Geno51

Went over to my neighbors house yesterday and installed my cat less Downpipes. I already had an Xpipe in place of the resonator. This thing sounds strait nasty on downshifts.

This is a cold start video from this morning from sitting overnight. And honestly the video does not do it justice. You can hear way more turbo noise in person. On downshifts the pops are flat nasty.

Next up get this bad boy tuned

TTMerc

Sounds Bad *** congrats! What X did you go with? CEL come on already?

Geno51

Rado Catless. Got them from another member.

No CEL yet but I only have about 30 miles on it so far. I am sure it will come on. Trying to get it tuned asap

I was a little worried that the x pipe was going to quiet it down a little but it has a serious bark to it more so then others I have heard. I love it. I will try to get a better video of it later. This was just a quick video before I left for work this morning.

Geno51

Here is another video cold start from a little later with some better revs. Not sure why the video cuts out a little must of been a problem with my phone. The Cel did come on now also so I just need the tune

Amg63-

i really want to get catless downpipes but worried about the smell. Some people told me it's really noticeable and can stick to you. What do you think?

what does the x pipe do? Is that for power or added noise?

Geno51

Cant smell anything while your driving Only when your idiling and the wind is blowing the right way. For me the extra sound is worth it

chiromikey

Sounds good

TTMerc

Did you notice much of a drop in boost pressure after the install?

kangal63

Where can I get this xpipe and does it fit rwd?

Geno51

nope nothing yet !!

I am taking it easy until the tune is completed. The only thing I noticed at all other the the glorious sound of m157 unleashed was that my oil temp wen from 199 to 204 *f I thought that was weird but chromikey thinks it could be cause I'm a little leaner. Tune is next and I will keep it out of WOT until then

Geno51

no reason it would not. My local shop put it in months before I installed my catless downpipes

chiromikey

I just removed my 3" X-pipe. $50 + shipping can have it. Pm me if you're interested.

Amg63-

Can someone explain what an x pipe does?

does adding x pipe with catless downpipes make them louder?

Chappy

Thanks for sharing your mod progress!

chiromikey

If built properly and placed properly in the exhaust system an X-pipe can help maintain velocity of exhaust gases. Technically there is a performance gain but probably not enough to notice except on a back to back dyno run. Although not it's purpose, it often can change the exhaust sound, which may or may not be louder.

TTMerc

Well that would make sense why my Fuel trims are higher now. I guess a tune fixes that. Hopefully getting mine this month

Ed99

Sounds awesome. Please post up some drive by vids. Would love to hear it at WOT. Any drone inside the cabin?

chiromikey

I get ZERO drone with mine (same set up except I went with H instead of X pipe in place of the resonator).

Geno51

Absolutely zero drone. Just cruising around the car is hardly louder then stock. But once you give it more then 50% throttle it comes to life. Honestly I personally feel that the car sounds like it looks. Now should be tuned by the end of the week

Geno51

For the guys that wanted the fly by videos

Amg63-

That beast sounds amazing, good job.