Custom mid-pipe or deleted resonator? HELP!
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Ok so i kinda went the other way on this one. My car is at the shop now they are deleting my Secondary Cats (leaving the resonator) and adding the Magnaflow exhaust.
Went by a Euro-performance shop there and they had an E320 with the same setup and sounded f***in sexy! So i gave it a shot hopefully it doesnt come out sounding like a rice can.
Will keep you guys updated!
Went by a Euro-performance shop there and they had an E320 with the same setup and sounded f***in sexy! So i gave it a shot hopefully it doesnt come out sounding like a rice can.
Will keep you guys updated!
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M272 2.5L V6-the second set of cans on our exhaust , right after the actual cats , are NOT cats, they only look like cats, but they are actually resonators! that was my first delete in the exhaust , and i got pissed off when i cut them out only to find out they werent cats !...
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M272 2.5L V6-the second set of cans on our exhaust , right after the actual cats , are NOT cats, they only look like cats, but they are actually resonators! that was my first delete in the exhaust , and i got pissed off when i cut them out only to find out they werent cats !...
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Ok so I'm here at Valley Muffler in socal (the one on valley and nogales) and I came to do a resonator delete. Well my M112 didn't have a resonator and had 4 cats. Any they told me about a new trick they had been working on that would produce the sound I want while maintaining the OEM muffler. IKll post up as soon as they get done... I've got pix on my camera but I'm posting from my blackberry. Update asap!
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Ok so I'm here at Valley Muffler in socal (the one on valley and nogales) and I came to do a resonator delete. Well my M112 didn't have a resonator and had 4 cats. Any they told me about a new trick they had been working on that would produce the sound I want while maintaining the OEM muffler. IKll post up as soon as they get done... I've got pix on my camera but I'm posting from my blackberry. Update asap!
cant wait to hear it
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Yep you're right the second set of cans were actually resonators not cats. SO i took them out anyway 
-- They just finished the car and i could only hear it from over the phone but it sounds F****IN GREAT!!!! Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow. Will try to get videos up when I get a chance.
-- They just finished the car and i could only hear it from over the phone but it sounds F****IN GREAT!!!! Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow. Will try to get videos up when I get a chance. M272 2.5L V6-the second set of cans on our exhaust , right after the actual cats , are NOT cats, they only look like cats, but they are actually resonators! that was my first delete in the exhaust , and i got pissed off when i cut them out only to find out they werent cats !...
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Just got the car back and only got to drive it ~2 miles back to the office 
.. But the sound is awesome. Has a real deep tone to it and sounds like a Euro Sports car when I punch it. Hopefully later today I can take pics and videos..
Thanks to everyone here and the guys at Secret Services Auto in Houston, TX for the great work. I had taken it to a few other Euro performance shops around Houston who had cheaper prices but the quality of the work from Secret Services couldn't be matched.
.. But the sound is awesome. Has a real deep tone to it and sounds like a Euro Sports car when I punch it. Hopefully later today I can take pics and videos.. Thanks to everyone here and the guys at Secret Services Auto in Houston, TX for the great work. I had taken it to a few other Euro performance shops around Houston who had cheaper prices but the quality of the work from Secret Services couldn't be matched.
