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SL/R230: Exhaust Mod MkIII

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Old 03-03-2008 | 02:26 AM
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Exhaust Mod MkIII

For anyone that's followed my previous exhaust mod, yep I've been at it again .



Tried an unsuccessful MkII version (droned like crazy) and was about to revert to the MKI when I managed to nab an AMG system on Ebay. I initially fought shy of the quad pipes prefering the standard 500 look but these came up and at the price it seemed rude to refuse.



The inards of the AMG back boxes are the same as my original modified set up. The most noticeable change has come from removing the restrictive merge pipe just behind the man cats. This gives 2 benefits. 1. speeding up gas flow and 2. separating the left & right banks of the engine as per the 55 giving the uneven exhaust note of a trafitional V8.



The pic below shows the mod along with the AMG middle boxes which quieten things down.

Exhaust Mod MkIII-sl-underside-amg-exhaust-small.jpg

I thought you may like to hear the results so I've put together a short video, got a but carried away as usual.


http://mysite.orange.co.uk/bluecerbe...MG_Exhaust.wmv


Got a bit of work to do still on the cut outs but that's easy enough.



Anyway, I'm pleased with the result so my exhaust modding days are over.

Cheers

David
Old 03-03-2008 | 08:49 AM
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sounds good
Old 03-03-2008 | 09:06 AM
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Sounds great, nice job.
Old 03-03-2008 | 10:48 AM
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I like it!

Too bad mine doesn't sound like that
Old 03-03-2008 | 02:11 PM
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Too bad mine doesn't sound like that
It can if you want. All it takes is a little blood, sweat and swearing, or just pay your mechanic and let him lose his knuckles
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Old 03-04-2008 | 05:22 PM
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One day David mine will sound like that
Old 03-05-2008 | 03:11 PM
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One day David mine will sound like that
Hello mate, fancy seeing you over here. 9' in the air, I've got to do it just to see that
(sorry folks totally off topic reply to something TV is currently helping me out with)
Old 03-05-2008 | 11:51 PM
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The exhaust note sounds good, even on my crappy lap top. Keep us updated on future mods.
Old 03-06-2008 | 03:58 AM
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The exhaust note sounds good, even on my crappy lap top. Keep us updated on future mods.
Thanks LovemySL, gonna leave it as it is now I think, but you can never say never.
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