While a tuned after-market exhaust system will add power, a DIY system or straight pipe will most likely harm performance rather than help it. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale any (i) muffler without interior baffle plates or other effective muffling device or (ii) gutted muffler, muffler cutout, or straight exhaust. We hope you enjoyed this article, and when you’re ready to buy these parts hit us up at Motoroso.com on live chat or call us toll-free at 1.833.MOTOROSO. The only downside of the downpipe is on aftermarket catless downpipes, which release a slightly unpleasing smell.

Because of the legality issues of straight piping in some areas, many shops (especially chains) simply won’t do it. The thing is, it won’t sound very good at all and you’ll probably get a really "Raspy" sound quality when at full throttle. That "rasp" is the ear splitting, super high pitched exhaust sound that you normally hear from Honda CRXs at car meets. A straight pipe can also let other motorists know you’re coming when you pull up behind them, or when you’re both stopped at a stoplight. Once you finish installing the new exhaust system, get all four wheels back on the ground.

To reduce backpressure, the mufflers included in these kits are often glasspacks. If the system is engineered more for show than functionality, it may be tuned to enhance the lower sounds from high-RPM low-displacement engines. But your decision to fit a straight pipe exhaust will only prove to be a sound investment if you are actually able to make use of it.

Basically, if you want to maximize scavenging – and engine power – your exhaust system has to be tuned to your engine. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause to be operated any motorcycle not equipped with a muffler or other sound dissipative device in good working order and in constant operation. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle, as herein described, on the highways in the Commonwealth with its pollution control system or device removed or otherwise rendered inoperable.

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If you do want to sell it, you may find yourself writing out yet another cheque to your local garage to remove the straight pipe and attach a conventional exhaust system. Modern cars use catalytic converters to turn harmful by-products of the internal combustion process into safer compounds. Substances such as nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide are turned into nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water. This is better for us because it means less pollution and cleaner air to breathe.

It reduces the backpressure coming from the engine that enables the exhaust gases to pass freely