[kalbert]

Running open pipe is not cool. It seems like it would be, but it's not. It's fun for about 5 minutes at most. It's obnoxious, uncomfortable, and dumb. When people see (hear) you drive by they know you're not really enjoying it no matter what you may say. Don't fake the funk and pretend you're having fun, it's ok to run mufflers.

Cutouts are kinda cool to uncork at a drive in, when doing laps around the parking lot at idle. Just seal them back up before you get on the pedal or everyone will think you're a clown. Most cutouts leak and are troublesome, ticking away like a blown header gasket most of the time. If you go with cutouts know that they sound silly when they're closed and leaking, and if they're not leaking everyone knows you fiddle farted around with them for 3 hours before the show trying to get them to open/close correctly.