SL/R231: SL550 Exhaust question prior to muffler delete
09-28-2018, 09:38 PM
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SL550 Exhaust question prior to muffler delete
This subject may have been discussed before, but I couldn't find it.
I took my SL550 to a performance shop today to talk about deleting the rear mufflers. I showed him the pictures from this forum with those mufflers deleted. He thought it was a really good job and way to do it.
He asked me a question that I did not know the answer to: He asked if I knew if the way the exhaust was routed through the turbos? He mentioned that some of the new cars use a routing that the turbos really act like a big muffler and removing the last resonator and the big muffler would make it louder, but not obnoxious. No idea what that means.
I know a couple people have done this muffler delete mod and I wonder if you are happy with it (not too loud) or if you had to do it again would you leave the forward resonator and just remove the mufflers?
TIA for any input and ideas.
Mark
I took my SL550 to a performance shop today to talk about deleting the rear mufflers. I showed him the pictures from this forum with those mufflers deleted. He thought it was a really good job and way to do it.
He asked me a question that I did not know the answer to: He asked if I knew if the way the exhaust was routed through the turbos? He mentioned that some of the new cars use a routing that the turbos really act like a big muffler and removing the last resonator and the big muffler would make it louder, but not obnoxious. No idea what that means.
I know a couple people have done this muffler delete mod and I wonder if you are happy with it (not too loud) or if you had to do it again would you leave the forward resonator and just remove the mufflers?
TIA for any input and ideas.
Mark
10-17-2018, 07:01 AM
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2013 SL 550 Diamond white
I also have a 2013 SL550, and want anti more sound. I'm not going to spend stupid money on aftermarket exhaust systems.. I would love to hear from someone that
has cut out the resonators on sound and maybe a video... Anybody??
thx,
has cut out the resonators on sound and maybe a video... Anybody??
thx,
10-17-2018, 01:39 PM
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This subject may have been discussed before, but I couldn't find it.
I took my SL550 to a performance shop today to talk about deleting the rear mufflers. I showed him the pictures from this forum with those mufflers deleted. He thought it was a really good job and way to do it.
He asked me a question that I did not know the answer to: He asked if I knew if the way the exhaust was routed through the turbos? He mentioned that some of the new cars use a routing that the turbos really act like a big muffler and removing the last resonator and the big muffler would make it louder, but not obnoxious. No idea what that means.
I know a couple people have done this muffler delete mod and I wonder if you are happy with it (not too loud) or if you had to do it again would you leave the forward resonator and just remove the mufflers?
TIA for any input and ideas.
Mark
I took my SL550 to a performance shop today to talk about deleting the rear mufflers. I showed him the pictures from this forum with those mufflers deleted. He thought it was a really good job and way to do it.
He asked me a question that I did not know the answer to: He asked if I knew if the way the exhaust was routed through the turbos? He mentioned that some of the new cars use a routing that the turbos really act like a big muffler and removing the last resonator and the big muffler would make it louder, but not obnoxious. No idea what that means.
I know a couple people have done this muffler delete mod and I wonder if you are happy with it (not too loud) or if you had to do it again would you leave the forward resonator and just remove the mufflers?
TIA for any input and ideas.
Mark
The turbo's do reduce exhaust noise quite a bit and I am sure the mufflers/exhaust system takes this in to account (meaning it was designed with this in mind)
I fly a turbocharged airplane which has no muffler, just an exhaust pipe because the turbo isolates that much of the noise so that one is not necessary.
