EXHAUST QUESTIONS!
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EXHAUST QUESTIONS!
ok so I replaced my resonator with a 2.5" x pipe but that shop didn't want to remove second cats,so as the other 5 shops i called...thet ssid NJ law...cant fo it.the car sounds amazing with just x pipe....but i want just a tat louder not like a civic or a mustang but just a little more.so my plan is to cut the cats out myself have some pipe to piece back the exhaust together and drive to the repair shop to get jt welded,or get some kind of mufflers to rellace the stockers.so my question is,if i remove the cats also will it get way to loud and raspy and sounds like a beat up fox body,or it will be nice and exotic?also how is the drone with that setup.2nd cats delete+x pipe+stock mufflers
VS leave all the cats alone +x pipe+ some random aftermarket mufler that will fit there like magnaflow or borla??has anyone soon?if yes what mufflers did u make and
VS leave all the cats alone +x pipe+ some random aftermarket mufler that will fit there like magnaflow or borla??has anyone soon?if yes what mufflers did u make and
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Or you could spend a couple bucks and go choose the route i took with x pipe and c63 exhaust. Sounds pretty dam good on the outside and quite nice on the inside.
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that's kind of what I wanted to hear...LOL.i was wondering if I can make any other miffer work there?for example borla has a good mufler that will fit there and its reversed side inlet/outlet so the tips will be easy to line up,can I use something like that?
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Lemon actually beat me to it 
hahaha I need to step up my game. I completely concur with him though, I'd either do the muffler delete and x-pipe, or x-pipe and C63 muffler, from every car I've heard with a secondary cat delete (unless it's totally straight piped setup and sounds like a muscle car) it's sounds too raspy. I get the comment a lot that just the muffler delete alone sounds great and it's quiet at cruising and under light acceleration but is LOUD at WOT, however I can't really tell because it's pretty quiet inside.
And Plutoe will always be Plutoe and you have to learn to love him regardless
His point was that if you cut out the primary cat you will get a CEL because there is an O2 sensor monitoring the primary cat, the secondary cat you can cut out without issue but once again I don't really see the point if your purpose is going LOUDER.
hahaha I need to step up my game. I completely concur with him though, I'd either do the muffler delete and x-pipe, or x-pipe and C63 muffler, from every car I've heard with a secondary cat delete (unless it's totally straight piped setup and sounds like a muscle car) it's sounds too raspy. I get the comment a lot that just the muffler delete alone sounds great and it's quiet at cruising and under light acceleration but is LOUD at WOT, however I can't really tell because it's pretty quiet inside.And Plutoe will always be Plutoe and you have to learn to love him regardless
His point was that if you cut out the primary cat you will get a CEL because there is an O2 sensor monitoring the primary cat, the secondary cat you can cut out without issue but once again I don't really see the point if your purpose is going LOUDER.
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Lemon actually beat me to it hahaha I need to step up my game. I completely concur with him though, I'd either do the muffler delete and x-pipe, or x-pipe and C63 muffler, from every car I've heard with a secondary cat delete (unless it's totally straight piped and sounds like a muscle car) it's sounds too raspy. I get the comment a lot that just the muffler delete alone sounds great and it's quiet at cruising and under light acceleration but is LOUD at WOT, however I can't really tell because it's pretty quiet inside.
And Plutoe will always be Plutoe and you have to learn to love him regardless
hahaha I need to step up my game. I completely concur with him though, I'd either do the muffler delete and x-pipe, or x-pipe and C63 muffler, from every car I've heard with a secondary cat delete (unless it's totally straight piped and sounds like a muscle car) it's sounds too raspy. I get the comment a lot that just the muffler delete alone sounds great and it's quiet at cruising and under light acceleration but is LOUD at WOT, however I can't really tell because it's pretty quiet inside.And Plutoe will always be Plutoe and you have to learn to love him regardless
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My sister has a borla muffler on her 4 banger Scion TC and it's LOUD all the time. The magic with c63 exhaust is that it doesn't get loud unless you go WOT. I don't know how they do it but I love it. It's almost identical to an actual c63 sound.. and everyone knows how insanely good they sound. Cruise down the highway at 75mph and there's literally no drone. I'm not sure how well muffler delete compares but AMGAffalterbach should know everything about that setup.
