I modded my wife’s 2001 ML55 Designo with a ghetto exhaust… :-)
01-17-2008, 01:45 AM
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thanks... I had the exhuast reworked a bit... I was losing a little low end power but the sound was UNREAL... one of the best sounding 55s around... now I put a quiter muffler in too, it killed that drone at highway speed... I am thinking I might go the route of a remus muffler...
01-19-2008, 12:13 PM
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I wish I could just leave a car alone. My 944 cost me $6K when I bought it and I have dumped 15-20K into it. NOT SMART but a lot of fun. I do really like the ML a lot, I just want to do a couple things and the exhaut really sounds good and who knows, maybe it adds HP, I really don't care. My wife took it today and drove a 150 mile round trip out to put flowers on her mom's grave and she came back raving about it, and she is 51 years old. She picked up her dad (87 years old) and he thinks it's a "fine machine". You can't beat these things on the used market. I never buy new, I can't afford it, and I have had a lot of cars.
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09-25-2009, 03:15 AM
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Houston we have a problem
I did use the flowmaster Camaro muffler anlong w/ the universal resonator. I had to make a Y pipe in front of the resonator, cut the stock exhaust (6 saw-zall blades to get through the stainless), use a few adaptors, and weld it all together. A friend of mine owns a muffler shop and although I can play with it I prefer to use somebody good. It takes the better part of a day up in the air but it's well worth it. It sounds just like a stock LS1 Vette, very low rumble, not obnoxious at all but it gets the job done really well.
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Will my ride sound good after the flowmaster resonator replaces the stock one?
09-29-2009, 01:44 PM
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The referrenced
resonator wont work as it does not have opposing outputs for the dual exhaust. There is only one output for the exhaust, hence you want a double out and single in for the resonator. I am gong with this setup. Wil post vid when done.
10-02-2009, 06:53 AM
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Have a 2001 ML 55, would love to see set-up picts too
02-08-2011, 04:42 PM
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2001 ML55
2001 ML55 Exhaust
I see it works to do a Camero Flowmaster with Flowmaster Res. Has anyone tried to cut out the exhaust and run straight pipe? My ML55 is currently a paper weight in the front yard. The head gaskets blew and I am looking at $4k to fix. I bought a new car to drive to work and plan on using the ML as a boat hauler in Lake Havasu. No freeways or long drives. Just want it to sound like a race car. Will I lose power or torque?
05-17-2011, 04:27 PM
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Did it
I sent this thread to my exhaust guy and he worked his magic. No resonator, replaced the OEM muffler with the Flowmaster and kept the AMG tips. Sounds AWESOME!! I highly recommend. I don't know why Mercedes has the AMG sounding like a family sedan from the factory.
