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Old May 3, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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Took off all three resonators...Any requests for video clips? If so, I will try to get them for you...this weekend.



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Old May 3, 2006 | 06:46 PM
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yes, we want to hear your exhaust. is it louder?
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Old May 3, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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Give us what we want. We want to hear the clip
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Old May 3, 2006 | 08:02 PM
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Love to hear it all.
Throttle response better?
How much more interior noise? Exterior noise?
Interior vibration/resonance?
Gas mileage, driving nromally?
Our motors with some even better breathing should really make it pull hard. Don't know if you have the 6 or 8. I am finding it hard to justify altering such a well put together car
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Old May 3, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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Yes please post a vid clip..
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Old May 3, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by GSV8
Love to hear it all.
Throttle response better?
Not Really.
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How much more interior noise?
Considerable but tolerable. Almost zero at idle. The resonator shaped like a tiny muffler is what prevents rumble when accelerating at high RPM's. Remove that one and you get a nice throaty sound anytime you hit the gas.
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Exterior noise?
Can't tell since I am on the inside of the car. Video may show something.
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Interior vibration/resonance?
No vibration/resonance. Piping is still stock size. I would think larger piping would get some resonance. The Greddy PE exhaust I used to have replaces all three resonators with two very small ones and there was resonance because the piping was larger.
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Gas mileage, driving nromally?
Don't know yet as I have only had this done today. Don't think it would effect gas mileage that much - maybe at most 10 miles.
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Our motors with some even better breathing should really make it pull hard. Don't know if you have the 6 or 8. I am finding it hard to justify altering such a well put together car
I wanted to get the nice rumble from a domestic V8. What's funny is that I think our V8 motor is much more refined than the domestic pushrods. So the sound is still refined, throaty, and nice but definitely will not turn heads like a loud V8 domestic hot rod. I have Borla mufflers too so the sound is different. I am toying with removing those, but then I think it would be TOO loud!

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Old May 4, 2006 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by BLiu
Took off all three resonators...Any requests for video clips? If so, I will try to get them for you...this weekend.



Brent

We are waiting.
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Old May 6, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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OK Guys,

Started a new thread with a video clip...

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=215362

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Old May 6, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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damn that sounds good~nice mod!
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