I had 'real' duals with no cats & 2 flowmasters on my '97. When you get on it, they sound like glasspacks.
Had a few people that didn't believe I had flowmasters because of the sound....until they looked under the truck

 

thanks for ur opinions guys. i just got a great deal on the cherry bomb and im trying to dump it off right now and get my money back. but i am thinking about doing the flowmaster muffler i just want some sound but i think i am gonna cut the cat. my dad wants me to haha

 

Cutting the cat will make a little louder. BUT...there are 2 small pipes going into one & an O2 sensor threaded into the cat. Might be an issue.

 

yeah. im gonna look at it later this week

 

Technical question... is it technically a straight pipe when you still have a cat? I grew up where the only way it was a "straight pipes" was if the cats and the mufflers were both gone.

 

im thinkin its straight pipe period. no cat no muffler. thats whats around here too and thats waht im gonna do but i might just put the flowmaster or magnaflow muffler on it

 

OK. Thought maybe I was crazy, glad to see I'm not. I get annoyed by people that claim they have "straight pipes", and then talk about their converter or their dual out muffler. Wanted to make sure my annoyance was not ill-founded.

 

yeah. hey how much does ur 52mm throttle body help out??