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Old 15-03-2009, 11:15 AM   #1
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Middle section tacked together



Full system as it was first made...note the rear dump.



New rear section with resonator and stainless tip




The first build was a straight down dump pipe, instead of the extra rear resonator. It sounded great, but was mucho drone. The rear resonator totally eliminated this, it's subtle, not loud, and it doesn't drone at ALL. Took a bit of fiddling to get it all where I was happy with it, but I'm glad I did it. Car is much more fun to drive now :P Not sure if it goes any better, if it does it'd be marginal, but it sure sounds better...

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Old 15-03-2009, 01:03 PM   #2
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nice work. anything would have to be better than the stock exhaust. hahaha
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Old 15-03-2009, 02:38 PM   #3
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Interestingly, the stock exhaust isn't too bad, all things considered. The pipe diam is pretty small, but probably not terrible. The most restrictive thing would be the main muffler, a good budget option would be to simply have that replaced with a free-flowing muffler.

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Old 16-03-2009, 10:11 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Mullett
Interestingly, the stock exhaust isn't too bad, all things considered. The pipe diam is pretty small, but probably not terrible. The most restrictive thing would be the main muffler, a good budget option would be to simply have that replaced with a free-flowing muffler.

-RM.

2.5" Mullett?
Mate can we expect a sound clip soon?

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Old 16-03-2009, 10:58 AM   #5
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A great way to spend any Saturday arvo in my books!

What diameter piping did you use? What about the S.S. tip?
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Old 16-03-2009, 01:39 PM   #6
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Yay! DIY FTW!

Nice tidy job too.
Did it line up with the original mounts?
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