osocold707

Should I go with the lorinser exhaust for $1000 plus for my C280 or go with something else like a supersprint or something for $500 or less? I do plan on getting the lorinser body kit in the future so I was thinking all out lorinser. The thing about is I will be paying more than twice the amount.

DougandhisC280

For 2 or 3 horsepower I would buy an inexpensive free flow exhaust with Lorinser tips. Lorinser is just a name.

tpliquid

i get a ebay remus style..but if u find good deals on remus exhaust under 200 bux get it!!!

aroppi

Try Sebring!!! i've got one on my C280 and it sounds deep and not as expensive as Brabus or others. but it's the OEM of Brabus indeed!!!

compare with the original muffler, besides the sound, U can easily feel the engine is more vivid. about the hp, i think it doen't increase that much but the power curve of the engine has changed.
low torque doesn't lost but the high-end is better, willing to climb fast!!!
before i use Sebring for my C280, my Bimmer got one also. really impressive

DougandhisC280

I will agree with the curve change. It accelerates faster at a different and more useful RPM range than it did before.

aroppi

by the way, i'm using the K&N drop in filter and it fits my C280 also. with the Sebring exhaust and the filter, feels that the gas pedal is more responding and better "kick down"!!!
but some of my friends said the K&N 57i is better but some said it'll drop the torque of the low rpm and increase the fuel consumption especially in "stop and go" traffic. any comment??

KurumaGOD

Im at the edge of getting the high performance customized eisenmann exhaust from eisenhaus.com which will cost me around 600 bucks w/ s&h. Any suggestion regarding that? And aroppi is it possible that u could attach a wav file or somethin with the engine reving so i know how the sebring ones sound like on ur c280. I want deep and powerful sound...nothin truck...or rice...if u know what i meant...
Keep it posted!

DougandhisC280

With the high compression of the C280 engine, you could just cut the muffler off and get a good sound. It's not a 4 cylinder so it won't sound like a weedeater and it's not a V8 so it won't sound like a truck. Any exhaust will sound very good and much the same as others.

osocold707

okay.. doug says any exhaust sounds good however I read a post where TP said an eisenmann exahust was loud.. is this true? I dont want a too loud exhaust, I am looking for something smoothe.. you know to match mercedes nothing raspy. I am looking into remus as suggested and supersprint so far cuz those have been the ones that I have found to be praised by enthusiasts

tpliquid

let me find video of C230k with eisnman

tpliquid

link 1.

kelleman C230k with id unow at exhaust. maybe eisnhaman.

http://www.tpscene.com/misc/dj-po.WMV


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link 2.

C230k jon pek..he was gonna use the NOS but no so we waited for nutin..heh

http://www.tpscene.com/misc/jonpek.WMV


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link 3.

C230k dj-po's car kleeman just left parkign lot

http://www.tpscene.com/misc/kleeman.WMV


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link 4.

What u been waiting for, Jon P's C230K WITGH EISNMAN DRIVE BY. *RARE** CLICK!!!

http://www.tpscene.com/misc/pekc230k.WMV


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link 5.

bunch of cars..heh

http://www.tpscene.com/misc/cars.WMV

KurumaGOD

rbus's c280 is hooked up wit a high performance eisenmann muffler. But its a bit too loud for my taste... maybe cuz of the cat-back and custom piping? Im really curious what the racing one would sound like on a c280... Anyhow it cost around 600 bux just for the muffler is it reasonable?

Rincewind

wow nice vids

wish we had some crew like that in my area to get together

dj-po

tp,


Where's the one with the three of you guys in there? The one vid you took inside the car?


I can't post it but I think I can get it it to you to post.



John.

DougandhisC280

I didn't mention volume. That pretty much depends on how much fiberglass is wound up in the muffler and/or how many chambers it is. Most likely it will only be a single chamber exhaust. (louder than 2 or 3 chamber) You said Rbus' exhaust is loud? I figured his would be one of the quiter one's. What do you mean by "custom straight piping?" When I think of straight pipes I think of no cat. converter or muffler. I know he's got that so what does this mean? These video can sound clips are nice, to bad my speakers suck. Oh, by the way, if you need to tone down the exhaust a little bit, I put in an 18 inch glasspack. I couldn't stand driving at highway speeds and hearing that thing. If your looking for a big horsepower gain, your looking for the wrong mod. If you want sound and looks, the possibilities go on forever with exhaust mufflers and what not. I'm not too wild about spending 600 dollars for a muffler. To me, they all sound very similar. If it were me, I'd get a not so expensive muffler and get a high flow catalytic converter. (this will at least give you some horsepower) There are many other "not so famous" brands of mufflers that are made of the same high quality and even better. I was actually disappointed to see that Rbus' muffler was just crimped at the seams instead of machined welded and polished. For the money that must have cost, it should be chrome plated.

tpliquid

thisone jon

http://www.tpscene.com/misc/dj-po.WMV

KurumaGOD

Good suggestion Doug...i'll be reconsidering again...

aroppi

according to my limited knowlege, if U cut the
"cat" and mod it to a free flow, or using those loud voice "Group N" muffler, it'll make your car slow SO much when it's in low to mid rpm but it'll be great when U keep your engine's rpm high. that means poor pick up but higher max. speed!!! it's because of the lost of back pressure.
not so practical for daily use indeed.
using a not so restrictive muffler is good provided that the overall torque curves suit your driving style.
some of my friends use Brabus muffler. it sounds GOOD and the torque curve is good also but... the price... not so good ;P
one more thing, that is the weight of the original VS mod one. mostly the mod one is lighter coz' it's made of stainless steel!!?

DougandhisC280

Exactly! So many people don't realize this when picking out an exhaust and trying to figure out how to get more horsepower.

KurumaGOD

How are the performance of these that sell on ebay?

MikeL

i got the Lorinser exhaust on my car.. cost a arm and a leg.. but i like it.. i like the way it looks and sounds.. not too loud, when cruising u can barely hear it.. but when u go WOT.. it emmits a nice deep throaty sound to it... when i got the exhaust one year ago.. i noticed better throttle response.. now im just use to it.. i was looking at remus, SS, brabus, renntech, etc.. i ended up getting the Lorinser.. very happy with my choice

DougandhisC280

The one's on ebay are actually pretty nice and made better than a lot of your 600 dollar mufflers. Look for polished steel and machine welds. The crimped aluminum mufflers just don't compare when it comes to durability and quality in craftsmanship. The horsepower on them will all be about the same. There are only so many ways to make a free flowing muffler. The only thing that I don't know about the one's on Ebay is the sound. I don't know how much fiberglass is in them so I couldn't tell you. If there isn't a lot of fiberglass in it you will hear a lot of resonnance coming into the cabin. If it is too loud, you can always do what I did and just add a glasspack. If you get one in on Ebay and don't like it, you're only out 40 bucks, so just sell it back.

scorchie

Wow, that video of all the cars...tP, why didn't u get ALL THE CARS?!

And who was that DJing, was it Ren?

-s-

davis449

Just out of curiosity, what's a good muffler to buy if I just want the look of chrome tips, kinda like the ones on the C43? Don't get me wrong, I don't want a rice muffler, I want small, low profile chrome accents on my tips. No sound change would even be fine with me. I just think it's kinda funny looking that my C 280 has all this chrome and then you get to the back and there's a rather ugly looking muffler.

DougandhisC280

Here's what I have. I estimate a 20 horsepower gain.