What do you have done to your exhaust?
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05 c55 silver, 98 Imperial Red C43
What do you have done to your exhaust?
The previous owner of my c55 removed the resonator and I have to say the car sounds fuken proper when warmed up. Kinda loud for just having that done. He said he had it done at some race shop so not sure exactly what they did. The receipt shows close to $300 from what I remember.
My friend said it sounds like a hot rod. Of course followed with "whats under the hood" question coz he had no clue.
If only I could get rid of the whining sound that almost all c55s have.
I'll try to get some videos at some point, in the mean time feel free to share your setup, pics, and sound clips...
My friend said it sounds like a hot rod. Of course followed with "whats under the hood" question coz he had no clue.
If only I could get rid of the whining sound that almost all c55s have.
I'll try to get some videos at some point, in the mean time feel free to share your setup, pics, and sound clips...
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2013 c63 Magnuson SCed
Doubtful it does anything but add an old school muscle car sound to a Benz. That's all I've ever noticed. MPGs actually suffer due to the sound forcing the go-pedal to the floor.
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2006 ML350, 2005 C55, 2004 E55
Once I find a decent exhaust shop in Portland my plan is to eliminate the resonator and the secondary cats, insert an X pipe and run true duals to the mufflers. Seems to be good for about 320-330rwhp with tune. Down the line I plan on getting some Eurocharged shorty headers and high flow primary cats. Reason I want to do this in stages is to keep the volume under control and revert if there's too much drone.
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2005 e55 amg, 2003 c32 amg, 1998 acura integra gsr k swap, 2000 honda s2000, 2008 honda cbr 1000rr
Gutted my muffler strategically, not just randomly hacking away at the engineering that went into it. But **** that one can was way more work then when I gutted my old w211 e55 ones. It's off now though bc I'm replacing piping w 3in stainless I got left over from my track whip...so debating if should put modded muffler back on as well. Or go dual tips too
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C55 AMG T with Kleemann K2 and some stuff: 414 hp and 562 Nm :-)
feets, that´s what I have: Kleemann headers without primaries and stock all the way back inclusive secondaries. Tune on that of course.
Mean rumble at startup and after that almost like stock at idle. Startups turn heads.
Highway cruising no extra drone.
But when you push it, it roars nice! That´s the way AMG should have done from factory in my opinion.
Inside the cabin the difference isn´t too big but it´s there. You have to be outside to hear the big difference stock/tuned, now the V8 really
rumbles when pushing it just a tad, cruising round town. "-No doubt that´s a V8 in that car!!"
Mean rumble at startup and after that almost like stock at idle. Startups turn heads.
Highway cruising no extra drone.
But when you push it, it roars nice! That´s the way AMG should have done from factory in my opinion.
Inside the cabin the difference isn´t too big but it´s there. You have to be outside to hear the big difference stock/tuned, now the V8 really
rumbles when pushing it just a tad, cruising round town. "-No doubt that´s a V8 in that car!!"
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2011 C63 AMG, 589hp
I took it off and set it in storage 
Made a new one.
Longtube headers with merge collectors followed by 100cell cats.
Then complete new all the way.
Routed it into a single 3" pipe all the way from behind gearbox to reardiff.
Then split it into dual 2.5"
One 3" silencer
And two 2.5" silencers.
Sounding like a v8 should sound like.
No blurbing like two fourcylinders that only fires on three..
Rgds
Made a new one.
Longtube headers with merge collectors followed by 100cell cats.
Then complete new all the way.
Routed it into a single 3" pipe all the way from behind gearbox to reardiff.
Then split it into dual 2.5"
One 3" silencer
And two 2.5" silencers.
Sounding like a v8 should sound like.
No blurbing like two fourcylinders that only fires on three..
Rgds
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C55 AMG
Whine will be the idler pully, mine was.
Cheap easy fix.
Mine also sounds alot like yours, full stock system with just the secondary cats cut out, i didnt want it loud so didnt do the resonator delete.
Cheap easy fix.
Mine also sounds alot like yours, full stock system with just the secondary cats cut out, i didnt want it loud so didnt do the resonator delete.
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2005 C55 AMG
EC headers, secondary cats and resonator removed.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...ound-clip.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/c32-amg-c...ound-clip.html
