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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 12:12 PM
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This has to be the nicest built exhaust I have seen. Its true dual, even the canister is two separate straight through passages. All flanges are CNC billet stainless. The fit and finish are perfect. Install was really easy. Here's some pics.












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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 12:18 PM
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very nice....have any numbers on it?
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 12:54 PM
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I'm a little surprised they didn't incorporate some sort of crossover pipe. It wil be interesting to see how the system performs.

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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 12:56 PM
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been thinking of taking out my x pipe on my stillen and getting one muffler with 2in 2out . that looks like what Im looking for
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 01:02 PM
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It's missing resonators. There should be a resonator for each pipe. No resonators or too small of a resonator will equal raspy / buzzing noises. I have to modify my exhaust to eliminate the resonation caused by the harmonics of my now high flow system. Someone should come up with proven resonator "fixes" and market them for all of us who bought after market (high flow) exhaust systems and now have the raspy / buzzing noizes that sound like #$$xx. For you newbies, high flow meaning after market Cats, headers and Y-Pipe. That's what's wrong with after market companies, they don't do enough R&D and testing.
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 01:21 PM
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looks nice! how much? how does it sound?
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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Originally posted by 350Mark
looks nice! how much? how does it sound?
I don't know the price. DC used my car to design the exhaust, so they gave me a production piece for free. With stock cats, it meets the 95db limit required by CA law. With my tiny LaBree cats, its pretty loud. DC makes inserts for the tips to quiet it down even more.
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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In order of importance:

1. Quality (looks good)
2. Sound
3. Performance
4. Price
5. Weight

Can you address any of these points?
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 03:28 PM
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It looks like the borla design without the H pipe. Is it considered a true dual if it shares 1 common muffler? it seems dual cans at the end would of been better like the stillen...It does look nice though.
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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DYNO NUMBERS !!!
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 03:58 PM
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Originally posted by bigern1970
It looks like the borla design without the H pipe. Is it considered a true dual if it shares 1 common muffler? it seems dual cans at the end would of been better like the stillen...It does look nice though.


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Its true dual, even the canister is two separate straight through passages
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 04:37 PM
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Originally posted by wren57
In order of importance:

1. Quality (looks good)
2. Sound
3. Performance
4. Price
5. Weight

Can you address any of these points?
1. Excellent
2. Its loud with aftermarket cats. With stock cats its much more mellow. Sound is very similar to the Injen and RSR's that I have heard.
3. When DC dyno'd my car bone stock at this exhaust, it gained 12.1rwhp at peak, and about 6-7 at redline.
4. Don't know. (I got it free)
5. 9lbs lighter than stock.

I'm going to try and dyno tomorrow at AEM where I last dyno'd my car with everything the same except a Stillen exhaust. Well see if it out performs the Stillen.
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 11:15 PM
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wow those welds are pretty.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 08:47 AM
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Just waiting for summit to mess up the prices (again)
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wow, thats beautiful
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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Originally posted by bigern1970
It looks like the borla design without the H pipe. Is it considered a true dual if it shares 1 common muffler? it seems dual cans at the end would of been better like the stillen...It does look nice though.
On the "true dual" aspect, I guess it could be like the Borla and have one muffler with two seperate paths through it.

350Zteve, can you clear that up for us?

Looks nice. I like others would be interested to know if the cross over not being there hurts it, and it would be nice if you could get us sound clips (and an estimated price )

I don't want a buzzy exhaust. I keep leaning toward getting the Borla, but will watch for any good alternatives like this
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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Man looks like injen is leading the pack on true duals. Dont get me wrong that looks good but the injen just looks sooo good!
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 02:39 PM
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I actually got my resonators to work. I started with the resonators from the injen dual exhaust and I repacked them with extra coarse stainless steel wool. My exhaust now is just as loud as when all of the original fiberglass blew out, but there is absolutely no rasp. Fiberglass packed resonators suck!
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 03:42 PM
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Originally posted by MannishBoy
On the "true dual" aspect, I guess it could be like the Borla and have one muffler with two seperate paths through it.

350Zteve, can you clear that up for us?

The muffler on the DC is two completely separate straight though passages. They just house them both in one muffler casing to save space and weight.
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 05:51 AM
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Do you have a copy of the dyno chart. Some aftermarket exhaust cause you to loose torque, and if thats the case I won't even consider it.
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