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Saabine ('85 900T) currently has a Simons 2.5" half system with OE downpipe and front muffler (which is a straight-trough perforation muffler on these cars).
Of course, the downpipe has to go before serious dyno tuning is performed on the new engine (battery has already been relocated to the back, so there's space for a nice gradual bend from the turbo outlet), but I was wondering about the front muffler.
I have already damaged two OE downpipes and one muffler (one each beyond repair) because of the front muffler getting grounded when backing out of the garage or a parking spot (there's a kink in the downpipe and a dent in the front muffler that were installed not even two years and under 1,000 miles ago already), and according to my guesstimate that front muffler weighs easily over 10 kgs.
Then there's a blurb on the 'local' stainless sports exhaust specialists site www.uitlaten.nl about the muffler(s) ideally sitting as far dwon the exhaust as possible, and indeed looking at the JT 3" system, there's one muffler where the rear muffler in the OE (as well as the Simons) set up is, and a optional, smaller back box where OE has just a long tailpipe.
What I'm thinking, in addition to replacing the downpipe:
* replace the front muffler with a piece of straight pipe
* retain the Simons rear (centre) muffler
* add a small, lightweight carbon motorbike back box, instead of the twin tailpipe which is on Saabine now.
More or less like this:
Any ideas - cool or plain naff (on a black -straight-bumper c900, not a Tuscan...), and if the first - would a carbon can from a biker shop do the job?
Of course, the downpipe has to go before serious dyno tuning is performed on the new engine (battery has already been relocated to the back, so there's space for a nice gradual bend from the turbo outlet), but I was wondering about the front muffler.
I have already damaged two OE downpipes and one muffler (one each beyond repair) because of the front muffler getting grounded when backing out of the garage or a parking spot (there's a kink in the downpipe and a dent in the front muffler that were installed not even two years and under 1,000 miles ago already), and according to my guesstimate that front muffler weighs easily over 10 kgs.
Then there's a blurb on the 'local' stainless sports exhaust specialists site www.uitlaten.nl about the muffler(s) ideally sitting as far dwon the exhaust as possible, and indeed looking at the JT 3" system, there's one muffler where the rear muffler in the OE (as well as the Simons) set up is, and a optional, smaller back box where OE has just a long tailpipe.
What I'm thinking, in addition to replacing the downpipe:
* replace the front muffler with a piece of straight pipe
* retain the Simons rear (centre) muffler
* add a small, lightweight carbon motorbike back box, instead of the twin tailpipe which is on Saabine now.
More or less like this:
Any ideas - cool or plain naff (on a black -straight-bumper c900, not a Tuscan...), and if the first - would a carbon can from a biker shop do the job?