Not trying to be a pain, but mufflers?

[Drew0318]

The car has a Borla cat-back on it. Would it be worthwhile to swap out the Borla mufflers with magnapacks? I'm only talking about the mufflers themselves, not the whole system.

Would it require welding? What are the odds they'd slap right in place of the Borlas?

I've got an o/r H on the way, I've heard several clips of the MAC H + magnapacks, and I love the sound. Just buying a pair of mufflers is a more economical choice for me, rather than getting the whole cat-back.

Any suggestions/advice?

 

[ACSPONY]

The magnapacks are a straight design, as opposed to a muffler which has an inlet and outlet. You could have it welded in, but I'm not sure if the tailpipes have the right angle because they're designed for an offset.

 

[Drew0318]

I looked under the car last night, and the mufflers are in front of the axle and it's just the pipes up/over from there to the tips at the back. I didn't really look at it that closely, but there's most likely an offset, they looked like traditional-shaped mufflers at least (from the 5 seconds I looked at them).

I'll see if I can get my camera under it for a shot.

 

[ACSPONY]

Right the Borla's should be a muffler, but the Magnapacks are not a traditional muffler shape. See the way the pipes are bent out to account for the lack of an offset?

That's why I'm not sure if just welding them in will work with the rest of the Borla parts.

 

[Drew0318]

Well, after looking at them, the ones that are on it look welded...

 

[Ryan441]

those dont look like they have an offset at all. should work

 

[Drew0318]

What about the welding/etc? They look welded anyway. ?

I'm no welder (hell, I'm no mechanic either, my friends work on my cars, I work on their computers).

 

[Ryan441]

haha sounds like an even trade. you could prolly find some one to weld them in cheap.

 

[myponyrocks]

I think you might want to get a new driveshaft soon

 

[Drew0318]

I noticed that too. Wonder why it looks that way when the rest of the underbody is fairly clean...

 

[scupking]

Even if it was offset a good shop should be able to do it for you. I have the mac flowpath catback. I had the flowpaths taken out and the packs welding in place.

 

[twogts4us]

Borla makes both straight thru and baffled mufflers.