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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Default American Racing Headers over the axle True-Duals!

So, I finally have some pics for you guys...
I picked the car up today and couldn't be happier with the final product

First and foremost, I want to thank Nick and the the guys @ American Racing Headers for the amazing work they did on my car, as well as Kara again for all of the pics!

The set-up is as follows:
-1 7/8" primary ARH headers w/o fittings to 3" x-pipe, neck down to 2 1/2" and into two Magnaflow bullets, up over the axle and into two more 2 1/2" ARH supplied bullets and out through dual tips which I supplied. The entire set-up is stainless steel and sounds great!

I really couldn't be happier with the fit/finish and sound, it's amazing!
The sound is very very clean, deep, refined and not loud and obnoxious, EXACTLY what I wanted and could have hoped for in every way!

The car feels totally different, it pulls like crazy and definitly picked up A LOT of rwhp! I'll be dropping the car back off for a tune on the next day available and post final #'s.


BTW, Car is FILTHY underneath as I got caught in some rain when dropping the car off, ugggghh!

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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:49 PM
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Great looking setup.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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Look good. What mufler are you using?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:51 PM
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tell 'em they're sitting on a goldmine if they'd mass-produce those things


looks awesome BTW - post some sound clips!
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 01:56 PM
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Thanks for all the compliments...don't compliment me though, praise them!
They did the amazing work!

Originally Posted by Black Sunshine/ 00SS
Look good. What mufler are you using?
2 Magnaflow bullets and 2 American Racing Header supplied bullets


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tell 'em they're sitting on a goldmine if they'd mass-produce those things
looks awesome BTW - post some sound clips!
To do it this nice and the right way something like this really should be done on an in-house case by case basis. I believe that's the only way for it to suite you perfectly and come out the best possible.

I'll get some sound clips asap...it started raining just as I got her in the garage
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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Badass man! Congrats. You're not worried about cats in NY?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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That's awesome! Looks like they did a nice a clean job! Can't wait to hear clips! How's the gound clearance.

This is the first time I have seen duals utilize 2 sets of mufflers. Speaking of which those really aren't bullets they are more of a tube muffler, much larger than regular bullets...I don't know what they're actually called, but I bet the sound is very refined. With that much muffling its got to be somewhat quiet when you're not on it, and nice and deep when you are on it.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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That is THE BEST TD setup I have EVER seen! Those welds are sick! Very nice sir, very nice! Get some sound clips up!
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:38 PM
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very nice, how much did all this cost u w/o the tips and headers?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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one of the cleanest ones i've seen.

If you dont mind, about what did that cost you?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 03:13 PM
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NICE!!!

Where is this place located?? If I ever do TDs, guess where I'm going. All 304, and I can even get turndowns instead of tips?! This is what makes the "case by case basis" more than worth it!
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B e a utiful there for a second i couldnt figure out what was going on after the x pipe, realized thats where the reducer is. bet it sounds nice...wanna sell it?? j/k
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Screamin_Z
very nice, how much did all this cost u w/o the tips and headers?
I bought my headers from ARH at the same time and had a pretty specific criteria.
Honestly, your best bet is to contact Nick @ American Racing Headers direct for pricing. It could vary quite a bit for different set-up's and goals such as cats vs. no cats, muffler choice, number of mufflers, etc.

You could PM me if you'd like for contact info


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NICE!!!

Where is this place located?? If I ever do TDs, guess where I'm going. All 304, and I can even get turndowns instead of tips?! This is what makes the "case by case basis" more than worth it!
American Racing Headers is located on Long Island, NY in Amityville.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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Sweet setup! Must sound beautiful
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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why did they use so many mufflers ?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 07:24 PM
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That looks incredible. I bet it cost a pretty penny too.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by oange ss
why did they use so many mufflers ?
he wanted a quieter exhaust. a bullet is not enough. he wanted to tone it down a bit and make sure the tone is clean and raspless. he didn't use cats so he had to make up for it somewhere.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 07:37 PM
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wow, that is one beautiful setup...they did some very nice work...
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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Do any of our sponsors sell these headers?
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:01 AM
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Looks amazing, I'm jealous.

1 question: Why did you get 1 7/8 instead of 1 3/4 when you weren't going to go 3" all of the way back?

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