Heat in trunk...

[90Q45blue]

I hear that!

After you e-mail I'll let ya in on my plans for a Christmas present for myself

Nick

[elwesso]

I wanna see some pictures....... When its done, and some sound clips if we can..!

[AZhitman]

Can do.

[elwesso]

My dream for a Q exhaust is to have all the stock components, and then have a splitter on the rear.... keep the stock muffler for the siltent cruise..... Switch over a valve to a standard resonator (like whats just before the big one) for the fury of 32valves and 278 horses!!!!!!

[AZhitman]

This one should be fairly quiet at idle and under 3K R's.

Nice Corvette-like burble while idling, then a full-on V8 muclecar howl at WOT.

[Q451990]

Hitman... I know you have law enforcement connections - but I'd be careful about posting in writing about what you're doing!

(you know if I didn't say it, Q45Tech would!)

That said, I can't wait to see pictures and blueprints...

Heath

[DAEDALUS]

New toys aside, you're STILL going to need heat shields!

[maxnix]

And definitely do an immediately before and after dynamometer run to gauge any improvement in power output.

Still wonder if the O2 will give the correct reading.

[AZhitman]

Can do, Roger that, and okey-dokey!

[sultan]

This one should be fairly quiet at idle and under 3K R's.

Nice Corvette-like burble while idling, then a full-on V8 muclecar howl at WOT.

fairly quiet to an old man going deaf, maybe. :pface

Q's sound really nice with exhaust, even if there's no performance gain. you should hear my car, at WOT it sounds really good. i've never heard it from outside the car except at idle, but i've been told it sounds really nice and is pretty loud.

[VimyJ]

No cats.

Cats work. Sorry to be a downer but they are regulation equipment for sound reasons. To make your car louder by removing your cats is not a sound reason to remove them. (puns intended.)

[AZhitman]

Actually, the cats on a Q do very little for noise abatement. That's handled adequately by the 100 pounds of mufflers (3 in all).

They're more to maintain air quality, and you know how I feel about that.

[AZhitman]

p.s. Mike, would you be interested in a J30 catback system if I could have it made? BRM quality, stainless, all the good stuff. Just curious, as I'm considering having one mocked up soon.

[VimyJ]

You don't care about air quality and that was the sound reason for having cats to which I was refering. Vanity at what price? I know you're just a drop in the bucket but....

Except for the odd heat shield, my J's OEM stainless steel dual exhuast with pollution reducing cats performs quite well and is relativley air freindly.

[AZhitman]

Ah - the attack of the homonyms.

"Sound" (adj) as in uncompromised... I thought you meant "sound" (noun) as in noise.

p.s. 4.5 liters gives me TWO drops in the bucket.