yeah, besides... the c43 comes with a really good amg exhaust, i put a remus high flow exhaust on my 97 c280 i-6 and it really made alo more noise than stock, but i left the resonator to try to keep the car quiet, i didnt want to rice up my car. in any case, the c43 exhaust sounds even better than my remus did (i know its coming from a diff motor) and i recently concluded that when i get headers and racing cats i would leave the amg muffler on bc it seems to me like the best engineered option, plus its original... magnaflow? cmon how gay is that at least get something euro- Remus are hand built in Austria...

below is a pic of my wrecked 97 c280 with the remus exhaust still holding strong... surprisingly enough.... it was the oval type with titanium tip, cost like 400 bucks, not bad if you ask me but i would never put it on the 43!

FINALLY!! thanks

Nice well thought out post but sadly wrong. AMG did NOT squeeze out all the power they could have (at least not on the older AMGs). I proved that with my X-pipe thread and got 8wheelHP on the top end from just a simple X-pipe. There wasn't even a single crossover ANYWHERE in that system on the V8 w210 E55s so obviously you are not correct in that regard. Yes they do a pretty good job with their catbacks from C43 on, but thats only one part of the system. The V8 headers are a joke they are so tiny, but again due to cost cutting they don't really have an option. You CAN make power from MB exhaust systems you just have to know HOW.

nuff said

Unfortunately, it appears that you did not read my post. This discussion involved the AMG muffler. There are gains to be made in other parts of the car, but the muffler is not one of them. The exhaust manifolds are a product of trying not to turn the C43 into a $70k car. AMG can't re-engineer the entire car or the cost would skyrocket. However, they did put an AMG cat-back on and I challenge that you will not gain even 1/2 a horsepower by changing the muffler because that is not the restriction in the system. Unfortunately, you can't really test on that scale since many other factors will cause you to lose more than 1/2 a horsepower between runs.

I encourage you to re-read my post and this entire topic. It revolves around you repeating over and over how great magnaflow is. I think that point was made the first time you said it.

Finally, read a little about diminishing returns. You can spend a lot of money on a muffler and say it is for performance, and you will get minimal return for your investment. However, if you tell the truth and say that you did it to make the car sound better, then the return could be considered to be worth the cost.

The only advantage I can see in replacing the stck AMG muffler is by putting on a much lighter aftermarket muffler and that's it. Only weight loss would be the advantage here for the car. That's my next move.

I have stock muffler that came with the car, and have "0" problems with it.