Baton Rouge S550s

[altjx]

I do but I have the stock resonator back on for now. Neighbors were not happy lol. I'm contemplating either selling for the slp lm2, or getting resonators welded in.

Ahh, gotcha LOL. Can't wait to see what you do man. I just got my kooks installed and I'm so in love. Unfortunately I've been having some vibrations after WOT though and accelerating for a few mins afterwards, so I'm having to run back to the shop when I make it back in town.

Keep us posted on what you do man! (or the fb group lol)

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[BigEasyGT]

I'd love to get some resonators added but I can potentially sell the roush for the same price as a new lm2 setup.

 

[altjx]

I'd love to get some resonators added but I can potentially sell the roush for the same price as a new lm2 setup.

Gotcha.

 

[V8Venom]

Someone on here recommended that I join the BR group. Hope I'm in the right place. I'm in the Donaldsonville area and frequently visit BR with my wife as I am only about 45 min out.

What's with the police lights in the grille?

 

[BigEasyGT]

I think that's just an led spotlight.

 

[MM6G]

Someone on here recommended that I join the BR group. Hope I'm in the right place. I'm in the Donaldsonville area and frequently visit BR with my wife as I am only about 45 min out.

If your in the 225 area code then get on Facebook and join 225 Stangs ........that's what I'm in they normally meet up every other Friday night around 7 pm in BR at a restaurant......u can get updates when we meet up on FB

 

[pinero61]

Thinking about hitting SCR on the 15th, anyone game?

 

[MM6G]

Thinking about hitting SCR on the 15th, anyone game?

That might be a strong possibility for me at least

 

[MM6G]

Never mind that's a Friday night. I work late on Fridays

 

[altjx]

@BigEasyGT, did you ever have any drone with your headers by chance? Here's what I'm dealing with:
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The video does it no justice at all. Just some annoying vibrations and loud humming that appears to be drone. Driving me absolutely crazy. If anything, I thought I'd be concerned about how loud the exhaust is after adding headers... turns out that's nothing compared to this. Getting a headache just thinking about it.

 

[pinero61]

J-pipes, my friend. Add them, and your drone will all but dissapear.

 

[BigEasyGT]

@BigEasyGT, did you ever have any drone with your headers by chance? Here's what I'm dealing with:


The video does it no justice at all. Just some annoying vibrations and loud humming that appears to be drone. Driving me absolutely crazy. If anything, I thought I'd be concerned about how loud the exhaust is after adding headers... turns out that's nothing compared to this. Getting a headache just thinking about it.

No, I actually don't have any noises or drone at all except for the standard "whooshing" sounds you get from thin-walled aftermarket headers. I saw your other thread as well and the sound seems very odd. The vibration obviously stems from load on the engine, so it's either the headers rubbing or your motor may be possibly shifted in the motor mounts. On my old civic I had damn near solid mounts installed to reduce wheelhop, and crazy vibration was something I just had to deal with. Though I'm sure you've checked all of this already.

There's no rub/wear marks on anything at all? It would be a pain in the ass but you could reinstall your stock exhaust for the time being to see if that eliminates the droning sounds. Then focus on the vibration.

 

[altjx]

J-pipes, my friend. Add them, and your drone will all but dissapear.

No, I actually don't have any noises or drone at all except for the standard "whooshing" sounds you get from thin-walled aftermarket headers. I saw your other thread as well and the sound seems very odd. The vibration obviously stems from load on the engine, so it's either the headers rubbing or your motor may be possibly shifted in the motor mounts. On my old civic I had damn near solid mounts installed to reduce wheelhop, and crazy vibration was something I just had to deal with. Though I'm sure you've checked all of this already.

There's no rub/wear marks on anything at all? It would be a pain in the ass but you could reinstall your stock exhaust for the time being to see if that eliminates the droning sounds. Then focus on the vibration.

Thanks guys. No rubbing/wear marks anywhere from the way it seems. Hoping to get it resolved tonight or tomorrow morning. Thanks for the input though guys!

 

[altjx]

Finally got my issues resolved -- the ones that started after installing the headers. Huge thanks to [MENTION=15904]kris5597[/MENTION] for this too. I spent many hours being frustrated over this constant rubbing noise and even had it at a shop all day yesterday with them troubleshooting it.

So awhile ago when I had corsa catbacks put on, I had the shop modify the bracing under my car to fit the exhaust system (since for whatever reason corsa didn't make this system for the convertibles yet)

Well after going for a ride and coming back, we noticed a lot of marks on the driver side pipe right at the part before the bracing dips down (pic below). After he moved it back a little, no more issues. Now the Kooks + xtremes sound just as good as I had hoped they would.

A little hard to look at sometimes but the sound makes it more than worth it. That's how it looked before the headers went in. They were much further back than that after the install.

 

[BigEasyGT]

Awesome!

On a side note, those pipes look sick under the car. Makes me jealous that I just hacked up my stock exhaust for the roush setup.

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