I have a straight pipe on my 99 Jetta VR6…just hoping to god I don’t seem like a ricer lol
One sounds good, other sounds sh*t
I’m pretty sure a straight pipe eliminates the muffler and maybe the resonator, i’m not sure about that one though. The resonator may have to stay for emissions reasons though since I think it eliminates some rather nasty chemicals.
A fart can is a wider exhaust only after the Muffler. So it sounds louder, SUPER annoying, and gives no performance at all. It’s like having a straw that’s only a little wider at the end, you wouldn’t be able to breath any better with it, the same applies to the engine.
Straight pipe simply means that the exhaust system has no noise suppression whatsoever. This can be achieved by "deleting" the mufflers and resonators and replacing the gap with regular exhaust pipe. A "fart can" refers specifically to the rear muffler where the exhaust ends. Bigger muffler opening = louder exhaust and ricers think louder = cooler. The problem is that huge 4" mufflers make the exhaust sound awful, especially when attached to a stock exhaust system. Having a muffler opening that is too big will make your car sound like a lawn mower or like it is ‘farting’ hence the "fart can."
Far can is axel-back or cat-back exhaust. It is on the factory headers and just amplifies the exhaust noise while making the car breathe marginally better but often with still the front half of the muffled exhaust. A straight pipe is often from the headers back and has no muffling at all and possibly has a resonator to decrease drone, it doesn’t have a big ‘can’ at the back, rather a good quality exhaust tip.
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I have a straight pipe on my 99 Jetta VR6…just hoping to god I don’t seem like a ricer lol
One sounds good, other sounds sh*t
I’m pretty sure a straight pipe eliminates the muffler and maybe the resonator, i’m not sure about that one though. The resonator may have to stay for emissions reasons though since I think it eliminates some rather nasty chemicals.
A fart can is a wider exhaust only after the Muffler. So it sounds louder, SUPER annoying, and gives no performance at all. It’s like having a straw that’s only a little wider at the end, you wouldn’t be able to breath any better with it, the same applies to the engine.
Straight pipe simply means that the exhaust system has no noise suppression whatsoever. This can be achieved by "deleting" the mufflers and resonators and replacing the gap with regular exhaust pipe. A "fart can" refers specifically to the rear muffler where the exhaust ends. Bigger muffler opening = louder exhaust and ricers think louder = cooler. The problem is that huge 4" mufflers make the exhaust sound awful, especially when attached to a stock exhaust system. Having a muffler opening that is too big will make your car sound like a lawn mower or like it is ‘farting’ hence the "fart can."
Far can is axel-back or cat-back exhaust. It is on the factory headers and just amplifies the exhaust noise while making the car breathe marginally better but often with still the front half of the muffled exhaust. A straight pipe is often from the headers back and has no muffling at all and possibly has a resonator to decrease drone, it doesn’t have a big ‘can’ at the back, rather a good quality exhaust tip.