Then again there's nothing stopping you from actually trying it out yourself then reporting back here.
And yes, Plutoe will be Plutoe. You must learn to accept it.
Then again there's nothing stopping you from actually trying it out yourself then reporting back here.
And yes, Plutoe will be Plutoe. You must learn to accept it.
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I would say the muffler delete achieves the same thing, it's very sedate at idle and cruising speed with usually just a deeper note unless you go WOT then it's really loud, but not obnoxiously loud. It probably achieves the same things as the C63 muffler but with a little drone at 1900RPM, however the point of the J-Pipe and Helmholtz resonator is to reduce drone in most of the RPM band and it does so pretty effectively. Not much else to it!
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I have stock headers secondary cat delete and resonator delete with factory mufflers....car is super quiet while driving with very very minimal drone...when I get on it it sounds good but I want a little more "noise" out of it. I love the sound of the c63 mufflers (exotic raspy sound) but trying to find a set is next to impossible & $1700 new is just insane!
. I have a set of straight through corsa mufflers I am debating of trying out....sounded great on my 06 GTO. Very tame while cruising and loud at WOT.
I would say with my setup now it sound like a stock c5 zo6.
. I have a set of straight through corsa mufflers I am debating of trying out....sounded great on my 06 GTO. Very tame while cruising and loud at WOT.
I would say with my setup now it sound like a stock c5 zo6.
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I would try the corsa mufflers if you have those available, definitely changing the muffler will change how loud it is and expose more of that natural V8 sound. If you don't like the corsas, you can always cut them out and muffler delete (probably going to be loud af without secondary car or resonators), and if that still isn't what you're after get some C63 mufflers.
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I have stock headers secondary cat delete and resonator delete with factory mufflers....car is super quiet while driving with very very minimal drone...when I get on it it sounds good but I want a little more "noise" out of it. I love the sound of the c63 mufflers (exotic raspy sound) but trying to find a set is next to impossible & $1700 new is just insane!
. I have a set of straight through corsa mufflers I am debating of trying out....sounded great on my 06 GTO. Very tame while cruising and loud at WOT.
I would say with my setup now it sound like a stock c5 zo6.
. I have a set of straight through corsa mufflers I am debating of trying out....sounded great on my 06 GTO. Very tame while cruising and loud at WOT.
I would say with my setup now it sound like a stock c5 zo6.
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I have stock headers secondary cat delete and resonator delete with factory mufflers....car is super quiet while driving with very very minimal drone...when I get on it it sounds good but I want a little more "noise" out of it. I love the sound of the c63 mufflers (exotic raspy sound) but trying to find a set is next to impossible & $1700 new is just insane!
. I have a set of straight through corsa mufflers I am debating of trying out....sounded great on my 06 GTO. Very tame while cruising and loud at WOT.
I would say with my setup now it sound like a stock c5 zo6.
. I have a set of straight through corsa mufflers I am debating of trying out....sounded great on my 06 GTO. Very tame while cruising and loud at WOT.
I would say with my setup now it sound like a stock c5 zo6.
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Njmax... I have not done it yet. Going to bring it to the exhaust shop sometime this week. I think keeping the factory tips is going to be an issue bc of the single outlet out of the corsa's...will update after I get it checked out.
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well you'll have that problem because u have a E55 i have a E550 and my tips are the large oval sigle tips which I like,and if i can change the sound and keep them i will.i'm just curious to see if that's doable since I have te exact same axlebacks like you LOL
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So maybe you should do it and let me know how it sounds. You can have the shop make it so you can bolt in the corsa's and factory mufflers just incase you don't like it.....sounds like a plan to me, how bout you?...
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If you do both a secondary cat delete and resonator delete with x-pipe on the C63 mufflers it will be LOUD, longtube headers might also get the sound you want. Just a resonator delete alone probably won't make it that much louder.
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Sorry to hijack the thread but I can get a W211 E55 AMG Mercedes catback for pretty cheap locally and was wondering if it would fit a E240. I know you don't have this engine in the US but it should be similar as a E320!
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