Y33 Q45 Suitcase Muffler Removal?

[bighitbiker3]

I know some G50 guys have done it with great results, i'm just wondering if any of you Y33 guys have done it yet and can tell me what it sounds like!

Basically is it worth it?

Thanks,Elliott

[konatown]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lObSM90SD9M

Magnaflow exhaust

[maxnix]

I know some G50 guys have done it with great result

Please define "great results."

[bighitbiker3]

Please define "great results."

As in the car sounding really good?

[maxnix]

If sound is what you want, hack away. I rather like it as it is. Doesn't sound like a mustang nor a pickup.

If it is performance you want, short of headers and intake, there is not anything significant to gain.

[NightRiderQ45]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lObSM90SD9M

Magnaflow exhaust

Man, that sounds horrible!! Why would you want your Q to sound like '72 Chevelle?

[maxnix]

Man, that sounds horrible!! Why would you want your Q to sound like '72 Chevelle?

It's a lot more fun for me to pass those loud Mustangs and such in realtive silence than with all the sturm und drang they emanate which siginifies absolutely nothing when it comes to performance.

[paranoidjack]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lObSM90SD9M

Magnaflow exhaust

I think that sounds absolutely fantastic.

I like quiet cars too...but sometimes I wish I could hear my v8.

[avilas]

If sound is what you want, hack away. I rather like it as it is. Doesn't sound like a mustang nor a pickup.

If it is performance you want, short of headers and intake, there is not anything significant to gain.

so i can just remove the muffler, but will it accelerate the same?

[maxnix]

I like quiet cars too...but sometimes I wish I could hear my v8.

There are four switches on the drivers door that lower the windows. Use them to hear that sweet wound at 6K rpm.

[paranoidjack]

There are four switches on the drivers door that lower the windows. Use them to hear that sweet wound at 6K rpm.

There are four pieces of glass in the vehicle that keep the frigid New England air out of the vehicle. I think those switches slide those pieces of glass into the doors.

[oldmako]

Well played sarcasm Jack. High marks.

[konatown]

One of our former members of the West Coast has a beautiful Y33. There was a youtube clip of his exhaust with the muffler removed and it sounded terrificly menacing.

Search for Falkdesigns and you may find some pictures of his car, unfortunately the youtube video was removed by user.

[NightRiderQ45]

One of our former members of the West Coast has a beautiful Y33. There was a youtube clip of his exhaust with the muffler removed and it sounded terrificly menacing.

Search for Falkdesigns and you may find some pictures of his car, unfortunately the youtube video was removed by user.

Yeah, most of us know who Falk is. I'm sorry, but I don't like the sound....on a Q. This car suppose to be quiet....heck it's a luxury car. I hate that sometimes my Q is sooooo quiet that I jump back in and try to start the car after it's already running. After you hear that grinding noise that makes your pop out, I later because of how quiet my car is.

[maxnix]

There are four pieces of glass in the vehicle that keep the frigid New England air out of the vehicle.

Why real men who want to hear their car operate wear driving gloves and scarfs!

Or move south!

[paranoidjack]

Why real men who want to hear their car operate wear driving gloves and scarfs!

Or move south!

....hehehe. I too much enjoy paying the overinflated mortgages of the northeast to make my life easy and sensible by moving south.

[atlq45]

one benefit of an aftermarket setup is weight - the stock muffler is a tank!

[gjh20]

i removed my "suitcase" and replaced it with straight pipe & exhaust tips. the sound is best described as a tad louder (nowhere near a corvette/mustang/etc) but with a good bit more tone. it is definitely not "chevelle-ish". remember, you still have two cats & two mufflers before you get to the suitcase to keep sound under control. other Q owners who have heard my car have made the statement that my car actually sounds like it has a V8 now, not a hybrid electric motor. i HIGHLY recommend eliminating the suitcase muffler, you'll be very happy that you did!

[qship96]

Why would you want a Louder luxury car??? Or a quieter Ferrari?

[gammer_ghn]

well i wanted to do it the guy was asking $150 for it than i asked how much for a complete system with a 2 3/4 piping all the way for $300 so i said fudge it so i put spacers on mine. There is a flange on the right side line for your exhust just unbolt them and put the 1/4" spacers between the flange and make a gap, and my car sounds great in my opinion, more or less like the old school m5 who ever that has heard my car has fallen in love with it and if u want a pair of my "spacers" i will ship them to you no cost just a little gift from a Nicoer to another lol but putting them on make sure your car doesnt fall on you. im not responsible for any of that.if you want sound clip ill provide one.

