AhMyGawd

I have a 2004 SL55 and want a little deeper exhaust note. I do no want to pay $3-4,000 for a rear exhaust. Any ideas? I heard taking out the resonator causes a drone at cruising speeds, which i do not want...

Thanks

Dan

URnext

I have taken off my resonator with no drone issue at all. In fact, it's still not enough exhaust note IMO.

Murtaza

I ran without resonators, no drone at all. It was stock quiet at cruising speeds which makes me wonder why they are there in the first place

Rick SL55

Any pic's of the SL w/o the resonators?.
Did you bought the kit from evosport.com or just went to your local muffler shop to delete the resonator?

URnext

No pic, but you can go to your local muffler shop to put straight pipes in place. I paid $100.00, I think.

I think the X-pipe kit from evosport only applies to the E55(W211) only. Our resonators are in a diffrent location than theirs (stock).

m4xm1l10n

Any dummy light on dash at all? power wise any difference? will it effect emissions ? thanks

URnext

No CEL issue at all. There is no power difference, just some what of a deeper sound when getting on the throttle. As far as emissions are concerned I believe there is no issue there at all.

G_KATS

does anybody have a B4 and AFTER sound clip of this str8pipe method ???

if yes ... please post on www.youtube.com ... thanks!

URnext

I will be posting soon a video clip of the "after" current exhaust set up I have on my SL55 (Long Tube Headers, Primary Cat Delete, Secondary Cat Delete, Custom X-Pipes, 3" piping, stock exhaust muffler. I love the sound, and must admit its not for everyone.

Murtaza

Here's some videos of how my 55 sounded without resonators.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvfKF6CjZUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFaC4qpdm7o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnRX4ufaxpU


And some pics of the removal.

G_KATS

sounds like a harley too me

m4xm1l10n

lol

Murtaza

Getting your head beat in so many times has obviously left your hearing impaired

G_KATS

nah ..... im sure everyone who owns a harley like myself would tell ya .

doesnt sound rite .....the car stock is perfect, u ppl just get bored fast

URnext

No, we just like to mod our cars. We arent "bored" enough yet to post a pic of ourselves and use it for our avatar

m4xm1l10n

HEY G_KATS YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF YOUR CAR?

AMGTTV8

hahahahaha

G_KATS

ya i got a pic ....

Thericker

He meant for you to post a pic' Though Im happy you didn't

m4xm1l10n

CAN I SEE IT?

Fantasm

LMAO the bottom part of this thread delivers

AhMyGawd

Thanks everyone for your input and humor... Being a Harley owner myself i think i will stay stock for a while untill i go with a complete exhaust. More to do before then though... Do any of you have the pulley done? Much of a difference?

Also, anything you guys have done on the heat soaking issue other than a Johnson (Done)?

I live in AZ and it sucks when i go for the power a second time and i get zip, zilch, zero...

Thnaks

Dan

sdunham

Just a thought but if you are looking for something different for your SL55, give Billy Boat Exhaust a look... I had B&B PRT's ( mid level performance of the 3 choices for Vettes ) on both my C5 coupe and Z06 and that exhaust was perfect and reasonably priced... Nice, mellow, deep but noticeable idle, smooth, deep on accel, low rumble when cruising but you could still have a conversation or hear the stereo, and absolutely roared at WOT... Popped on decel which some people like, some don't... NO resonation inside the cabin whatsoever at any RPM... They make a system for the SL55/SL500 with nice tips, all stainless... There's a sound clip too on the website if I remember right... It's a very nice exhaust sound and not very many of them out there... IMHO, it fits right in there between stock AMG and some over the top aftermarket systems...

Oh, and if you need any more incentive, I'd be interested in buying your stock AMG mufflers and tips for my E500 if the price is reasonable... If B&B made a system for my E500 W211, I'd already have it on my car...

AhMyGawd

I called Billy Boat - they said they did not know if the SL500 exhasut would fit and didnt seem to give a sh#$ to assit me. Since they are local i will drive down there and see them in person.

Thanks for the offer on the stock exhaust but, i will keep them in case i sell the car.

Thanks for the info...

sdunham

No problem and it turned out that I went another route for exhaust. I really liked the B&B PRT's on my 2 Vettes. Definately worth checking out other than the lack of concern by some of their staff... They are a real popular exhaust in the Corvette community...