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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Stoichiometric
Thanks for all the info mrr23, I was checkin this system out on your car before I ordered it. I noticed the dent right behind the cat on the passenger side when the factory manifolds and cats were on your wifes car, my car has the same dent. Does it come dented from the factory right there?? I don't see much of a gain in ground clearance to justify putting a dent in the pipe right there, is there another reason for this? Thanks again for the info.
yeah it's dented like that from the factory. don't know why either.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by jrp
whats the ground clearance like? this system has been around for a while and i never paid much attention to it, but i think it just might be the best option should i go the route im leaning.

anybody saying that this isnt a "dual" setup is a moron.

i measured the lowest point, which is the driver's front pipe at 4.5" from the ground.


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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by FAST LS1
I want true duals in stainless, but I don't like some of the drawback of this system.
I don't like that one pipe goes under the track bar, really wish they could have gotten both exhaust tubes over the PHB brace.
I don't like that the exhaust tube for the passengers side crosses back over in front of the muffler where you can see it.
It visually doesn't look good IMO, and should have been brought over behind the muffler like the Magnaflow setup uses.
Fucntion wise I bet it performs great, I just can't see spending all that money for something I wouldn't be totally happy with.

while the consensus seems the muffler is better to look at than a pipe, you can see here, they just couldn't get it around due to the panhard rod being in the way. abnd the s-pipe would be in the way as well. on the s-pipe piece, bassani wanted this to fit on the car without a need to modify the suspension of the car. maybe with a BMR upper panhard rod, you could then make a pipe to go in that direction. also, i think the real quick 90* bend it would take to get to the muffler might be another reason. the stainless pipe might be splitting. this i don't know for sure.

personally, i'm not crazy about the tips. but, i've never been a fan of 3" round chrome tips anyway. way played out.

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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 10:48 AM
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Man, that's alot of plumbing.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 11:42 AM
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JRP - Take a look at the picture posted by Stoichiometric; it's pretty low.

Mrr23 - How far back is the "X" located? I have a Spohn TA with a tunnel brace and was wondering if this system might work. Also, will it fit QTP LT's?

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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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My picture from the side is decieving. There is about 4.5" of ground clearance on my car as well. There is a curb behind my car that makes the pipe look real low. Here's a better pic
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Lane
Man, that's alot of plumbing.
as compared to what? your system, or any other, that stops before the axle? sure. compared to any other system out there that goes all the way out the back? i doubt much more. plus one muffler instead of two.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DrkPhx
Mrr23 - How far back is the "X" located? I have a Spohn TA with a tunnel brace and was wondering if this system might work. Also, will it fit QTP LT's?
the x-pipe comes right over where the tunnel brace goes. or, compared to the stock y-pipe, the 'x' is right where the y-pipe comes together at.

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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 06:06 PM
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very nice
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 08:39 PM
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hows the tq arm clearance, looks pretty good considering the placement the x-pipe. anythings gotta be better then my tsp duals, i cant wait to rip those ******* off. is all hardware included? i think i might get this muthafucka
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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one thing to remember. this system is design to fit to the stock 00-02 cats. so, just like me, you'll have to adapt to whatever headers you have. i was able to use what came with the kit to get it to hook to the bassani headers i have. other than that, all hardware is furnished. the rear hooks to all the factory locations the stock exhaust did.

http://www.stealthram.com/bassanidualexhaust.html look over the pics i took on the wife's car here.

my car here. has stock torque arm. http://www.stealthram.com/bassanidualexhaust.htm
if you have any questions, let me know.

and of course, when you do buy this, support the wonderful sponsor i got mine from :p http://www.vincihighperformance.com/...s1exhaust.html

after all, i did all the initial dyno and track testing.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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vhp, never heard of him

























im looking to run some c5 shorties so any adaptation will be custom, shouldnt be to hard though.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 09:16 PM
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nah, not for a smart guy like you.
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Old Jan 11, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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this looks like a very nice setup.. i may have to purchase this in the future
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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Two questions...

what was your powergain ( and supporting mods )

also - is anyone running this system with headers? and if so - what's the noise level like?
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by mrr23
as compared to what? your system, or any other, that stops before the axle? sure. compared to any other system out there that goes all the way out the back? i doubt much more. plus one muffler instead of two.
Not a knock on the system - it just looks a little 'busy' under there.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Lane
Not a knock on the system - it just looks a little 'busy' under there.
yeah, just gets 'busy' when going over the axle.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ghostintheshell
Two questions...

what was your powergain ( and supporting mods )
me or stoich?

Originally Posted by Ghostintheshell
also - is anyone running this system with headers? and if so - what's the noise level like?
i have headers on the wife's car. here's the sound clips. this is with the vinci 062 cam.

rev in park

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