elect.cutouts

Have you tested them open/closed at the track? Curious to see what the difference is.

I have the 2.5" QTP with the controller but I haven't found the time to get down to the exhaust shop and have them installed. Definitely going to rattle some windows and wake the dead.

I'll get into racing the RR this year. It has to be better then muffled. On the street it comes in real handy when cruising around. I took both cars in different years to the Nats and you just leave them open out on the strip, then close them when leaving. Big bonus at car shows as well.

The sound from a 440, post cruise-in, opened upon exit is worth every penny... No leaks here.

Check out the electric cutouts from Doug's..
Unlike the QTPs they use a sliding gate & gear reduction motor that doesn't leak..
They cost more but are much more ruggedly built..

Just my $0.02...

In the end, it is all about "hey look at me"! isn't it?

I thought they were juvenile until I drove a buddies car that had them into a show/gathering. The crowds love them, and now I love them. Once you try them, you will miss not having them.

He has QTP's and never had any issues. No leaks ever.

I'm using the Race Ready brand. The company has a lifetime warranty on normal malfunctions. They recently changed hands and the new owner honored the warranty and replaced an electric motor on one of mine no charge and free return shipping. I recommend them, no leaks when closed.

Stay away from the Pypes brand. They have known sealing issues that cause them to drift open. That per the company spokesmen.

Also, if you add a short flare to the outlet side of the cutout, it really enhances the sound much like the flare on a horned instrument.

It truely releases some kind of joy in a crowd. I think there's something pent up in a generation of people, after so many years of hearing four-banger, tomatoe-can-ricer-exhaust bogging around town.

The smiles you see on people's faces when they hear the sound of a 500 cubic inch big block Mopar with nearly 13 to 1 compression loping along at idle is music to so many folks ears....Then there's the sense of awe that occurs when the thing roars at high rpm with the cutouts open....why deprive them of the sound of American muscle car history. Besides, there's a lot of generations that have never heard the sound of an untamed V8 roar.

I have a cheap set of non-electric cut outs somewhere in my garage. Is it worth upgrading to the electric ones, or are the regular ones good enough? I really dont know how much I'd use them, so that's why I bought the cheap ones. I'd imagine tho that it would be a pain everytime to crawl underneath and remove/install the plates.

I had a cast iron manual release on my slant 6. It was a cast iron Y-flapper with a 90º L on it...I hooked up a hood cable on the L part and would push it in and out for decibels....by far cheesy and it rattled and leaked but when you are 18...you don't care.

I've had electric cut-outs on my last 3 cars. I love them, they are a ton of fun. And, for the doubters, they are worth a full .2 and 2mph at the track. Slightly more than the Shaker is worth in hot weather.

I had the QTPs and had leaks. I prefer the Dougs, that's what I have on the Cuda, now. But, the Dougs are much larger and more expensive.

I have said this here before; I will not own another Muscle car without electric cut-outs. I don't know who enjoys them more, me or the spectators.

Go for it, you won't be disappointed!

I've been running the QTP's for a couple years, no leaks. They're the coolest things ever. Just idling through at cruise nights is very popular, I never make a fool of myself. Also terrorize ferds and chebbies at stop lights, usually just opening them at idle is enough to have them holding on to their windows! Really a lot of fun!

As my budget allows I am getting electric cutouts as well. For all the reasons stated above and one more. I live near Milwaukee, there are hundreds of open pipe Harleys around here. I am looking forward to opening the cutouts at stop lights, on the highway, really anywhere I encounter an open piped bike. I think my big block will be louder.

I've had DMH cut outs on my 67 Coronet for 6 years now and they are awesome.

Doug Lepak
The Steering Wheel Guy
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