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A fair amount of people have PM'd me about the exhaust and I wanted to give an update in case anyone was interested.

I have had the magnaflow exhaust on for a couple of weeks now and I wanted to give you an update. The packing has settled in and the final tone of the setup is starting to shine through.

It has (in typical magnaflow fashion) gotten a little boomier. The tone is very low and has developed a good "full" sound. I think the sound is very consistant because I used both a magnaflow resonator and magnaflow exhaust.

I highly recommend magnaflow to anyone who is looking for a performance exhaust. They are a little more expensive than others like Dynomax and Flowmaster but I believe the cost difference is displayed through the refined nature of the m-flow sound.

My set up is certainly not for those wanting a "hey look at me" sound as it is very understated.

Now, the butt dyno has detected a good increase in some key areas.

Low RPM: virtually same
Mid RPM: slight increase
High RPM: Dear God Almighty

At HWY speed, the car maintains and picks up speed much better. Force the ATX to downship at 65mph and it will put you into the seat.

I am on the line for that...

Just waiting to get my CAI done...

Thanks for all the help & input RedHawk...

BBorges- you have hotmail

Those pictures I promised you of the exhaust...

What was the cost of your entire set-up? model numbers would help me to. Thanks for any help

I know RedHawk has been helping me a lot... He is probably tired of explaining the same thing over.. and over... and over... and over....

It's my turn now to help a fella CEG...

* Round Muffler to replace Resonator:
14" Long - 4" dia

Round Muffler

* Oval Muffler
14" Long - 3.5"x7"

Oval Mufflers

There is a contact person here at CEG:

L8 Apexing Aussie
CEG'er
Member # 1917

Price for these two parts shipped in the USA is about $145.

I hope it helped...

Nice job Bernardo

You can get those parts in aluminized too.

Thanks guys its a huge help, sorry for making this so repetitive

So, Redhawk, how do the total decibels compare to the stock exhaust, in normal non-performance driving?

This is with the stock less-than-two-inch pipes, right?

so is aussie the guy we can order this stuff thu?

later
MP

It's a little louder. It is lower in pitch with more decibels.

The rear muffler is 2.5 inch with an expansion from the stock piping.

I did not go up in piping diameter b/c I wanted to see what the stock piping would be like. Also, the stock pipe is mandrel-bent and the new pipe would not have been

After speaking with some of the exhaust gurus on CEG, they concurred that the stock mandrel pipe would flow better than a 2.25 crush bent.

Don't know if that is the case but they made a very strong argument.

Right now, I don't think an increase in pipe diameter will do much for my set up as I have a stock header and cat so the restriction before the flex joint is still the biggest issue.