Put my ebay exhaust on and what a PITA it was. Had to cut the bolts with a dremel then drill the studs out ughhhhh. All while doing it on the ground with a crappy 2.5 ton jack. Then after i got all of that done, i had trouble swingin the big azz flange thru the back above the axle. Had to get a big floor jack from an OG around the corner so i could jack the rear end up high enough to swing it thru...lol anyway car sounds decent fits pretty good and i must say i can really feel the power difference! I can only imagine how the 3 inchers run! (mine is 2.5) Just wanted to share with everyone!!!

 

what did you get? throw up some pics or a link. I remember when i got my muffler i had a hard time getting the new pipe over the axle too. I also remember having to use a sawzall to get the old bolts off they had rusted away and there wasn't anything to get a socket on

 

Awesome, but I hoped you used jackstands. If not, use them. They will save your life. Period.

Soundclips?

 

Stenholm, what other mods you have?

 

I don't see jack stands mentioned anywhere. That's a great recipe for disaster.

IMO the only way you're going to be able to feel power gains with a catback is if you already have headers... Maybe your butt dyno takes sound into account when calculating power, eh?

Otherwise, with no description of what catback it is or any pictures, this thread gets a from me.

 

agreedd ^^ when i installed my 2.5 frankencar catback i didnt feel any power gains just mostly sound and i dont have headers.

 

did you loose any low & mid range tourqe when you installed your frankencar catback?? Because i was very lucky to find a frankencar catback exhaust, i didnt install yet but my main concern is i dont want to loose my low end tourqe.. also how do you like the exhaust noise wise? quiet? loud? drone? hows it sound inside the car? ( im a 6 speed aswell)

 

i just put my eBay exhaust on Thursday and am loving it. only cost me $130 plus 2 hangers at $4 each. i also had the same two problems with ground clearance with the muffler and had to drill out the bolts on the rear cat. I used ramps and the height was just right. drone around 25000 rpm but u can fix that by downshifting into overdrive.

here is a pic

 

if you max revs to 25000 rpms i am sooooooooo pissed i got screwed because mine redlines at about 6300 rpms and to have one that goes to 25000 is unbeliveable!!!!

 

hahahaha, I had the same clearence issue, no biggie, I took that fart can off and got a nice dual tip put on.

 

haha oops u know what i mean with the "2500" rpm's

Do u have a pic of this "nice" dual tip cause i dont like the fart can look after 3 days of having it on. i may steal your idea. where did u get it from??

 

also today just out driving i hear a rattling and i think its coming from where it goes over the rear axle. anyone else having this problem?

 

i got the same muffer, i hear it but i think its near the cat, but make sure you polish it with turtle wax pa weather sucks

 

true need to do that early, but ur saying that ur rattling is near the rear cat in ur case?

 

Not much just a ghetto intake(ya know Maf adapter and Cone filter) Got the exhaust now, HID healights and fogs, Blacked out headlights, smoked corners..got maxspeed springs just need to install them waiting to order the struts for my bday and my flex is on its way out so i will be ordering a Cattman Y soon.

 

Ill take some pics the next day its not rainin...

 

EDIT: double post by accident...site bein funny

 

Of course i used jack stands...seen a lot of people get hurt pretty bad when the dont use them. I actually keep the jack preloaded also just incase! As far as pics and soundclips..idk how to do soundclips and the pics look just like incubusjohnny. I do agree i dont like the fart can on the back but ill change that eventually. Now as far as power goes...idk if my factory exhaust had something wrong with it or not but b4 i could stuff it in 1st and the car would just hold traction and go, but now if i mash it it breaks traction all day. And when i shift into second it burns tire...idk but i love it

 

im getting the same catback in 3 weeks good to know what i have to look forward to lol what seller did u guys use?

 

Ill have to get back to you on that seeing how i got mine for christmas on the wifes ebay account so im not 100 percent sure...but i bet they are all mostly the same

 

okk thanks man! im sure that the catbacks are all pretty close in similarity

 

i used miragepower2008 and no problems. cheapest i could find too. good luck man/woman ha

 

thanks i looked that seller doesnt currently have one for the max. im a dude lol

 

I went with the ILOVETACOTACO $129.99 shipped eBay exhaust (4.5" tip) and have no fitment issues, no clanking or clunking. I also bought a 4.5" $9.99 silencer from eBay and it definately helps with the 2500 RPM drone...

 

yeah unfortunatly mine is the 4 inch tip, good side is it came with the silencer, the olny issue i have is that one of the flanges is touching the sheild underneath, i was goinf to cut away at the shield with tin snips but its not maikng any noise so i might just leave it.....Nismopc i remember seeing you post that somewhere and thought it so sooooo funny ..the sellers name hahahaha

BTW i used Cobalt drill bits and it drilled thru the old studs really well...just a little heads up to anyone doing this on their own!

 

A where can I get one of those Frankencar Exhaust or B-pipe from? I always here people talking about them I would rather Cattman but damn the price but if worst comes to it I will get it but looking for cheaper options!!

 

Ebay, not this exact one but similar

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Insig...item4149c7d70e

 

I'll post pics tomorrow.

 

good **** thanks

 

ha this would have been good to know before i broke my first tip and almost lost an eye. still made it through with what i had tho

 

you just get tips or use that muffler

 

Yeah your butt dyno is working pretty good then cause Frankencar catbacks were very restrictive and lost power!

 

TACO!!! TACO!!!

I bought a cobalt tip AFTER I installed the exhaust. I still need to redrill the holes bigger. I was so frustrated that by the time the drill made the holes with smaller bit, I just went with the size hole it made and found some small nut/bolt combo in my parts bin.

I want to install same size as OEM studs as soon as possible to prevent slippage and/or leaking.

 

are they really that restrictive? because i have a catback setup that i didnt install yet. do you think im better of with the stock exhaust?

 

Now that is not a bad looking muffler. way better than what came with the catback!!!! Eventually im going to change it!

 

Yep, that's what I got on it. The entire muffler not just tips.

 

Use stainless steel hose clamps.

 

uhh i know what exhuast u have now yea man post some clips i wanna hear it i was gone to buy it ibut i didn't think it was going to sound good if sounds okay then i might buy it

 

I bought the same exhaust and it sounds nice! definately better than i expected. I dont have a video of mine but another thread on here had one. heres the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwgwSksQ1OU

 

sounds better than greddy evo exhaust for sure