muffler???
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there will not be any big change whether you use a klemann or other expensiove exhaust. I have a clk430 with an badass sound.
the thing is, i took off the resonator and they order a special muffler from a shop here in texas. I went to drag race friday, everybody was in love with the sound of my car. just make one from a shop it is cheaper and more aggressive
the thing is, i took off the resonator and they order a special muffler from a shop here in texas. I went to drag race friday, everybody was in love with the sound of my car. just make one from a shop it is cheaper and more aggressive
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Are you going to end up doing a custom setup? I plan to do a custom dual setup here very soon, but not sure of what shop to go to. Are you familiar with any in or around Portland or your area?? Which by the way I was in that area on Monday, was supposed to go to some class at the FSA warehouse off the 99 maybe just south of Canby, don't know if thats by you or not, either way I looked out for you!!!
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You have to be careful with what you do to a 320 because you can end up with a Honda sounding exhaust. Don't take advise from people who have the 430's or 55's because anything they do with their muffler will sound good.
There are a couple combos you can play with and it goes like this:
1) If you go with a strait through design ( Borla, Magna, Flowmaster ) you must keep your resonator or you will end up with Honda sound unless you get a special after market resonator to enhance the sound of that V6.
2) If you go with muffled type mufflers like Brabus and Remus you will not be happy with the end result because you need to get rid of the resonator.
I personally have the Brabus with no resonator and no 2ndary cats and it sounds great.
I would suggest the cheaper route like the Magnaflow and you'll be fine. If you feel it's not loud enough have your muffler guy play around with removing the resonator but get a resonator recommended by your muffler guy to enhance a Magnaflow muffler on a V6. I hope this helps with your question.
But if you have the money buy something like mine and you'll be very happy with the sound because it's a nice deep sound that doesn't sound cheap.
Attached below is what I have right now on my car...it's a Brabus custom quad set up where the dual muffler is split and extended to the other side so that it is functional and not a dummy tip. No resonator and no 2ndary cats.
Last edited by CLK FAN; Mar 4, 2008 at 07:01 PM.
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CLK55 AMG
Are you going to end up doing a custom setup? I plan to do a custom dual setup here very soon, but not sure of what shop to go to. Are you familiar with any in or around Portland or your area?? Which by the way I was in that area on Monday, was supposed to go to some class at the FSA warehouse off the 99 maybe just south of Canby, don't know if thats by you or not, either way I looked out for you!!!
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i don't know what type of sound you're looking for. but this is something that i personally love...
Eisenmann Race Exhaust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG_61cJ4NsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B33Ci-lhn88
Eisenmann Race Exhaust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG_61cJ4NsY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B33Ci-lhn88
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You have to be careful with what you do to a 320 because you can end up with a Honda sounding exhaust. Don't take advise from people who have the 430's or 55's because anything they do with their muffler will sound good.
There are a couple combos you can play with and it goes like this:
1) If you go with a strait through design ( Borla, Magna, Flowmaster ) you must keep your resonator or you will end up with Honda sound unless you get a special after market resonator to enhance the sound of that V6.
2) If you go with muffled type mufflers like Brabus and Remus you will not be happy with the end result because you need to get rid of the resonator.
I personally have the Brabus with no resonator and no 2ndary cats and it sounds great.
I would suggest the cheaper route like the Magnaflow and you'll be fine. If you feel it's not loud enough have your muffler guy play around with removing the resonator but get a resonator recommended by your muffler guy to enhance a Magnaflow muffler on a V6. I hope this helps with your question.
But if you have the money buy something like mine and you'll be very happy with the sound because it's a nice deep sound that doesn't sound cheap.
Attached below is what I have right now on my car...it's a Brabus custom quad set up where the dual muffler is split and extended to the other side so that it is functional and not a dummy tip. No resonator and no 2ndary cats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDocO...eature=related
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i understand what you are talking about thats why im gonna have to talk to my friend about the exhaust im pretty sure he knows what he is doing i am going to put probably some magnaflow thing on and quad tips or dual with the s55 amg tips on it. i think i am gonna go for this sound i dont know if it is possible with my car tho. a 320
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDocO...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDocO...eature=related
But you may end up with something like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5qvs8y2bedE
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2 weeks ago I took Alexbenz to do his new E39 528 and have a quad set up done from a single set up. Came out good. He got a new Magnaflow and the entire custom job done for $450. The extra outlet is functional and not a dummy tip.
Last edited by CLK FAN; Mar 5, 2008 at 04:30 PM.
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From: Bham, Al
98 CLK 320 03 ML500 04 SL 500
Thanks, you are exactly right; the V6 will never sound like the V8. I think I'll take CLK Fan'e advice. I definitely do Not want it to sound like a Honda, no disrespect but that is a no no.
Thank for all of your advice,
Rod
BTW, some of you guys may remember my car from a while back. I've made some more mods and painting, I;'ll send some pics
Thank for all of your advice,
Rod
BTW, some of you guys may remember my car from a while back. I've made some more mods and painting, I;'ll send some pics
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I haven't decided for sure what I am going to do yet. I may just replace the muffler with a Magnaflow muffler. I need to look under the car and see how the space is for a dual setup. We do some exhaust at our shop (build custom turbo setups), but one of our fab guys quit so we are short handed. I'll keep you posted on what I do and maybe if I go dual we can replicate it on your car. What's the FSA warehouse? I live pretty much right in town. I'll keep an eye open for you out that way.
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This is not a picture of the bottom of my car because I don't have any pics. These are pics of droptop2-8 and he has the identical set up that I do except I have a Brabus muffler and he has a Sebring.
Click on this link and scroll down to the middle and you will see the pics of the white W208 underneath.
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class-w208/221506-my-custom-red-brabus-emblem-pics-promissed.html
This forum can be stupid sometimes when attaching pics that you have already attached before. The system wouldn't l;et me reattach them to this thread..really stupid I think.
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This is not a picture of the bottom of my car because I don't have any pics. These are pics of droptop2-8 and he has the identical set up that I do except I have a Brabus muffler and he has a Sebring.
Click on this link and scroll down to the middle and you will see the pics of the white W208 underneath.
https://mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=221506
This forum can be stupid sometimes when attaching pics that you have already attached before. The system wouldn't l;et me reattach them to this thread..really stupid I think.
Thank a lot CLK_FAN!
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You have to be careful with what you do to a 320 because you can end up with a Honda sounding exhaust. Don't take advise from people who have the 430's or 55's because anything they do with their muffler will sound good.
There are a couple combos you can play with and it goes like this:
1) If you go with a strait through design ( Borla, Magna, Flowmaster ) you must keep your resonator or you will end up with Honda sound unless you get a special after market resonator to enhance the sound of that V6.
2) If you go with muffled type mufflers like Brabus and Remus you will not be happy with the end result because you need to get rid of the resonator.
I personally have the Brabus with no resonator and no 2ndary cats and it sounds great.
All our exhausts are straight through designs, they are simply much better packed than pretty much everything else out there on the market.
This is also applicable to Brabus as we manufacture their exhausts.
Again I might be wrong to assume that you meant muffled = baffled, just figured I'd drop in
Here's an example of a clip of our exhaust of the C320 with res delete :
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_1Lw0Jsio6k
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From: Bham, Al
98 CLK 320 03 ML500 04 SL 500
Remus, Remus, Remus
The 320 sounds great. I would love to reproduce that sound. What is your set up? If I missed it in an earlier section , please let me know....
The 320 sounds great. I would love to reproduce that sound. What is your set up? If I missed it in an earlier section , please let me know....
