Megan Racing Resonated Test Pipes
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Megan Racing Resonated Test Pipes
Background: 2003.5 6mt Coupe, 18,000 miles
Z-tube, K&N, Motordyne 3/8" spacer
I bought these off of ebay for $95 plus shipping
First Impression
When taking these out of the box, i inspected them and they look like a quality piece. The welds were obviously done by hand and were kind of ugly, but they looked like they sealed pretty well. The resonator looks a bit smaller than the Kinetix Resonated pipes, but they are 1/3 of the price so i cant complain.
Install
The install was a real pain in the *** to say the least, but easily doable if you have any experience working on your car. Took about 2 hours using only hand tools. The hardest part was removing the rusted bolts from the 3 bolt flange that does to the header. I had to do some tricky wrenching in those points and even if i did have an impact gun i couldnt have fit it in.
Sound
Sound was much deeper at idle, even had that slight gurgling sound that you get with V8's. Keep in mind that i have a stock exhaust and y pipe. When revved at idle it sounds a little too ricey for me, but when i start to get on it under load then it sounds fine.
Performance
I definitely felt a bit of a kick, didnt really feel any low end losses either.
Overall id give this mod a 7/10, the exhaust stinks a little but i think most of that is the oil they use when they make the pipes. Recommend for anyone who doesnt have to pass emissions (I love indiana).
Z-tube, K&N, Motordyne 3/8" spacer
I bought these off of ebay for $95 plus shipping
First Impression
When taking these out of the box, i inspected them and they look like a quality piece. The welds were obviously done by hand and were kind of ugly, but they looked like they sealed pretty well. The resonator looks a bit smaller than the Kinetix Resonated pipes, but they are 1/3 of the price so i cant complain.
Install
The install was a real pain in the *** to say the least, but easily doable if you have any experience working on your car. Took about 2 hours using only hand tools. The hardest part was removing the rusted bolts from the 3 bolt flange that does to the header. I had to do some tricky wrenching in those points and even if i did have an impact gun i couldnt have fit it in.
Sound
Sound was much deeper at idle, even had that slight gurgling sound that you get with V8's. Keep in mind that i have a stock exhaust and y pipe. When revved at idle it sounds a little too ricey for me, but when i start to get on it under load then it sounds fine.
Performance
I definitely felt a bit of a kick, didnt really feel any low end losses either.
Overall id give this mod a 7/10, the exhaust stinks a little but i think most of that is the oil they use when they make the pipes. Recommend for anyone who doesnt have to pass emissions (I love indiana).
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03-10-2005, 05:31 PM
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03-10-2005, 09:08 PM
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They threw my CEL on day two--Driver side pipe was defective (internal tingy sound-resonator weld loose.) Rasp at 2800 I could live with for the performance gain but after paying $100 for the install I was extremely disappointed with the quality of this product. Although my installation vendor would have happily reinstalled a new pipe Megans racing was non responsive.
UPDATE: The night before I had my Kinetix cats installed the passenger side pipe BLEW APART on I-95....THESE TEST PIPES ARE TERRIBLE QUALITY--DO NOT BUY THEM!
I highly recommend you Buy the Kinetix or Crawford cats and save yourself the time and frustration.
UPDATE: The night before I had my Kinetix cats installed the passenger side pipe BLEW APART on I-95....THESE TEST PIPES ARE TERRIBLE QUALITY--DO NOT BUY THEM!
I highly recommend you Buy the Kinetix or Crawford cats and save yourself the time and frustration.
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