I'm restarting this discussion since there seems to be so many varying opinions on the subject. Please refer to the original discussion if you are unfamiliar. DemonSVT wrote,"Actually I'm willing to bet any crush bent system will not outperform the stock SVT exhaust (which is mandrel bent BTW) with the resonator removed or probably even with it just replaced with a quality unit! Well, Cawong11 showed a dyno test proving him wrong. A quality crush bend can improve performance over the stock svt exhaust. Last night I crawled under my 2002 Maxima se to see the stock exhaust and boy does the pipe narrow at points. In one place it actually is reduced at least 50%. Using a friends gtech last night I recorded 0-60 5.6 sec and 1/4 mile 14.3 with the stock maxima . On the 99 contour se sport with BAT intake and Custom bent exhaust with glassback and bullet muffler I recorded 0-60 6.5 1/4 mile 15.3. This was using a competion Gtech pro.
