Having resonators taken out tomorrow. Need help!
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Having resonators taken out tomorrow. Need help!
What size pipes to replace them with? Also what kind of material. If anyone have a pic of where the resonators are that would help to.
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Alright thanks for the responses. Just wondering am I making a mistake by going with straight pipes instead of a Xpipe? Will I lose any power doing this route? Also whats the difference in sound? I know this has been discused in other threads but most of them ones I found during my search included taking out the secondary cats aswell.
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Alright thanks for the responses. Just wondering am I making a mistake by going with straight pipes instead of a Xpipe? Will I lose any power doing this route? Also whats the difference in sound? I know this has been discused in other threads but most of them ones I found during my search included taking out the secondary cats aswell.
YES YOU ARE
the X-pipe make the car sound way more balanced and EURO
the guys that say their straight pipes sound fine, and dont drone
or sound burbly like a motorboat its becuase they kept eh stock muffler which is hiding alot of the sound.. and deadens it.
but if you change the mufflers at some point, it will be ALOT LOUDER,
and without the xpipe, you get a turbulant airflow
and can hear each cylinder bank, like DA DA DA DA DA
the X-pipe smooths out the airflow, balances the exhaust from the 2 engine banks, adds midtones.. and makes teh sound
more like DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA , like a ferrari at idle, instead of a muscle car, burble..
get the X-pipe, its under $150, and magnaflow makes a great one the TRU X , they pretty much invented the X_pipe along with NASCAR.
you will love it..and it helps HP and exhaust flow..
why almost every performance car you see on the street will have one over 450 hp.
as far as size, if you have an AMG car, use a 3", if you have a non AMG car, use a 2.75 inch, as 3 inch will be too big.. and you will lose too much backpressure. as your compression is lower in the engine to start with..
2.5 inch is rated for 550 hp, anyways. so 2.75 inch is a little more refined sound,, and less loud which is why AMG probably chose that size for stock..
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