Just got mine catback installed today. I am very impressed w/the quality and please with the "deep" exhaust sound from it. It's stock quiet at idle...no droning sounds at any RMPs except when accelerate hard. With the Injen intake and this catback setup, the sounds were just very satisfactory to the ears. As in any gains in power, I notice some but the sound and looks alone were enough to be satisfied.

There should not be any fitment issues (I was watching through the installation process). Since I had the SFC's stage 2 installed, my installer had to put spacer between the underbody cross member for cleareance. FYI: The exhaust system is still currently on sale for $440 shipped. Be the first 20 people to benefit from this great deal!

 

Thanks for sharing

So there's no drone at all? If you're just cruising around and/or casually accelerating from a stop - is it loud at all or only when you go WOT?

 

there's no additional sound at all to the exhaust? no drones or mones? wow.

please take of pictures and post them up, so we can all see what it looks like

 

no droning/moning at cruising speed...very quiet exhaust for an aftermarket piece, IMO. Sorry, I do not own a digital camera. Go to their website and check it out.

 

any pics after the install?

 

http://www.frankencar.com/products/5...aust/index.htm

They look nice in those pics. They should have the wav file on the website before they put all of those pics on there IMHO.

 

I love the setup. What kind of tailight bulbs do these look like?

 

I think it's just the reflection from the flash. Look at the pic of this AE Max.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/282588/10

 

You're an auto also, right?

 

yes,

1234

 

VMaximus02,

where is the before-after dyno, yo?


~limsandy

 

Have you measured the diameter of the exhaust tips yet?

 

I also too have the Frankencar exhaust. It is all that. I have had three different mufflers installed before hand to try and get that droning out, but this exhaust by far is the quitest, perhaps quiter than the stock at idle. I will go to track and see if I lost or gained any with this exhaust. Max se auto 1/4 mi.= 14.4 @ 97mph.

 

must be nice to get something from frankencar!!

they suck!!!!

 

Why, are you still waiting for your Intake from them? LOL

limsandy,
I had never dyno my car...and probably not in the near future. Like I had mentioned before, I did noticed some power increases but that wasn't really my goal for this setup. I bought it for the looks/sounds/and for the stainless steel material of the exhaust system for durability.

 

hey
im gettin dyno done with the exhaust ont uesday hopefully with steve.. so we'll get you guys the numbers..

o have to say fitment was good..
there is liek no additional sound what so ever...
kinda odd.. im use to sound hahaha.. its just as quiet as stock.. theres no low rumble at all...
also it seems to have made my intake sound alot louder.. hmmm but i know the exhaust isnt making any sounds cuz all the sound is coming from infront of the passenger car..

my butt dyno says i gained some HP and TQ.. i had 6 people in my car last night and i was accelerating pretty well in 6th gear last night...

this exhaust is pretty nice!
Pics soon... sound clip soon also..

 

Cool, I love the sound of this exhaust system. Mine was very quiet even at highway speed (80mph) no noises from the back except for the intake noise when pressed. One thing I noticed was that my installer installed the b-pipe backward. He bolted the resonator side right off the cat...which was why I had clearance issue before. But I think I like this setup better 'cause I believe it quiet down the exhaust coming out from the cat before exit to the muffer section. This will definately help control the noise for my future mods for the free-flow cat. and y-pipe.

 

yes I am still waiting and don't like it one bit

 

im pretty sure there either polarg m6's or the PIAA ones..definitly not from the camera flash

 

How can you be so sure it's not from the flash? Look at the license plate glare.

 

I personally can tell it's not from the flash. I had the PIAA's before myself:

 

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/282588/10

These tails look the same.

 

Wait, are we talking about the blue reverse lights or the flash on the reflectors?

 

Refer to post number 7 in this thread. He was asking about the tail lights.

 

Dave was asking which taillight bulbs, normally that would mean the back-up lights since you can't see the bulbs behind the red reflectors.

 

Tail lights are tail lights and backup lights are backup lights. He did not mention backup lights in his post. he could have been talking about all of the bulbs in the assembly but he did not specify backup light bulbs.

 

He was talking about the actual tail-lights, which are the 2 complete units of lights in your, you guessed it, tail lights (what else do you call them, back headlights?). So I am sure that he was referring to the red/orange stripe effect, which is caused by the flash of the camera.

 

I agree with you maximadave, nothing like an OEM looking setup.

 

If you look closly at the directions on the Frankencar exhaust you can see on the photo of the resonator a tag , It says Mussa performance. From what I hear Mussa is a top notch race team and there products are very pricey. This is one of the reasonably priced exhaust for $440 shipped. By the way do's anyones exhaust tips have the Frankencar logo?? I have one on each tip. nice touch.

 

yup, my tips have the logo too. I noticed a burning smell since the installation. Is the the gasket that is seating/burning from the pipe's connection?

 

the burning smell eventually will go away- its common w/ stainless steel exhaust mods

 

thanks for the response!

 

I was just wondering if the14.4 is with stock or do you have work done to your car. I would imagine that you have to have something good done to your auto to get these times at 97 mph.

 

Those are the 2k1 stock tail lights. They have 3 reflectors inside the red lens. The 2k2 only has 1 reflective strip.

 

WTF... I haven't even received mine. it's been 2 weeks. I called twice and no response.

Did you guys get e-mail confirmations immediately?

 

installed mine.. and now everytime i go over bumps i get this awfull clanking and when i looked under the car.. the b pipe hangs lower than the rear beam..

is anyones install liek that? and did u have clanking? if so how did u fix it?

i just brought it back to get the hangars bent alittle ot make it stop clanging...

 

did u installed it yourself? The two metal clams included in the package are for adjusting the hanger at the muffler section. Wrap them around the rubber hanger and tighten them up for clearance.

 

i didn't use the clamps because i liked how the muffler sat when i looked at my car...

 

... Frankencar catback.........

sound clip would be nice. im actually really interest in this.

 

What about this dual exhaust from CustomMaxima?
http://www.custommaxima.com/DualExhaust.php
Check out the sound clips.