MichaelSuch

B&B is a few hundred more and I won't see much gain between 2.5 and 3" unless I went forced induction. I doubt that will ever happen with this car. Price per HP is too pricey compared to other cars I own. I just want to get close/above 400whp.

TeamSorad

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I'm still deciding on what exhaust or if I should even buy an exhaust as there is conflicting information. I was looking at the magna exhaust also and I think I could do 600 but around 1k, doesn't seem worth it.

If the stock exhaust is so good why does anyone buy exhaust?

MichaelSuch

Sound, and each vender claims 15hp and 15-20ft lb torque. I'm sure there is a slight power gain with less restrictive mufflers and better X-pipe.

TeamSorad

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let me know what ebay seller you decide to go through, I am interested in getting as exhaust as well. Just tried offering a couple sellers around the 600 range and all got declined

DACTARI

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According to my exhaust guy, the stamped metal magnaflow x-pipe is not a great x-pipe. The cross-over is too sudden. It might even wind up with worse flow than the stock pipes. Honestly guys, magnaflow 2.5 inch is just a sound mod. Other tubing may be smoother and give you better flow while staying 2.5 inch, but not by much. If you are looking for a performance gain, changing up to 3 inch is really all that will do it.

That or dumps behind the headers.

MichaelSuch

Submitted a counter offer through performancepeddler_west for 650 and they came back with $660. Although they didn't seem to want to go through eBay. He said to call the 800 number. I'm guessing they didn't want to get stuck with the fees. I went to their website since I was at work and sent them an inquiry there for the Magnaflow 16637 exhaust (under Customer Service). Offer them $660 and they should take it.

http://performancepeddler.com/catalog/

I also have some UMI Motormounts on the way from ColoradoSpeed and I'll have HPTuners in a month.

Bacon

Buy the unpolished magnaflow muffers (same thing in the full cat-back) from Jegs for $80 each. Cut old mufflers out, weld in new ones with a couple of 45deg elbows from the auto store. Take the money you saved, and buy LT pacesetters for $450 and ditch the cats. Everything bolts right up (mostly) and itll get you a lot of bang for your buck. Leave the stock resonator/X. Drones a tad in 6th as others have said, but not bad at all.