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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 07:54 PM
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I'm thinking of changing my borla to a 4" mufflex system with a spintech muffler. I've heard that the spintech doesn't flow very well. Anyone know the flow of this system/muffler??? This will be on a heads/cam car.
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 08:04 PM
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I have the 3.5" spintec. It flows plenty. I get 12rwhp more from open headers. A 12hp loss for a entire y-pipe and cat back is pretty good.
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 08:10 PM
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Agreed 12 hp isn't much, I wonder how the 4" pipe will fit up over the axle?? Also I have slp LT's, who makes a Y pipe that will fit up to my SLP LT's and to the 4" mufflex?
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 01:55 AM
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The sound of the Spintech alone will make it worth your while. I've got a 4" setup with the dual exit Spintech and it sounds awesome. Didn't gain anything at the track when I ran open headers.
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 05:07 AM
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The 4" mufflex is a great setup with the spintek. I had mac headers and ORP and had to have the catback adjusted to keep from ratteling. When i did my QTP long tubes. I had the Y pipe made at a local shop, instead of trusting a aftermarket y pipe for fit. I had it done cheeper as well in 3.5 pipe. This is the best catback setup for the cost on the street. Its has a deep sound and is tollerable at idle. At WOT its sounds great..
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 12:07 PM
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I lost 25-30 RWHP and about the same amount of torque over open headers with the Spintech in place (on a G5X2 heads/cam car). Y-pipe is a one-off job made from stainless 3" into a Flowmaster collector that went into the Mufflex setup.

Replaced the 4" Spintech with a 5" Borla (had 4" to 5" adapters made) and gained back damn near all of the power I lost with the Spintech. My "muffled" numbers are down only 3 RWHP from my open header numbers.
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 12:17 PM
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My car went from 425rwhp with just an open pipe over the axle to 395rwhp with the 4" spintech muffler, the car also lost 35ftlb's of torque

I will agree with the others as far as how the car sounds, I love it
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Old Dec 22, 2003 | 01:09 PM
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does the mufflex with flowmaster perform better than the mufflex with spintech???
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I lost 20hp to a 3" splitcase spintech on my old catback setup.
The straight thru should flow a bit better though.
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I had the 4" spintech, and I loved the sound, but it wasn't loud enough for me. I wish I'd gutted the cats before I got rid of it, I'd have loved to heard what it sounded like.
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I wonder why some lose so much power and some dont?
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I lost 7rwhp only with the 4" spintech setup compaired to open headers on a 389hp cam only bolt on 01 car. Mufflex 4" system will support about 550hp.
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