2M exhaust installed!
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2M exhaust installed!
Installed a 2M exhaust on the C8 yesterday with my 10 year old daughter.
it took us 5hrs (1hr less than I was quoted and $1000 saved!)
Takeaways from the exhaust are:
Fitment is spot on
finish is fantastic, welds are really nice
It’s loud! The cold start hits you in your chest but it’s ok at idle
it can be loud in the cabin at certain RPMs but cruising at normal speeds in the correct gear produced virtually no drone.
Lots of bangs and pops - whip crack on the 1-2 and 2-3 shift.
It sounds mean!!
highly recommend for anyone looking at an exhaust at a phenomenal price.
it took us 5hrs (1hr less than I was quoted and $1000 saved!)
Takeaways from the exhaust are:
Fitment is spot on
finish is fantastic, welds are really nice
It’s loud! The cold start hits you in your chest but it’s ok at idle
it can be loud in the cabin at certain RPMs but cruising at normal speeds in the correct gear produced virtually no drone.
Lots of bangs and pops - whip crack on the 1-2 and 2-3 shift.
It sounds mean!!
highly recommend for anyone looking at an exhaust at a phenomenal price.
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May 6, 2024, 01:17 PM
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Just the cat back. For $1000 you can’t go wrong.
For me, it was a no brainer since I didn’t have the performance exhaust. If you want to retain the stock valve control, I get why you’d explore other options.
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Hey, what's it like in "D" @ 20mph, 3rd gear .. and V4 mode kicks in?? I ask because I debated for a while on which exhaust to get. I went with the MBRP mainly because I liked the carbon fiber tips, and because I wanted all the bangs and burbles I could get, and was a bit concerned the built in resonators might muffle them a bit? I'm happy with what I bought, but am pretty sure I'd have been happy with the 2M as well. My only issue is that low speed, 3rd gear, V4 mode kick in .. which sounds like $#*+. V4 at highway speeds is perfectly fine though. I find myself using Manual Mode to avoid that 3rd gear, low speed V4 mode.
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Hey, what's it like in "D" @ 20mph, 3rd gear .. and V4 mode kicks in?? I ask because I debated for a while on which exhaust to get. I went with the MBRP mainly because I liked the carbon fiber tips, and because I wanted all the bangs and burbles I could get, and was a bit concerned the built in resonators might muffle them a bit? I'm happy with what I bought, but am pretty sure I'd have been happy with the 2M as well. My only issue is that low speed, 3rd gear, V4 mode kick in .. which sounds like $#*+. V4 at highway speeds is perfectly fine though. I find myself using Manual Mode to avoid that 3rd gear, low speed V4 mode.
I’ll try all modes in D at 20-25mph
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I ran this exhaust on my '23 stingray for 5,000 miles. Loved it. Zero complaints for the money, however, at 5k miles it had blown out the small resonator/mufflers and the internal cores had big holes in them. Don't expect it to last forever. I changed it out for a Milltek system. I do drive my cars hard.
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I ran this exhaust on my '23 stingray for 5,000 miles. Loved it. Zero complaints for the money, however, at 5k miles it had blown out the small resonator/mufflers and the internal cores had big holes in them. Don't expect it to last forever. I changed it out for a Milltek system. I do drive my cars hard.
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when I first drove the new installed Fabtech exhaust, I let it run in v4 for a test, worst sound ever, drive mine in M 100% of the time
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Thanks for the review of the exhaust. For $1K, compared to systems that costs many times more, it does sound like a bargain.