[maxnix]

one benefit of an aftermarket setup is weight - the stock muffler is a tank!

Yeah, solid staniless steel is not light.

But what other OEM muffler will last 18 years, 400K miles?

Did I mention the performance?

[maxnix]

....hehehe. I too much enjoy paying the overinflated mortgages of the northeast to make my life easy and sensible by moving south.

Left coast also! That and earthquakes. At least I can hide from a tornado or hurricane and I will have notice. Maybe not much, but some.

[bullittandy]

Yeah, solid staniless steel is not light.

But what other OEM muffler will last 18 years, 400K miles?

Did I mention the performance?

Were you the exhaust engineer for the Y33? You seem to be taking this rather personally.

[jonseyq45]

" Loud Pipes Save Lives"

Oh,,, This is the Q45 forum,, Not the V45 HD forum..........

[te7two]

I was hoping to get around to doing this to my Q45 too but I had a different car land in my lap that I cannot refuse.

I think it sounds great, not too loud but distinctive enough to attract some attention. I went as far as adding an oil-less performance filter to my intake that way the engine can breathe a bit better and not to mention the great sound that comes from it.

[Jesda]

But what other OEM muffler will last 18 years, 400K miles?

OEM stainless steel isn't that unusual these days.

I went as far as adding an oil-less performance filter to my intake that way the engine can breathe a bit better and not to mention the great sound that comes from it.

You're not gaining anything in terms of air flow restriction, but yeah, it sounds pretty nice.

Yeah, most of us know who Falk is. I'm sorry, but I don't like the sound....on a Q. This car suppose to be quiet....heck it's a luxury car. I hate that sometimes my Q is sooooo quiet that I jump back in and try to start the car after it's already running. After you hear that grinding noise that makes your pop out, I later because of how quiet my car is.

It is entertaining though to hear the VH45/VH41 at WOT. Few engines sound as powerful and dramatic as a VH winding up to redline.

The key is to have it quiet at cruising speeds. It doesnt have to be loud all the time. I wonder how hard it would be to implement a valve that opens at 3000rpm like on BMWs, Audis, and Cadillacs?

[cnichols]

The key is to have it quiet at cruising speeds. It doesnt have to be loud all the time. I wonder how hard it would be to implement a valve that opens at 3000rpm like on BMWs, Audis, and Cadillacs?

Should be pretty easy to install an electric cutout and have the activation switch tied to an MSD window switch so that once activated, you can set the RPM range you want the cutout to be open. Not a bad plan at all.

[jonseyq45]

Ok...My 2 bits....

Removed the rear muffler and installed two larger pipes to the opening with Borla tips.

Relived my child hood pretending I was a 55 Chevy small block with glasspacs.

Son would drive the car and at the lights rev it up. Said people were looking all over for the car that made the hot rod noise.

Enough of the fun. Went back to the shop and had a brainstorming session with my friend there.

Currently we have 2 four cylinder engined running side by side. Thats why they rap (sharp noise) so much.

He felt the crossover pipe was too small to be really effective.

We came up with a X pipe just after the cats and before the resonators. A nice gradual X pipe.

Went a little larger on the pipe size ( slows down the velocity, lower fuller sound) at the X pipe.

Kept the volume large at the crossover to allow good mix between the pipes.

Outcome: Sound nirvana. Sounds like V8 Ferarri (Exotic sounds). Fairly quiet at lower RPMs, as it revs it starts to howl.

Good sounds, people at work asked if that was my car that sounded like a formula car.

Braaaap,Jonsey......

[jimbyjimb]

Forget the valves guys, electronic mufflers. Bentley/RR style. I don't know if they still use them but the brits used speakers to cancel the sound waves for perfect exhaust silence. If you hooked up a switch to it...

[gjh20]

Outcome: Sound nirvana. Sounds like V8 Ferarri (Exotic sounds). Fairly quiet at lower RPMs, as it revs it starts to howl.

Good sounds, people at work asked if that was my car that sounded like a formula car.

Braaaap,Jonsey......[/QUOTE]

sound clip please! sounds sweeeeet.