exhaust cutouts

[livn_da_holden_life]

does anyone know about these electric exhaust cutouts? like who makes them here and how much they cost?? heard they're for drag races but seems like a fun mod to do to a street car. any ideas??
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kristian

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

May be fun to do, but also illegal.

 

[SweetWagon]

does anyone know about these electric exhaust cutouts? like who makes them here and how much they cost?? heard they're for drag races but seems like a fun mod to do to a street car. any ideas??
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cheers
kristian

Basically a Y-peice installed onto your exhaust with an electric valve. so when opened its like having straight through headers (Very loud) but undoubtedly illegal to use on the streets. They can be found on ebay and many videos of them on youtube.

 

[livn_da_holden_life]

cheers for ur replies guys, yeah thats definetely true it would be illegal. i think tho if you run the valve closed, ur exhaust would be through the normal system and then legal??? ive seen the vids on youtube, like the blue vt clubby, but ive tried searching for suppliers in aus with not much luck. seems only rocket industries supplies the qtp ones. awesome idea tho. do you guys know of any like diy or home jobs? maybe one offs?

 

[SweetWagon]

cheers for ur replies guys, yeah thats definetely true it would be illegal. i think tho if you run the valve closed, ur exhaust would be through the normal system and then legal??? ive seen the vids on youtube, like the blue vt clubby, but ive tried searching for suppliers in aus with not much luck. seems only rocket industries supplies the qtp ones. awesome idea tho. do you guys know of any like diy or home jobs? maybe one offs?

Pretty sure their illegal to have installed alltogether, i know of non-electric ones which may be legal, which is the same thing but has a flange with a plate that you can bolt-on/off.

 

[livn_da_holden_life]

yeahh that makes sense. ill have to check out the laws in vic about the cutouts and see what they say.

 

[Immortality]

these come standard on the latest corvettes, wired into the PCM so they open at full noise :yeah: i might consider one later on for strip/track work for a laugh but just the bolt on/off style.

 

[livn_da_holden_life]

well would be a good idea, they've noted some decent gains with such a cheap mod especially on boosted engines. they reckon 30hp at the wheels on a wrx. not sure bout our humble commo's tho, since this product is american

 

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

They work by combining an exhaust system to retain back pressure giving you your bottom end, then once the revs increase you need less back pressure to achieve constant acceleration. This product removes the back pressure of the exhaust system once you get to a certain rev. It is illegal to even have one fitted on a road car unless it is factory. I'm not even sure that the Corvette that has these is allowed to be imported. A private import maybe, but it won't be something that is readily available.

 

[livn_da_holden_life]

yeah thats a good way to put it. doubt they would allow it on imports if they're not gonna allow it on our cars. wonder what the consequences would be of having such a mod; im guessing it'll start with a canary and then some fines? if anyones interested i found it on ebay Electric,Exhaust,Valve,Cutouts,Race,Valve,Performance - eBay Other Exhausts, Exhausts, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 13-Mar-08 03:34:42 AEDST)