Muffler delete?
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Muffler delete?
A buddy of mine has an 02 CLK55, and he told me he chopped off his mufflers and replaced them with straight pipes. I haven't heard it, but he said it sounds great... Any negatives to this? Loss of back pressure, HP, Tq?
BTW, I am interested in upping the growl for my 09 CLS63 and was/am considering a cat back exhaust sys.
Thanks...
BTW, I am interested in upping the growl for my 09 CLS63 and was/am considering a cat back exhaust sys.
Thanks...
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I've deleted mufflers on all my cars except for the c63.. I just love the sound from factory which even if you put headers on.. it still retains that nice sound! I have a buddy who has the ml63 with the 6.2 and he is fully straight piped from second cats till the mufflers and it sounds like a monster.. BUT it's too loud for a mercedes IMO
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I would recommend youtube to help you out, honestly it all depends on what you are going for... are you trying to gain power? trying to cut some weight? or do you simply just want the car to be a little bit louder?
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more sound its foremost, HP and lighter weight is a bonus... and yeah, I know it's only gonna add a handful of HP.
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BTW, I did YouTube research... Heard the Meister slip ons and a SS FULL system, not just the cat back. I'm sure either will sound great, it's more of: will the SS cat back be more beneficial then just the Meister slip ons?
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IMO I would not go with a cat back exhaust, I have heard from multiple tuners that our oem mufflers are better then any after market systems. But if you dont want to get headers I would recommend removing your cats or at least one set of them which would net you the most horsepower as well as the most sound.
In the end of the day its a personal opinion which route you want to take do some research and read up on what people have done so you can gain your own opinion of what you want. Good luck
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Thanks for the informative response! If I leave the primary cats (i need to pass NYS inspection) and remove the secondary, would this give me some more sound and a few HP?
I would love to do headers, but I'm afraid they're just going to be too loud as this is my daily driver.
I would love to do headers, but I'm afraid they're just going to be too loud as this is my daily driver.
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Thanks for the informative response! If I leave the primary cats (i need to pass NYS inspection) and remove the secondary, would this give me some more sound and a few HP?
I would love to do headers, but I'm afraid they're just going to be too loud as this is my daily driver.
I would love to do headers, but I'm afraid they're just going to be too loud as this is my daily driver.
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Good luck, feel free to pm me any questions you may have
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This is agreed. Most of the AMG "growl" that we all love comes from the OEM AMG mufflers. I would also strongly suggest you do not remove them. You will be sadly disappointed. You might get your desired effect by slightly modifying the OEM mufflers, but I would steer clear of messing with them. It's not necessarily a drone issue or a raspy issue. It's the tone and growl that you will loose. I would suggest that you work from the mufflers up to the block, ie: headers, cat-back, resonators, pipes. Install a whole entirely new exhaust and pipe diameter, but stop at the mufflers. Obviously you are going to do what you want to your car, but heed the warning from some of us. You WANT your AMG mufflers!!
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The oem sound is one of my favorite things about the car
Makes it entertaining at 30 mph
Sounds 'special' but not 'look at me' obnoxious but a high quality power tone
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Hi, I had my resonators deleted about a week ago with 3 inch straight pipes on an ML63. If I had put in a x-pipe instead, would that give me a few extra horses? How is that better than the straight pipes? Thanks.
