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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:18 pm 
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The exhaust is goooooone on my EL XR6, it is $170 for the middle section to be replaced, and there was an offer of $400 for a new "sports" system.

What is the general concensus on exhausts for these cars.
I do not want it to sound cheap and tinnie like some cars do with try hard exhausts.

Thanks.......

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:24 pm 
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you can get a cat back 2.5" exhaust for less than 300 bucks if you look. dont pay more

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:31 pm 
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do a search and do some reading way too many topics on this already. there's evenb stickies.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:34 pm 
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Well that sounds very cheap. I am certainly keen to just replace the lot if it only that much.
Where do I go for such a great deal? - but I do however wonder if this sort of exhaust will make the car sound cheap and nasty............

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:36 pm 
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Fair call - I will do a search. Thanks! I am new to this and so am a little lost - but not for long!!!


OK - sorted!!!!!!

 

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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:02 pm 
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I got 2.5" cat back with twin mufflers and tip for $410.
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:57 am 
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Dont worry most of the brand name cat backs dont sound cheap. Well not when they are on a 4.0L power house... maybe they would on a 3.8L V6 ;) (The dreaded v6 with lound exhaust that sounds like a dying cow disease)

My Berklee system makes my car sound like it has some serious balls.

 

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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:13 pm 
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:09 pm 
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lol thats a dirty call lol.

ok when u go and tell the exhaust guy what u want just say this.

i want a 2.5 inch mandrel bent mild steel cat back exhaust with a single straight through muffler and a resinaitor ither redback or luckey , then say ive been to ther places and they all are around 290,280 instaled what price can you give me.

and this wont sound cheap , but if u want it sounding better get a diffrent cam , and if u get the cam u might as well change your hi flow cat and your headers ( extractors ).

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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:07 pm 
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dude get some headers and hi flow cat and a 2.5 system all the way through without the rear resonator and a 3" dup tip and u will be set
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:36 pm 
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I picked up a mild steel 2.5" cat-back exhaust in Adelaide for $320 all up. Included two straight through mufflers and a rear resonator, plus angled tip to fit standard cutout at rear of EL bumper.

It's plenty loud enough for me (I actually wouldn't have minded it being a little quieter) but doesn't have any drone or resonance, which is beaut. Dropped my 0-100 km/h time by 0.8s :D

I wouldn't recommend anything less than two mufflers and a resonator unless you don't intent doing country driving, as I did a 2500 km round trip to the snow in August and it would have been annoying if it were much louder.

 

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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:36 pm 
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Yep i know all about that drone :(
My car drones more now with the cam.

 

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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:13 pm 
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I am thinking of going stainless steel on my baby - 2.5" - ooh yeah!

 

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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:32 am 
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Thank you all. I have a sound perception of what I should do.

Cheers!

I have recently purchased my EL XR6 5speed and love "Falconing" for the first time, a brilliant ride and a great daily driver. :D

 

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EskyCosworth wrote:
Thank you all. I have a sound perception of what I should do.

Cheers!

I have recently purchased my EL XR6 5speed and love "Falconing" for the first time, a brilliant ride and a great daily driver. D
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