beauphus

I was sick of it the day I put it in. It actually sounds good in person, just too loud for my taste. A lot of people are into that.

What I am really curious about is how it wouldve sounded if I did the exact same setup with 2.75 diameter piping. Is the volume attributed more to pipe size or removal of cats???

Zod

[QUOTE=beauphus;4185426]I was sick of it the day I put it in. It actually sounds good in person, just too loud for my taste. A lot of people are into that.

What you have to understand is the CLS mufflers are way louder then the E. So going by E standards are not always good. Trust me u will miss the sporty yet refined sound of the stock system if u go too loud.

I would get the cats back on, as this should help with 2 things sound/smell. You do not want to be getting out of the car only for some one to say waaa your car is fuming something nasty at the back!

let me put it this way. Car with shortis, 1 set of cats and mufflers is still very loud. You have LT's and no cats and straight pipes lol..God help the people you live next to is all I can say

p.s u sort out 3rd to 4th shifting?

dyno

i think that pipe diameter is what determines the sound wave amplitude, so it sounds more throaty in medium and lower frequencies (i.e. those we perceive mostly even at lower volume levels);
cats act as mufflers, therefore they lowers the volume level, but they are less efficient al lowering the volume of lower frequencies !)
the combination of both factors is ... what you've got

Ohbev

What kind of headers does the slr use are they the same as are e55's or larger what are they like

dyno

quite different .. something similar to a horn-like shape.

but believe me, no room at all in our bay so forget about them

Ohbev

I know i just looked them up. they area a wired shap lol

komp55

Will they install on an E? Anyone done this? Sounds like the best of both worlds - better sound and factory appearance.

dyno

yes, weird .. from the technical picture and from real, seem quite the same for both E and CLS

but indeed CLS has different part numbers ..

Nasty50-Five

Shot a couple of vids tonight with the help of my brother so you could hear the exhaust. The camera is sh*tty so the sound aint that great, sorry it's the best I could do for now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSM8fTSpHdU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRLZfJx4Gg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUOju656A1o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zzvK8MQjHo

Nasty50-Five

Couple of pics.

Zod

internal design is different Dyno

MOR8A

Many many thanks for doing that. That is very kind of you.

Car looks great by the way.

dyno

yes, maybe they just drilled a few holes in the U pipe inside - LOL