I like the new sound better. 
PYPES users reviews?
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My Band Clamps are not on tight so the mufflers are loose and crooked, I am working on getting everything straight before i clamp it all down, so I'll fix that tonight. Nothing was changed except the exhaust
Pypes w/Hi Flow Cats Idle
Magnaflow w/ No cats idle
The exhaust note is really softened by the Cats on the Pypes, the Magnaflow is more rumbly, but I have no cats on the Magnaflows.
Pypes w/Hi Flow Cats Idle
Magnaflow w/ No cats idle
The exhaust note is really softened by the Cats on the Pypes, the Magnaflow is more rumbly, but I have no cats on the Magnaflows.
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Thanks guys, I think the drone will be non existent as well,,
In the Magnaflow video, one side of the exhaust isplugged in one tube on each of the Magnaflow mufflers and it is that loud and the drone was bad unless I plugged 1/2 of each muffler with Stainless Steel Wool
In the Magnaflow video, one side of the exhaust isplugged in one tube on each of the Magnaflow mufflers and it is that loud and the drone was bad unless I plugged 1/2 of each muffler with Stainless Steel Wool
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DUDE, its a tight squeeze under there, but my cat setup has ample clearance all the way around for air flow, the bottom of my tunnel has DEI reflector attached to it with small/short sheet metal screws, so heat should not be a problem.
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Update
OK, when I put my Pypes cats on and had the car tuned, I dropped @ 25 TQ/HP based on my previous dyno, unfortunately, the dyno results were from 2 different dynos,, everyone says, "you'll drop @ 5 hp/TQ" well, mine "might have or might not have" dropped more because of the 2 different dyno results
so I bought a crank trigger and I will tune the car with FAST sequential injection and with the cats and have it dynoed.
Also, I bought a new X pipe and will dyno the car with FAST sequential and NO cats for a comparison...
My hope is that the Sequential tuning will reduce the smell from valve overlap and allow me to run with no cats as well, and potentially pick up some HP/TQ to get back to where I thought I was.
My car is being painted so I don't have the car and dont anticipate getting it back until mid next week at the earliest, then I will mount the crank sensor and phase the crank and rotor and begin the tune I expect this to be finished by the end of July if my business lets up some
to be continued.....
OK, when I put my Pypes cats on and had the car tuned, I dropped @ 25 TQ/HP based on my previous dyno, unfortunately, the dyno results were from 2 different dynos,, everyone says, "you'll drop @ 5 hp/TQ" well, mine "might have or might not have" dropped more because of the 2 different dyno results
so I bought a crank trigger and I will tune the car with FAST sequential injection and with the cats and have it dynoed.
Also, I bought a new X pipe and will dyno the car with FAST sequential and NO cats for a comparison...
My hope is that the Sequential tuning will reduce the smell from valve overlap and allow me to run with no cats as well, and potentially pick up some HP/TQ to get back to where I thought I was.
My car is being painted so I don't have the car and dont anticipate getting it back until mid next week at the earliest, then I will mount the crank sensor and phase the crank and rotor and begin the tune I expect this to be finished by the end of July if my business lets up some
to be continued.....
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Had my pypes system installed today, finally got rid of the ten year old B&B droners. I still have a smile on my face. I'm running TPIS headers into a 3" X-pipe into the 2.5" Pypes system, no cats. Sounds great.
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OK, I pulled the cats off and installed a FAST Crank Trigger for better fuel smell tuning with Sequential Cylinder tune.
1. No I don't have a before and after with dual exhaust w/cats and Bank To Bank and without Cats.
Dyno info coming soon.
1. No I don't have a before and after with dual exhaust w/cats and Bank To Bank and without Cats.
Dyno info coming soon.