays05"](#): > > Up top is where it helped me, I dunno about the new tune but with my old tune there was no increase in TQ, just HP. yah thats usually what happens is your electric? ---
**Author:** ![jays05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jays05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jays05)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/19 "2009-03-17T07:27:25Z")
Yes it is the QTP e-cutout. I have a switch mounted in the ashtray to open/close the cutout. Only problem I’ve had is leaks due to the flap bending open but that’s because my 2-step is making the combustion process happen in the exhaust :lol ---
**Author:** ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851/20 "2009-03-17T07:28:04Z")
> [@10s - CHECK ... Wheels Up - CHECK](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10s-check-wheels-up-check/15516/43): > > Yes it is the QTP e-cutout. I have a switch mounted in the ashtray to open/close the cutout. Only problem I’ve had is leaks due to the flap bending open but that’s because my 2-step is making the combustion process happen in the exhaust :lol thats a nice setup to have. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cutouts-or-no-cutouts/242851.md?page=2)