buick crew: thoughts on exhaust bits for MSM
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buick crew: thoughts on exhaust bits for MSM
Lets say I had a basically stock MSM, and after driving an awesome, turbo, green miata its time to buy cool **** for it.
The car currently has the RB muffler and the rest of the power-train is stock with one metal intake pipe. Where is the money best spent? I recommended a BEGi downpipe and 3" Enthuza exhaust. Will this make the car any faster, and not throw codes? Is the "separated" DP worth the extra cash? The goal is more power and earlier spool.
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The car currently has the RB muffler and the rest of the power-train is stock with one metal intake pipe. Where is the money best spent? I recommended a BEGi downpipe and 3" Enthuza exhaust. Will this make the car any faster, and not throw codes? Is the "separated" DP worth the extra cash? The goal is more power and earlier spool.
thanks,
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From what i understand, the stock downpipe doesn't flow very well on those. With the new downipe and 3" exhaust, she will be doing great. I don't see why it would throw any codes.
When you say one metal pipe, do you mean the stock rubber elbow going into the throttle body has been replaced? That has a problem with ballooning pretty bad under boost.
When you say one metal pipe, do you mean the stock rubber elbow going into the throttle body has been replaced? That has a problem with ballooning pretty bad under boost.
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From what i understand, the stock downpipe doesn't flow very well on those. With the new downipe and 3" exhaust, she will be doing great. I don't see why it would throw any codes.
When you say one metal pipe, do you mean the stock rubber elbow going into the throttle body has been replaced? That has a problem with ballooning pretty bad under boost.
When you say one metal pipe, do you mean the stock rubber elbow going into the throttle body has been replaced? That has a problem with ballooning pretty bad under boost.
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Best money spent is a good intake and MBC to turn the boost up to around 10-11 psi. According to the dyno I went from 154 rwhp to 184 rwhp. I personally prefer the Begi SGDP over the FM DP. Both will pick up a decent amount of power. The SGDP will cause boost creep on some cars. None of the stuff mentioned will cause a cell. Probably the cheapest and IMO best bolt on exhaust is the magnaflow.
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why not 3" enthuza? That magnaflow at performance pedler is 2.25". She has RB exhaust now and there's so much turbulence that you can only hear air-noise when you drives by on the track. We're avoiding upping the boost for now because she doesn't want to deal with overheating on the track. This car saw its first track day with something like 800 miles on it, and its seen the track about once per month for the past 3-years.
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My first upgrade was an AEM CAI with a manual boost controller. I did a baseline dyno before the install. I was at 154 rwhp. After the AEM CAI and MBC I went back and out down 184 rwhp, boost was set at about 10.5 which is max without the boost cut kicking in. Next I did the Magna Flow exhaust and the FM DP, and ebay IC, which put me at 199rwhp. Last year I switched out the FM pipe for a begi SGDP and changed my AEM CAI for an FM intake. I haven't been back to the dyno but the car felt noticably stronger. Oh yeah, the stock diverter valves are known to suck so put that on your to do list. The rubber, stock TB inlet pipe is known to swell and pop off after a few upgrades, so add that to you to do list also.