Bakerjd's Build Thread - Project Honey Badger

[bakerjd]

i saw that dynamat in the pic, is there too much noise with the headers and corsa extreme?

Dynamat in what pic? Only item I've had that included Dynamat was the MGW. I have since sold that shifter to run a Barton. The exhaust setup is magical. Putting cats on to hopefully take away a little "bite" at certain RPMs. It's certainly not quiet at WOT or cold start (first 30-45 seconds) but it's amazing with the windows up, cruising at 75mph with no drone whatsoever. Will be posting a comparison video between catted vs non catted with the SW headers here soon. Stay tuned.

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[2015MagneticGt]

Cant wait. I heard the videos online of your car screaming haha.

How much power do you think you will loose with catted headers?

 

[bakerjd]

Per my conversation with Stainless Works, there's a 3 hp difference on NA applications. Very minimal.

 

[Terminated]

So what are you doing with the MGW now?
Can't wait to see these parts in the car! opcorn:

 

[bakerjd]

Already sold the MGW to a friend. It's in good hands (literally).

 

[sm32589g]

Where did you get those wheels with all black lips?

 

[bakerjd]

Ordered from True Forged. Talk to Steve. Good man. He'll take care of you. Tell him I sent you.

 

[sm32589g]

Ordered from True Forged. Talk to Steve. Good man. He'll take care of you. Tell him I sent you.

How do you think they'll look on DIB?

 

[Terminated]

Already sold the MGW to a friend. It's in good hands (literally).

Ahh. I thought maybe you were going to install both and do a review for us
So what about the Barton set it apart? You've got me curious.

 

[bakerjd]

Ahh. I thought maybe you were going to install both and do a review for us [emoji14]
So what about the Barton set it apart? You've got me curious.

I had planned to do just that but he made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Both are quality pieces. I like a few of the decisions that Barton made more. One, they opted to keep the reverse lockout the same as the stock style vs push down. Two, you will see...lol

 

[bakerjd]

How do you think they'll look on DIB?

They'd look great! Similar to this...

 

[sm32589g]

They'd look great! Similar to this...

ew that silver lip tho :( looks like those are 19's too. Hard for me to imagine it with the silver there it just screams at me too much. Not like a cute scream though more like the grudge when she screams.

 

[PhilGT]

Baker, very interested to hear your reviews on exhaust variations. After three days, I'm loving the SW headers (off road) and corsa exhaust. Cold starts are crazy loud! Thanks to the Hypermotive crew for hooking me up!

 

[bakerjd]

ew that silver lip tho :( looks like those are 19's too. Hard for me to imagine it with the silver there it just screams at me too much. Not like a cute scream though more like the grudge when she screams.

Those are 20s. Would look great with black barrels. Give Steve a call. He may have more pictures he could share with you.

Baker, very interested to hear your reviews on exhaust variations. After three days, I'm loving the SW headers (off road) and corsa exhaust. Cold starts are crazy loud! Thanks to the Hypermotive crew for hooking me up!

No joke. It's insanely loud. I'll be swapping the cats onto the car tomorrow so I'll keep you posted. If you want, maybe we can meet up and do a side by side comparison between our cars and hear it first hand. Guys at Hypermotive are great! Glad they took care of you.

 

[S550 Sema]

What's the full specs on your wheels if you don't mind sharing?


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