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Old 17-07-2009, 11:28 AM   #31
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I knew you'd love it. Glad your happy mate.
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Old 17-07-2009, 01:00 PM   #32
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Old 17-07-2009, 04:07 PM   #33
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yeh makeing my video on weekend lol and of may mates el xr6 exhaust with a regrind cam in it
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Old 17-07-2009, 08:58 PM   #34
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one thing for the lukey stuff the exhaust note is dam good at low revs, 3" everything, lukey headers cat , race muffler ,hot dog, very nice below 1800/2000 after that a little on the noisey side and a bit droney.
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Old 17-07-2009, 09:46 PM   #35
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Had Redback exhaust fitted yesterday & let me say was quite surprised!!!

One thing for a 2.5inch system with straight through muffler & resonator, it was very quiet.... There is a subtle note on idle & the same while driving!!! I was expecting a loud exhaust but NO.... Considering I dropped the standard system less resonator.... which was loud or maybe more boomy....

The other noticable thing was the performance.... I was blown away how much better the car actually drove!!!! Heaps more power, acceleration & breaths alot better on LPG!!!!!!

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Glad you're happy with it. Redback is what I've got on my LPG equipped SR. Sounds good.

$330 installed is good too. Where did you get it done?

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Old 17-07-2009, 09:52 PM   #36
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Had Redback exhaust fitted yesterday & let me say was quite surprised!!!

One thing for a 2.5inch system with straight through muffler & resonator, it was very quiet.... There is a subtle note on idle & the same while driving!!! I was expecting a loud exhaust but NO.... Considering I dropped the standard system less resonator.... which was loud or maybe more boomy....

The other noticable thing was the performance.... I was blown away how much better the car actually drove!!!! Heaps more power, acceleration & breaths alot better on LPG!!!!!!

I'm RAPT..... :hihi:
Yeah the 2 muffler redback systems are at an epa noise level. I wasn't very happy driving out of the shop with an exhaust note no louder than stock( maybe a little bit). When I pulled up at my gf house she said it's sound no different then before etc etc.. waste of money etc...etc..

About 6weeks later I fitted a mercury 2.5in hotdog tailpipe section. Now it's sounds hot......
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Old 18-07-2009, 02:18 PM   #37
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Don't you just hate it when your girlfriend says that, especially for the things you love.
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Old 18-07-2009, 06:45 PM   #38
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Two days on & the Ghia is developing abit of a note now. Seems to be getting louder... Sounds tough!!!!
I noticed it yesterday driving home from work but definetally more so today.
The idle sounds like an 8 & has a nice note when driving not too overboard.
More than happy with the performance though!!!!!
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Old 19-07-2009, 10:42 AM   #39
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Yep, that's the carbon build up. It is to be expected that it would change, luckily for you it was changing to better not worse :P
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Old 24-07-2009, 10:57 AM   #40
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I made a video yesterday of my Fairlane's current exhaust setup with two drive-bys and wanted to share it:

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Old 24-07-2009, 11:02 AM   #41
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Old 02-08-2009, 09:17 PM   #42
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I made a video yesterday of my Fairlane's current exhaust setup with two drive-bys and wanted to share it:

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Definately very nice, I wouldn't want anything more than that when I get mine done, that's for sure!!! - what's your setup???
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youve got to be happy with that note dauphin, also interested in your setup
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I have a 2.5" cat back; no idea what brand (Mattp would know). It sounded great (one muffler, no hotdog or resonator, and no drone on highway etc). I recently fitted a set of extractors and 2.5" cat ($395 to my door, fitting done by me; extractors appear to be copies of Pacemaker 4499s) to replace the old blocked and ticking cat, and the sound has changed quite a bit. Certainly louder at idle and part throttle applications, but still good at highway speeds, though it is a little louder than before.

Being on LPG, exhaust really isn't the biggest restriction, but there is a definite improvement in throttle response and sound.
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