Show your mufflers

[e30trooper]

I know its lame lol , Stock eta dual piping from headers to cat and res. after that 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 some cheapo muller to dual 2 inch tips . Sounds great , Load at low rpms and smooths out up top. Not bad for 25 bux and i will change the tips soon.





shitty vid, picks up to much wind sound, the muffler is much louder

[Good & Tight]

3 chambered magnaflow 2" 1/2 inlet outlet with a 3" turn down tip.





3" down pipe into high flow 3" cat.



Very quiet at highway speeds no droning at all and quiet at idle.

[ethrty]

not to everyones taste, but inspired by the Schnitzer 850CSi. i would put another muffler on the otherside (connected up of course) but im not butchering my genuine tech2 kit :D

[dnova89]

Hey everyone I need some help with my exhaust. Right now I have a stock m20 and everything is stock. I wanted to get a stromung cat-back just to make my car sound a lil better. Though first I need to pinpoint the exhaust leak, because if it's not leaking after the cat then it'll still sound like shit right? haha. If it is indeed leaking somewhere past the cat, then I'll opt for a stromung cat-back. I was wondering however, would it be better to just save up and get a complete exhaust from the headers all the way down? I want to keep this a street-legal car so I definitely need to have a cat.

If I got the stromung, would I still be able to piece together a very nice exhaust later on while still incorporating that stromung cat-back? I see someone in the earlier pages has done just this. I'm not really looking for any performance gains, I just want my car to sound bad-ass when the revs climb, but I don't want any droning on the highway.

I was thinking maybe to just get the stromung cat-back and leave everything else along until I get a swap next year, in which case I can sell the stromung and then piece together an exhaust for the new motor. At least by that point I should know a bit more about exhausts, I'm still pretty much a newbie right now. If I could get a nice-sounding cat-back without droning for around $400 that would be kick-ass, however I couldn't really find anything cheaper than a stromung that most people said is still enjoyable//not annoying on the freeway.

Any advice appreciated. I've also been considering just keeping my exhaust stock until I go through with the engine swap next year for the sake of saving money, but my exhaust sounds like total shit right now. It almost sounds like a turbo at high revs haha.. but at normal speeds it sounds like shit, should I just fix the leak and forget an aftermarket cat-back?

[evoe46m3]

[quote=e30polak;1909355]OBD1 s52, with eBay SS headers > Flowmaster y-pipe > 2.5" piping > Borla muffler (not an XR-1) > 2.5" piping > 2.5" Vibrant Street Power muffler.


I am curious what model Borla muffler you are running in the center. Pro XS ? why didnt you run the XR-1 ? was it still too loud ?

[e30polak]

The Borla will improve the sound of the Stromung. I run the same muffler with my Vibrant out back, and it sounds great!

[JRKOUPE]

muff

got it...keep us posted.

[Brew]

so you are going..... dual>single> dual?.... I guess you want to keep your dual cat back set up.


Why spend so much for a center reso ( borla xr1)? I know I asked this before on another car....seems like a bit of a waste...I mean a flowmaster...borla turbo, etc would be alot cheaper...no?....


Ive always felt w/ a custom exhaust, for a car that is tracked, a single 2.5 (or up to 3) is the way to go...much lighter....but I can understand you laid out cash for a cat back that you want to run


cant wait to hear it...and hear about how it feels above 5k...

btw...


wheRE are your sourcing the Vibrant Y pipe?..

There are definitely other options for the center muffler but I went with the Borla because I know its a quality piece and it has the perfect dimensions for the center section of the exhaust.

I had ordered the collector and all my piping from thmotorsports.com but I called this morning and cancelled the collector as I want to wait to see exactly what size I need for the ebay headers.

I can always remove the Stromung cat-back further down the road and replace with a single pipe and muffler if I feel so inclined, but I've already spent enough money on the car this month and I've got way too many projects going on.

[nando]

I was looking for a decent y-merge a while back, I couldn't find anyone actually selling the Vibrant ones either.

[JRKOUPE]

Oh well, I guess I'll just be different. 2.75" should be plenty sufficient for my motor.

so you are going..... dual>single> dual?.... I guess you want to keep your dual cat back set up.


Why spend so much for a center reso ( borla xr1)? I know I asked this before on another car....seems like a bit of a waste...I mean a flowmaster...borla turbo, etc would be alot cheaper...no?....


Ive always felt w/ a custom exhaust, for a car that is tracked, a single 2.5 (or up to 3) is the way to go...much lighter....but I can understand you laid out cash for a cat back that you want to run


cant wait to hear it...and hear about how it feels above 5k...

btw...


wheRE are your sourcing the Vibrant Y pipe?..

[nando]

yeah it's probably fine. but just so you know for next time. ;)

[Brew]

Oh well, I guess I'll just be different. 2.75" should be plenty sufficient for my motor.

[nando]

Nah, I think 3" is too big for my motor and will be too loud. 2.75" is just about ideal and well matched to the Stromung cat-back I already own. The only real size change is going up 1/4" into the Borla muffler, which should be just fine from everything I've been reading.

everyone thinks that, but they are wrong.

the stock size is about equivalent to a single 2.5". 3" is a decent upgrade, and with proper mufflers/resonators/cat, it won't be loud at all.

I have the same borla muffler BTW, it sounds pretty good.

[FredK]

why so many size changes?

He likes welding.

jk

I don't think my exhaust is too loud, and it's 3".

[Brew]

why so many size changes? you can lose a lot of velocity with all those changes. I would have made it 3" from the Y-merge back and be done with it.

Nah, I think 3" is too big for my motor and will be too loud. 2.75" is just about ideal and well matched to the Stromung cat-back I already own. The only real size change is going up 1/4" into the Borla muffler, which should be just fine from everything I've been reading.