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Re: Anyone have a custom built cat-back exhaust?
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Posted by Geoff [Email] (more from Geoff) on Fri, 6 Jun 2003 16:47:17 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Anyone have a custom built cat-back exhaust?, DavidFL, Fri, 6 Jun 2003 16:28:48
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I had a similar 3" stainless system fabricated for my '96 900SET and I noticed a modest difference in responsiveness and liveliness - hard to quantify in HP or torque though. Seems reasonable to assume the T5 and T7 wouldn't differ that much in their reaction to the lower back-pressure, but I'll let the experts answer that one.

Anyway, the engine response felt smoother (also did the K&N filter at same time so some auto-correlation possible). That was before I did the Speedparts ECU thing, so now it goes like a bat.

I have to say, in all honesty, after a couple of years with the exhaust, that I dislike the volume level more and more. It is just too "sake-burner" sounding. This is with a good-sized center resonator and a pretty big Magnaflow muffler that the guy said was the quietest he had. I don't know if is the diameter or the characteristics of the speed-shop mufflers themselves that make is sound that way. All I really wanted was for it to sound like a 1980's vintage 900T....

So, I'm likely to go back to stock now (with the ECU mod I can give back a few bhp without much pain) unless I can find something a little more free-flowing than stock and a lot less noisy than what I ended up with.

YMMV,

/Geoff
'96 900SET (his)
'02 9-5 lpt (hers)

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