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Looking to install exhaust cut outs

3.2K views 6 replies 6 participants last post by  PaVaSteeler  
#1 ·
I am considering installing exhaust cut outs on my 2023 R/T Scat Pack Shaker. I am in NC. Does anyone know if this installation will cause me to fail my yearly inspection? Also, will this install create problems with my sensors? Anyone have them on their cars?
 
#4 ·
I have DMHon my 2015 Rt plus, for about 6 years love having them
bottom photo is my switch I can go full 1/4 or 1/2 open

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#5 ·
NoWeeds are by far the best cutouts on the market, both in design and quality of build.

No welding required (hence the name “No WElding Exhaust Diverter System”.

Biggest design difference is the actuator; most use a window motor with a tiny driver. NoWeeds uses a screw motor that can drive through any carbon buildup with 200 lbs of force.

NoWeeds in action


Also, no gaskets.
 
#7 ·
Yea, I thought that too when first researching cutouts. So I went with Badlandz HPE cutouts instead. Chose that brand because it had the highest reviews, and lowest complaints about leaking or failed motors. (as compared to QTP, Granatelli, DHP)

Had to pay someone $300 to weld them in.

After 3.5 years, ended up replacing both motors, one of them twice. The reason was the carbon buildup around the butterfly valve (see pic below). The "standard" cutout motor just isn't strong enough or beefy enough to power through the carbon buildup.
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Between the cost of the replacement motors, and the new gaskets required every time you remove the exhaust to change the motors...I quickly spent more than what the NoWeeds would have cost me initially.

So, I swallowed my pride and bought the NoWeeds. Absolutely loved them! 3.5 years later, when I took the sidepipes off my old Challenger to sell it, they had some carbon buildup, but were operating flawlessly.

Had I bought them in the first place, would have actually saved some money. Plus, the owner of NoWeeds was great to work with; he customized my order a bit to make it more compatible with my sidepipes setup.