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Old 12-19-2003, 11:59 PM
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B Pipe. Is It Worth It?

I Have Intake, Headers, Exhaust..and i have my silence resonator removed. is it worth to get the B-Pipe. what are the advantages and gains?
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Where is the silence resonator...I realize it makes the car louder, but does it sound okay?
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B-Pipe installed 11/11/03 dynoed before install dynoed after 3 HP gain 3.8 TORQUE if I install S/C it will increase 14 HP.
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Originally posted by Renegade
Where is the silence resonator...I realize it makes the car louder, but does it sound okay?
The TL has 2 in-line resonators..
The CL has 1... it is about 18 inches back.. between the cat. converter and the mufflers.

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my car sounds great i love it!
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Originally posted by maevonee
I Have Intake, Headers, Exhaust..and i have my silence resonator removed. is it worth to get the B-Pipe. what are the advantages and gains?
Is It Worth It? IMO, YES!!!

Installed the CT b-pipe a couple of months ago. At CT, my car dyno'd at 236 WHP with CT intake/headers/b-pipe/exhaust. Car also revs smoother throughout the RPM range with the b-pipe. Feels more drivable. I had to install the CT quiet inserts to cut down on the deep droning sound. On dyno, only lost 1 WHP from low to 6200 RPM and 2-3 WHP up to 7000 RPM. Now car sounds much more aggressive.

But I'm planning on installing the CT SC, so I'll see even more gains with the CT b-pipe.
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Hey... this looks like a picture I took when visiting CT in the spring...

Originally posted by Smitty
The TL has 2 in-line resonators..
The CL has 1... it is about 18 inches back.. between the cat. converter and the mufflers.

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did the removal of those silencers on your TL make your car sound louder and more agressive though, cuz I dont want to take it off if it somehow causes power loss or sounds like shit without exhaust, since I got stock exhaust.
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Do you think the B-Pipe will show any gains with the stock mufflers?
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Originally posted by cls6sp03
Now car sounds much more aggressive.
Are you saying the car still sounds aggressive with the quiet tips in? I thought they almost turn the car back into sounding like stock again?
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Originally posted by Chaptorial
Are you saying the car still sounds aggressive with the quiet tips in? I thought they almost turn the car back into sounding like stock again?
Let me make this clear...

Car sounds more more aggressive with CT b-pipe/exhaust/quiet tips than with stock exhaust. Without the quiet tips car is even more aggressive sounding, but a bit too much for me for commuting.
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Originally posted by cls6sp03
Let me make this clear...

Car sounds more more aggressive with CT b-pipe/exhaust/quiet tips than with stock exhaust. Without the quiet tips car is even more aggressive sounding, but a bit too much for me for commuting.
so would you say that the noise level=

CT b-pipe/exhaust/headers/quiet tips=CT exhaust/headers???

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I highly recommend it !!
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Originally posted by sidemarker
so would you say that the noise level=

CT b-pipe/exhaust/headers/quiet tips=CT exhaust/headers???

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No... I'd say CT b-pipe/exhaust/headers/quiet tips are a bit quieter than CT exhaust/headers, but loader than stock exhaust with CT headers.
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on a n/a car i say no
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