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Old May 28, 2008 | 06:51 PM
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Straight pipes

hey, im taking out the resonator and replacing it with straight pipes on my 350.. cant wait to hear how it sounds..it should be done by tomorrow. i'll post a video once its done
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Old May 28, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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I did the straight pipes, bad idea. Put in an x-pipe. HUGE difference in ehxaust note. Much deeper, and no resonance at highway cruising speeds.

I have a c300, on your 350 it should solunds even better. Good luck!

http://www.youtube.com/v/QryR5Tlwi84&hl=en
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Old May 28, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by nbturbos
I did the straight pipes, bad idea. Put in an x-pipe. HUGE difference in ehxaust note. Much deeper, and no resonance at highway cruising speeds.

I have a c300, on your 350 it should solunds even better. Good luck!

i actually sent an email to exhaustdepot and they said they need your x-pipe to make a duplicate
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Old May 28, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by nbturbos
I did the straight pipes, bad idea. Put in an x-pipe. HUGE difference in ehxaust note. Much deeper, and no resonance at highway cruising speeds.

I have a c300, on your 350 it should solunds even better. Good luck!

http://www.youtube.com/v/QryR5Tlwi84&hl=en
Ahh...I was looking for this vid earlier. I may do this if Remus doesn't come through soon.

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Old May 29, 2008 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnGjolaj1
i actually sent an email to exhaustdepot and they said they need your x-pipe to make a duplicate
Oh ok. He hasn't contacted me yet. I was there a few days ago, he's swamped with orders though. If there is a demand for this he wants to make a bolt on kit from the resonator back too. X pipe with some Magnaflows or something like that, and he has these exhaust tips which are the same style as stock just bigger. Look SWEET! I'm trying to get him to sell me a set but he's on low supply so he's hanging on to them for the kits.
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Old May 29, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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I bet it will sound great, but will you not be losing low end torque?
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Old May 29, 2008 | 04:10 PM
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nope. The factory resonator is very free flowing, so changing it out for an x-pipe yields no gains or loss.
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Old May 29, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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thanks turbo will not get the x pipe then.... Saves me about $200
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