With the ability to play music I started using my hearing in the car again and quickly realized it's way too loud, axle dump with PnP flowmaster drones terribly and there is a ton of wind/road noise. I decided to solve the exhaust situation first since it's something I've hated since I did it.
Collected the right bits last week, all three inch. Mandrel bent piping kit, high flow CA approved cat (CA meaning Canada, but they still shipped it here), slip fit Vbands, and the largest magnaflow straight threw muffler I could find
I yet again didn't get around to installing the BNE torque rods, they have moved into the truck until I do
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A few hours and every screw jack we have later it was all together, under axle since it's low enough, around the passenger side of the gas tank. The section under the crossmember sits a little low so I will likely redo it when I get a flex joint for the down pipe
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Much MUCH quieter, you can't tell it's idling with the windows up and music at a normal level, but still makes nice 5 cylinder noises under load. No more drone at 2500 rpm and about 7-10 decibel drop in cabin noise according to the two ****ty sound meter apps I got.
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The other upside is how much of a flow difference it made, even with way more pipe, a bigger muffler and a cat it elevated a bunch of backpressure. The car until now has only been able to make ~8 psi of boost, regardless of MBC settings, I had previously adjusted the MBC for about an hour, little bit by bit without change. By the end of it I tossed it in the passenger seat and went WOT with the waste gate disconnected, 8psi. On the drive home spools to ~15psi with the MBC set to whatever I had it at last.
Collected the right bits last week, all three inch. Mandrel bent piping kit, high flow CA approved cat (CA meaning Canada, but they still shipped it here), slip fit Vbands, and the largest magnaflow straight threw muffler I could find
I yet again didn't get around to installing the BNE torque rods, they have moved into the truck until I do
<a href="https://ibb.co/WnkyVsK"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Y2ck0bj/PXL-20210322-015645645.jpg" alt="PXL-20210322-015645645" border="0"></a>
A few hours and every screw jack we have later it was all together, under axle since it's low enough, around the passenger side of the gas tank. The section under the crossmember sits a little low so I will likely redo it when I get a flex joint for the down pipe
<a href="https://ibb.co/37tm8wn"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/bPp5yxk/PXL-20210322-050000238.jpg" alt="PXL-20210322-050000238" border="0"></a>
Much MUCH quieter, you can't tell it's idling with the windows up and music at a normal level, but still makes nice 5 cylinder noises under load. No more drone at 2500 rpm and about 7-10 decibel drop in cabin noise according to the two ****ty sound meter apps I got.
<a href="https://ibb.co/rFVFxHY"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/4KHK8pz/PXL-20210322-143626658-MP-3.jpg" alt="PXL-20210322-143626658-MP-3" border="0"></a>
The other upside is how much of a flow difference it made, even with way more pipe, a bigger muffler and a cat it elevated a bunch of backpressure. The car until now has only been able to make ~8 psi of boost, regardless of MBC settings, I had previously adjusted the MBC for about an hour, little bit by bit without change. By the end of it I tossed it in the passenger seat and went WOT with the waste gate disconnected, 8psi. On the drive home spools to ~15psi with the MBC set to whatever I had it at last.