The system I installed today was the Magnaflow Cat-Back system (not MagnaPaks)
Install
The hardest part about the installation was getting the car high enough on jack stands (rear end must hang free) to get the exhaust pipes out.
Getting the stock pipes out from around the differential was a little goofy and it took some twisting and jacking the car up higher. The new pipes went in much easier as they have a different contour but still fit well within the tunnel. The mufflers are very well made and have different inlet angles from the stock mufflers (less acute in angle - closer to straight in).
The whole procedure took a little more than an hour only because I was being so anal about the alignment of the tips with the body cut-outs.
SOUND
The sound is very mellow at an idle and under 3,000 RPM.
No drone that I can find (I was worried about that).
When you get on it - it sounds much louder but not "Call the Cops" loud.
Performance
I've built a lot of race as well as street cars in my 40 years of wrenching.. This car performed pretty well out of the box.
Testing was done on asphalt road (away from a populated area) - clean - 85 degrees, low humidity.
The the TCS turned off and with stock pipes, you could idle the clutch out and nail it from a 5mph roll. The tires would chirp just a little but stay hooked up until you hammer the next gear when they would bark pretty good.
Now - after installing the exhaust, the same held true in terms of the initial chirp-age of the tires until you hit about 3200 RPM. The tires would start to break loose again and actually wail a little complaint up to about 4500 RPM when they would settle back down again. At 5500 RPM I would hammer 2nd gear and the tires actually broke loose for about a 200 RPM rise until they hooked back up again. For the first time - I hit the rev limiter at the top of 2nd gear and hammered 3rd. Chirp! Yes boys and girls - 3rd gear chirp-age..
Synopsis
Money well spent. Good sound. Good performance. easy installation.
Tools required;
15mm deep socket
13mm Socket
13mm combination wrench
6" extension
Ratchet
Beer.
Install
The hardest part about the installation was getting the car high enough on jack stands (rear end must hang free) to get the exhaust pipes out.
Getting the stock pipes out from around the differential was a little goofy and it took some twisting and jacking the car up higher. The new pipes went in much easier as they have a different contour but still fit well within the tunnel. The mufflers are very well made and have different inlet angles from the stock mufflers (less acute in angle - closer to straight in).
The whole procedure took a little more than an hour only because I was being so anal about the alignment of the tips with the body cut-outs.
SOUND
The sound is very mellow at an idle and under 3,000 RPM.
No drone that I can find (I was worried about that).
When you get on it - it sounds much louder but not "Call the Cops" loud.
Performance
I've built a lot of race as well as street cars in my 40 years of wrenching.. This car performed pretty well out of the box.
Testing was done on asphalt road (away from a populated area) - clean - 85 degrees, low humidity.
The the TCS turned off and with stock pipes, you could idle the clutch out and nail it from a 5mph roll. The tires would chirp just a little but stay hooked up until you hammer the next gear when they would bark pretty good.
Now - after installing the exhaust, the same held true in terms of the initial chirp-age of the tires until you hit about 3200 RPM. The tires would start to break loose again and actually wail a little complaint up to about 4500 RPM when they would settle back down again. At 5500 RPM I would hammer 2nd gear and the tires actually broke loose for about a 200 RPM rise until they hooked back up again. For the first time - I hit the rev limiter at the top of 2nd gear and hammered 3rd. Chirp! Yes boys and girls - 3rd gear chirp-age..
Synopsis
Money well spent. Good sound. Good performance. easy installation.
Tools required;
15mm deep socket
13mm Socket
13mm combination wrench
6" extension
Ratchet
Beer.
