The Only Exhaust Thread You Should Ever Post In

[k.huston]

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OP:
Sunday I am completly replacing the stock exhaust from the block back so I figured I'd start a post showing what we do and the finished results. I'm going with:

DC Ceramic 4-2-1 Headers
Magnaflow High-Flow Cat
APEXi WS2 Catback

I'll post pictures and details once it's done with help from Tim and Dom.

[timot_one]

I'll make sure to bring my camera so we can both take pics.  Can't wait to tackle this project on Sunday.

[Abailey4]

Sounds like a nice Sunday project. You're gonna love the difference.

[k.huston]

So after three and a half hours on a Sunday afternoon, tons of PB Blaster, grunting and groaning, a snow squall, a few swears and Tim's delicious homemade pico de gallo, I have a completely new performance exhaust from the headers back.

Here are the box of goodies. The APEXi came straight from Japan a few days ago and the headers were replace by the awesome DC rep (due to the quality issue I reported in another thread).


These are all the parts laid out for mock up.


Here is a before shot with the OEM exhaust


Tim is shooting everything with PB Blaster here.


We decided it was best to drop the entire exhaust from the flex pipe back. There was so much corrosion from 130k miles and New England winters




Tim and Dom helping me finish up


The finished product






The difference is amazing! It feels like I have stopped driving through mud I didn't even know I was in. It's sound nice and throaty and when you open it up it gets aggressive but with mid range tone. Nothing tinny about it. It won't get cop attention unless I'm jamming on the throttle. I highly recommend APEXi!

Thanks to Tim and Dom for all the help again!!

[timot_one]

Dope!!  I have to post my pics when I have a spare moment.  It was definitely fun doing the install yesterday, but I'm pretty sure that the moisture and quick temperature drop is what gave me this cold.  Good times though.

[Milan]

Sound clips!!!

[rocketstarter]

+1 cause I HATE my WSll. but that might be cause I still have a stock cat and header. does the idle sound farty right at the muffler? mine sounds really airy [nicer word for farty i guess] at part throttle. only time I like it is at WOT

[k.huston]

does the idle sound farty right at the muffler? mine sounds really airy [nicer word for farty i guess] at part throttle. only time I like it is at WOT

I don't think it sounts airy or farty. It's a nice low resonating tone. (I idle at aprox 800) Almost a tone that you feel in your chest.

I'm addicted to the tone change as it opens up around 3500 and unfortunatly has me going faster down certian roads than I probably should be!!

I'll put up sound/video clips as soon as I can.

[rocketstarter]

please do. Your description has left me teary eyed =[

[v6sicksspeed]

nice - looks much improved from stock.  im sure you can feel it breathing a lot better.  get some sound clips up!

[timot_one]

Funny thing is that we thought about that.  Since all 3 of us doing the install had recording equipment (at least I think Keith does), we considered running a long cable from Dom's studio out to where we were working.  I may bring my laptop, DAW, and stereo mic to work one day to get a few sound clips.

[rocketstarter]

I'd be in your debt forever Tim

[suleman_manji]

I'm kinda torn between two resonators (both from vibrant but ones shorter/fatter and the other is the bottle style)


http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/p ... cts_id=291

or


http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/p ... ucts_id=46



Which one would sound better (i know this is a very vague question until I actually get one). Honestly I don't know much about which resonator would work better (sound wise) with my set-up but from my understanding shorter/fatter would do more of a job of sound dampening [could be wrong; HORRIBLY wrong haha]


What is everyone's opinion? If anyone has any other suggestion feel free to post it (never really liked the idea of having a resonator on an aftermarket/custom exhaust but this high-end rasp/backfire is aggravating me)

[timot_one]

It really depends.  I don't think that a shorter fatter resonator will make it quieter though.

[Mike]

The shape of resonators generally doesn't make a differance in sound dampening, its more the internal composition of them.