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Old 01-10-2013, 04:39 PM
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I was bored with the stock exhaust so a friend of mine helped me do a muffler delete. I got 3" stainless pipe, stainless hanger and a 3" in dual 3.5" out tip. He TIG welded all of it then he used a 3" stainless band style clamp so I can change it out easy. It sounds really mean but has some loud drone around 1800-2000 like most v8s. I actually ran a turn down for a few days and that had less drone??!!
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Sounds cool to me!
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Thanks! I wonder if the design of the tip is causing some of the drone, that is my only complaint so far. Everyone at work thinks it sounds insane!
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Originally Posted by Dsblk93gt
Thanks! I wonder if the design of the tip is causing some of the drone, that is my only complaint so far. Everyone at work thinks it sounds insane!
hmm, i'm going to guess it has something to do with you not having a muffler??
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If you read my 1st post I was running a 3" turndown for 3 days before this was finished. It had less drone which was strange from my experience in other v8 cars or trucks. Normally a turndown is louder inside but it wasn't the case here. No need for the attitude like I'm a car newb when I also have a Mustang I built that runs 11.9 on street tires. I do have plenty of car knowledge. I may end up adding a resonator to knock the drone down some.
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Any loss of power?
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Originally Posted by Robbin545i
Any loss of power?
Not that I have noticed. I ran a 13.33 in the 1/4 and trapped as high as 108. I seem to have the fastest time for a stock or even lightly modded 545i.


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