Lol I think its the other way around, I'm always trying to catch up, still need a set of baller wheels. Are you planning to get a b pipe or going to keep it quieter?

 

B-pipe is the plan... just need to take a break on spending. Saving for a ring for the girlfriend!

 

Hey look, Ma, no cats.

Primary delete in place



Post cat removal start up



First drive



Credits for sound track: drop in k&n filter, full cat delete, stock mid-pipe, and tanabe touring medallion axle back.

 

Sweet! Doesn't sound too much louder than just my muffler delete. Sounds BETTER tho. Maybe I missed this, but did you buy any of these pipes or are they just custom?

 

Any gains, or changes in the power delivery? Sounds good.

 

I bought the cat delete down pipe - WeaponR makes it. The mid pipe is still stock and the axle back is of course the touring medallion.

WeaponR claims gains throughout the band. I believe it. I especially feel it in the 4.4k - 5.4k range.

 

Updated first drive video. Took forever to load from my slow 3g connection. Please turn your computer upside down to see the picture correctly. >.<

 

Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow

^ Hot keys to flip the screen upside down on most Windows operating systems.

Looks great so far, nice to see you're back to modding your GE again. Keep it up.

 

DAFAQ

I would love to hear them better

 

btw... that's one clean engine from down there!

 

Thanks, I'm enjoying it!

Know that you mention it, it does look that way. That down pipe won't be shiny for long, though.

 

Impressions of the WeaponR cat delete down pipe is generally positive after driving about 20 miles today.

I want to get it dyno'd sometime, but I really do feel gains throughout the band. Sounds great from start up to about 2800. It gets a little buzzy from 2800 - 3500 (read: not unbearable) and sounds boss from 3600 up. My butt dyno tells me the largest gains kick in at around 4400 to red line.

Surprisingly very little droning on the highway up until about 75 mph - no worse than any other aftermarket exhaust, anyway.

The smell is my only real beef with it so far coming from a leak somewhere. If I had to guess, there might be a small leak where it comes of the engine. I didn't want to tighten too tight given my experience getting the OEM pipes and cats off. It's not overpowering, but it is there.

Overall, I think it is a great investment. Easily the best mod for HP gains save turbo or supercharger. Also makes you sound like racecar!

 

Went for a hike this afternoon and snapped a quick pic.



Projectors, cf hood, and teal windshield strip.

 

We'll get the high-beam issue sorted out. Any pics with the rings on?

 

Thanks man. I took pics with just the halos on and couldn't get one with them defined with my camera phone. I'll try getting one with the Nikon later. I really like them so far. They're incredibly bright. I have them the lowest they can go height wise and I'm still getting people that get pissed off, usually in lower cars. One guy in a vette started waving his hands at me and then pulled behind me and flicked on his high beams. They weren't even bright.

 

SBC RPF1 f*&k yeah. what size are they? didn't see it in the original post...

 

SBC ftw 17X7 with a 205/40 tire.

 

Nice. Ordering some this week, just plain silver tho, I'm not special ordering! Going w/ 15x7. Your car is probably one of my favorites, mainly because of those SBC. With the SSM, it looks so right.

 

Nice, I'm liking the new additions! That's a sick retrofit, need more shots of it. I noticed some red on the interior, what material did you use? Pics of that too!

 

Sorry to bring thread back from dead... But you used gd3 coilovers on your ge8? Did you have any issues? Figment ok? Someone local selling a nice set for cheap I wanna pick up but I'm hesitant to buy.. Any info would be appreciated