Hi, Guest
08-04-2011, 09:56 PM
So, revelations after yesterday's visit to one of the best custom exhaust houses in North Bay:
Subsonic has what equates to a Magnaflow axle-back. Actually, not sure if it was a custom build or if that was an actual offering, but there's no way that the pipe between the cat/flex and the Magnaflow was also stainless.
That said section of rusty pipe and resonator (or so it looked) sounds really fuckin solid when it hit the shop floor. Solid as in clogged, not solid as in good.
Jay at Security Muffler did a wicked, wicked job on the car. I was in and out in 20 minutes. Cut old pipe, weld in new pipe. It's aluminized, but that doesn't bother me as the car will never see snow / salt again.
The sound? ANGRY. Group N rally car angry. What's more, EVERY SINGLE HESITATION OR DEAD SPOT FOR POWER DELIVERY IS AS FAR GONE AS THE OLD PIPE. I can pull to the limiter in each gear in a disgustingly good and hard fashion. All of my misconceptions about the Zetec's power band are thusly wiped away.
In fact, that section of pipe was likely my biggest hold-back the car had for performance. I could have left on the stock manifold and cat and still made more power after removing that pipe.
I'll post a vid when I get time to make one. For now, I'm really enjoying the car. The clutch break-in period is done. With the Spec clutch and everything else, it chirps 1-2 HARD and even chirps 2-3. Just needs an intake for now and I might even forego the high-compression build for a while - it's that much more fun after the exhaust fix.
Subsonic has what equates to a Magnaflow axle-back. Actually, not sure if it was a custom build or if that was an actual offering, but there's no way that the pipe between the cat/flex and the Magnaflow was also stainless.
That said section of rusty pipe and resonator (or so it looked) sounds really fuckin solid when it hit the shop floor. Solid as in clogged, not solid as in good.
Jay at Security Muffler did a wicked, wicked job on the car. I was in and out in 20 minutes. Cut old pipe, weld in new pipe. It's aluminized, but that doesn't bother me as the car will never see snow / salt again.
The sound? ANGRY. Group N rally car angry. What's more, EVERY SINGLE HESITATION OR DEAD SPOT FOR POWER DELIVERY IS AS FAR GONE AS THE OLD PIPE. I can pull to the limiter in each gear in a disgustingly good and hard fashion. All of my misconceptions about the Zetec's power band are thusly wiped away.
In fact, that section of pipe was likely my biggest hold-back the car had for performance. I could have left on the stock manifold and cat and still made more power after removing that pipe.
I'll post a vid when I get time to make one. For now, I'm really enjoying the car. The clutch break-in period is done. With the Spec clutch and everything else, it chirps 1-2 HARD and even chirps 2-3. Just needs an intake for now and I might even forego the high-compression build for a while - it's that much more fun after the exhaust fix.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.