blacklsc1
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just noticed scp is selling a cat back kit for our cars. anyone order one up yet? i wonder if he just sells the pipes seperatly(i have a mid muffler already)
bolt on(mostly) cat back for mark8
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For quite a bit cheaper you could order the LMS exhaust and the Mandrel systems 2.5" pipe kit. It would have nicer tips then turn downs and sound motre agressive with the double x pipe. Should be around $400 plus install which ran me $250.
blacklsc1
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i have heard that the kit from mandrel pipes, requires some work to get it to fit. As far as the mufflers i wouldent get the turbos with the turndowns
dnehthend
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what mufflers are on there, do you have an audio clip?
blacklsc1
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very nice, hey laser you have a better pic of that rear brace? i wanna see how yours is mounted.
laserp viii
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well a bit to loud for me but sounds good. i know for fact that we all have different opinions and so we try to follow or do our own thing so. i did my exhaust thinking that it was gonna be all that, well what a big disapointment after i had it done now for about a month. so today i call (geno) and so i went to see that bad a.. mark viii and so i was so impress with the sound. wow it sounded beautiful it was the perfect sound not over drone like most mark vids that i have seen so i strongly recommend genos exhaust if i had the money to do it again i would go genos way for all of you who haven had the opportunity to meat or deal with him his a great guy geno, i will be back thanks .
Mine? Loud? :lol: Cant tell by cameras I guess. My car is FAR from loud. Its quieter then it was with knock off flowmasters and stock H-pipe. Not untill you are really on it can you hear it and its still too quiet. As for drone, It is nonexistant. Ask Sapperfire, hes cruised in the car from 30 -130mph and there is not a hint of drone. Its important to weld a piece of bar stock across both pipes so they dont drone.
laserp viii
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it does sound good lol.
ONEBADMK8
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Thanks man. I told ya' people misjudge our system because of the video. lol. I have to make a new commercial.
ProjectRedMark
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LMS= drone like hell and super loud. Poor quality mufflers too. I definitely recommend going another route with your exhaust.
Kraze
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I might have to agree with you on the drone, but I'm not sure about the loudness part. If I really get on it I can barely tell I have an exhaust system.
I wonder if some of the drone you experienced was because the shop welded the hangers directly to the body? That's what happened, right? No rubber isolators?
Kraze
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I wouldn't doubt if my drone problem is caused by the shops installation. I've always heard good things about the LMS mufflers and drone so I was surprised when mine droned like they do.
I remember Geno offering some advice for LMS exhaust drone. Here is what he said:
Although before doing that, I'd check that the exhaust is hung correctly with rubber isolators and that the exhaust doesn't contact any part of the car's body.
Although before doing that, I'd check that the exhaust is hung correctly with rubber isolators and that the exhaust doesn't contact any part of the car's body.
Kraze
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Yeah I see that Laser did that above ^. I'll have to look into having that done if mine is in fact installed correctly.
350TPI
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Yep,to the point i want to bang my head against a brick wall.I will have to check the hangers though.I definitely expected some sort of mean sound and not drone-a-rama.
ProjectRedMark
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They had the rubber mounts. The way they did it was with the mounts that have metal rods on both ends with rubber in the middle. One end was welded to the pipes the other was welded to the body or the subframe depending on their position.
As for the loudness. They were fairly loud at idle. Horribly loud on take off with light to moderate throttle. They droned terribly while cruising at steady speeds and while accelerating. However they were nearly SILENT at WOT!
The guy that redid my exhaust cut one of the mufflers open and said he has seen $20 glasspacks that were better constructed inside and out.
Ah, OK. From reading your post in the other thread, I'd had the idea that the exhaust was hung by metal rods directly from the exhaust to the car body - LOL.