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Exhaust is done.

3.5 after the flex section. 2x Dynomax Bullet 3.5 resonators, 1 Borla XR-1 3.5 muffler, 3.5 to 4.5 stainless tip.

Sounds really good.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...xhaust_006.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...xhaust_007.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...xhaust_008.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...xhaust_005.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...xhaust_002.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...xhaust_003.JPG
http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...xhaust_001.JPG

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Beautiful! Why the flex section? Don't you have poly motor mounts?

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I have Prothane inserts in the front and rear torsion mounts, but I actually shimmed the front mount (timing belt area) with additional rubber stoppers from Mitsu to limit movement which works well. Having three of those rubber stopper shims on the front side and one on the rear side is really tight. I'd just rather be safe than sorry, the flex section is not causing a restriction. It has internal webbing just like the outside so the flow is not seeing the shape of the flex section.

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How did you determine that you needed 2 resonators? Or any at all?? And when am I gonna see this thing in person again??

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The Borla was the main reason I looked at having two resonators. My Apex-i N1 system got considerably louder with the new turbo swap and it came with two resonators. Moving up to 3.5 inches was going to be even louder with the straight thru muffler. I liked the N1 system's tone and sound level, so I decided to duplicate the component list. By no means is the car quiet now, it's still pretty loud at idle and on acceleration with a deep throaty tone, but once I level out in 5th gear at cruise speeds, you barely hear or feel any exhaust. On my old Spyder I had a bad resonance problem right at cruise speed which drove me crazy, just didn't want it to happen to me again.

I'll be around, trust me. ;)

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so are you trying to make the car more street friendly??? I think I might have seen a pic of your car but it looked full drag with a side turbo.

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Click on "V" in my sig.
It's always been a street car.

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hmm, that is what I thought but then a little birdy said that this was you car
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...Picture015.jpg

I really like the car as it sits now. I'm a big fan and love that it is a street car!!!

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I sure hope that thing runs better than a 10.78. But hell, what am I saying, I hope mine rings out that time or better this year.

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Well I'll be busy this weekend starting my new intercooler set-up. Hopefully I'll get it finished this weekend. I'll be moving my MAFT to blow-thru and the whole system will be an upgrade over the GReddy 24R. Wish me luck, hahahahaha.

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Good luck! And take pix!

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Will do.

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Nice, what mas WERE you running? I'm almost wondering if I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get a MAFT to keep my Tial BOV. Poo.

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He was doing MAF-T in suck-through setup :D

MAF-T is nice, I like it for the fact that you get to use a real BOV like the Tial. On the flip side, it can cause its own problems, so its a tough call over a 2G/evo MAS.

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I'm just going to move my 3.5 GM MAF from in front of the turbo to in front of the throttle body, but behind my new Tial BOV. :)

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I used to have tuning issues, but once I disconnected the RPM wire and set the MAFT curve to "0" they went away. I use DSMLink to adjust the airflow curve and fuel mixture, runs and drives like stock. :spin:

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Did adding a second muffler/silencer to the 3.5" exhaust quiet it down a bit? I'm tempted to add another muffler to mine as well, it's a little loud for a daily driver.

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I never had the opportunity to try it with only one, when we built the system I just stuck both in, basically just built a much better version of my N1 system. I can definately say it's loud enough at idle and WOT that I can't see me ever thinking about taking one back out. What is really nice is that at cruise speed where the engine has leveled out, you can barely hear the exhaust, if any at all. That 3.5 inch set-up really sounds "hollow" at idle, blip the throttle and you know somebody's leg hair just got burned off. :lol:

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What did you pick for a core?

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Garrett/PTE 24x12x4 part number 051-1200 :ring:

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That is the same core I have here waiting to go on my car :D

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I'll post how I like it once it's done. This seems to be the "go to" core that people are recommending these days. :seeya:

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Here are some pics and update.

I don't think anybody would want to fit a bigger core to the front of a 2g. It takes up just about all of the available space, unless you really want to hack up the car/bumper. Although the LICP is 2.5 inches, we jumped it up to 3.0 at the inlet to the core, just in case I ever needed to go bigger it would be as simple as replacing the LICP. The pipes were trimmed to the shape of the tank openings so there would not be any pipe protruding into the tanks. We are running 3.0 inch up to the TB elbow. Still haven't decided which TB I want to go with yet, I'm working on that, but it will be done later. The tanks are made from .090 aluminum. We pressure tested it @ 42psi to make sure the welds would hold and check for leaks. We have engineering templates made for the tank panels that I'll try to scan and post later if anybody wants them. We cut the lower part off the bumper support brackets to make room for the intercooler pipes as seen in the pics. Everything will fit under the bumper and retain the driving/fog lamps. I'll post more pics as we go.

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That is a big core man, and I LOVE the piping! I like how you cut off the bottom half of the bumper support, great idea!

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Yeah, the person doing the fab work for me said "you want to put this where!?!?!?!?" when I handed him the core. :lol:

I'm lucky that I found a great guy to do my fab work for me, top notch work and perfectionist, same person who did my exhaust work for $200. Wants to charge me only $300 for fabbing up the intercooler and all the piping!! I'm going to pay him more than that though. :nod: The place we're doing the work in is actually his workshop at his house. He's got Cincinnati and Bridgeport units in there, metal lathes, sheet metal benders, multiple Miller welders, drive on rack, etc, etc. Top notch guy.

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That looks really nice!

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MIKE,

Who is doing the fab work for you (if you are allowed to say)?

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David Howell, welder/machinist for Exxon/Mobil.

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Well it's finished. Here are the latest pics. We had to trim back the bumper to clear the inlet/outlet pipes and make room for the thicker intercooler. If you look in the side vent openings you can see where we trimmed the top of the openings to clear the pipes. Came out very well. Now I just need to decide on a throttle body.

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A couple of underhood shots, not the greatest pics, but you get the idea.

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Wow, looks like great install work. Nice job to your fabber!

Time to cut out the black portion of your bumper's center opening?

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The way we installed the intercooler was to butt it up very close to the underside of the bumper support with plenty of clearance in front of it. This makes a high pressure area while the car is moving which will push air through the upper part of the intercooler that is not visable from the front.

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Cool! How did you decide to put the bumper support directly on the IC?

I assume that you didn't want to go wider because you wanted to keep the stock fogs instead of going aftermarket.... or is there another reason?

Any cooling issues?

Looks great man!

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Well it's not directly on it, there's about a 1/4 inch gap at the top. Really came down to making sure the core didn't hang too low on the car. The tight fit at the top was just a benefit. Yeah, I wanted to keep the fog lights (it is a street car). I like keeping the outside appearance as stock looking as possible. Other than the FMIC and the exhaust it looks like any other 2g with nice wheels and tint. This core is supposed to work really well and I didn't want the end tanks to be too shallow/tight to the core. I wanted the air flow to make a smoother transition from the pipes to the core. Drove it home yesterday, no signs of overheating at this time.

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Looks very nice!

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Here's a better under the hood pic.

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Cool, sounds alot like my brother his car is all stock on the outside other then the IC, hood, and painted center tail light piece.

He went with a different IC that is longer and used driving lights mounted in the fog light holes.

http://people.clemson.edu/~jamesj/pi...0106_18251.htm

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Gorgeous. It looks great.

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Very nice! I like the end tank design, definitely better than a lot of the mass-produced models out there.

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Updates????