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Does a cat back improve performance on a Daytona or R&T?
I've been flip flopping about the exhaust on my R&T. I want a little more sound and tried the Blastin' bob's glasspack 4db kit. Sounded ok at hwy speeds, sounded good at WOT, a little loud and resonating at idle and off idle. Just slow cruising through the neighborhood at 20-30mph it was pretty loud inside. There didn't feel to be any performance gain so I took the BB off and sold it.
I found the Volant cat back online for under $500 so I ordered it. It has 2.5" pipe, full size mufflers and resonators so I figured it would be fairly quiet. A week has gone by and it hasn't shipped yet. I am gambling that I will like the sound, but I figured at least it will have more HP. But I have been looking further and I found a Magnaflow and Corsa performance chart each showing their cat backs giving about 10 HP over a stock R/T or 300. But I have the R&T package which is supposed to already have 10 HP due to exhaust. So will a cat back do anything for me at all? I may add an intake and probably a Predator tuner, but that's about it. I really doubt I will ever do heads or a cam.
So do you think a cat back is worth it, or should I explore other avenues of exhaust mods: Brylcream, the BB Magnaflow resonators, etc? Maybe leave it stock and add high flow cats/downpipes?
I've been flip flopping about the exhaust on my R&T. I want a little more sound and tried the Blastin' bob's glasspack 4db kit. Sounded ok at hwy speeds, sounded good at WOT, a little loud and resonating at idle and off idle. Just slow cruising through the neighborhood at 20-30mph it was pretty loud inside. There didn't feel to be any performance gain so I took the BB off and sold it.
I found the Volant cat back online for under $500 so I ordered it. It has 2.5" pipe, full size mufflers and resonators so I figured it would be fairly quiet. A week has gone by and it hasn't shipped yet. I am gambling that I will like the sound, but I figured at least it will have more HP. But I have been looking further and I found a Magnaflow and Corsa performance chart each showing their cat backs giving about 10 HP over a stock R/T or 300. But I have the R&T package which is supposed to already have 10 HP due to exhaust. So will a cat back do anything for me at all? I may add an intake and probably a Predator tuner, but that's about it. I really doubt I will ever do heads or a cam.
So do you think a cat back is worth it, or should I explore other avenues of exhaust mods: Brylcream, the BB Magnaflow resonators, etc? Maybe leave it stock and add high flow cats/downpipes?