BigBlue
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Suffice to say that I am pleased with this mod. The only part of the OEM exhaust that was less than 2.5" was the center section before and right after the suitcase resonator. I dont want an obnoxiously loud exhaust/etc but I do want good flow and a smooth tone. I found the OEM non-active 18+ exhaust has a bit of raspy/tinny sound to it under load, so wanted to get rid of that.
As such, I bought a Magnaflow 2.5" Tru X center muffler and had a shop cut out the entire center section from after the flex area and bends after the cats to after the suitcase itself. We welded in 2.5" pipe and the Tru X muffler, leaving the stock rear mufflers and rest of the exhaust alone. Car seems to pull a bit harder up top now, noticeable after a few spirited pulls in Mexico. To my knowledge, there are no videos on Youtube otherwise with this setup. Overall volume is comparable, tone is much better.
Voila, nice a deep tone, a touch more exotic sounding and all the tinny noises are 100% gone. Before and after vids on Youtube here:
Cold Start, OEM:
Warm Start, Above Mods completed:
Revs, OEM:
Revs, Above Mods completed:
As such, I bought a Magnaflow 2.5" Tru X center muffler and had a shop cut out the entire center section from after the flex area and bends after the cats to after the suitcase itself. We welded in 2.5" pipe and the Tru X muffler, leaving the stock rear mufflers and rest of the exhaust alone. Car seems to pull a bit harder up top now, noticeable after a few spirited pulls in Mexico. To my knowledge, there are no videos on Youtube otherwise with this setup. Overall volume is comparable, tone is much better.
Voila, nice a deep tone, a touch more exotic sounding and all the tinny noises are 100% gone. Before and after vids on Youtube here:
Cold Start, OEM:
Warm Start, Above Mods completed:
Revs, OEM:
Revs, Above Mods completed:
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