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I finally got my exhaust in and unfortunately do not have any pictures to post yet. For those who don't know, I've been working on a custom dual exhaust for the past couple months. I started with the infamous Cardoctor exhaust with a SHO Shop y-pipe (a really cool set up, by the way), but I decided to swap that out for another design. This is what I did: I got an x-pipe built and installed on the two SHO Shop pipes that run off the manifolds. From there, I have two flex pipes which lead into the x-pipe. Downstream of that, I have two "resonators" in parallel. I got the resonators built up for me from Jondel Motorsports in Europe. I got a good price and the construction was top notch. It was pricey to ship here, but it was well worth it. From there, my pipes run around the gas tank and lead to two 4" Banzai Billet Cap resonated tips. My car has a more refined tone now and I love it. A few things though...for some reason, I am getting a lot of vibration around the point where the secondaries open. I put in my Superchip to make them open earlier and the transition is much smoother. The flex pipes I have are very stiff and need to be broken in. I'm heading off to Europe today, but I wanted to let everyone know what I've been working on. I'll post some pics when I get back and try to get a video clip which allow you to hear the sound too. I'll keep you posted and talk to you in a week!!! 
98 Black E0 #946 of 6535
Koni struts & Eibach springs
24mm Aussiebar
Pro Flow 75mm MAFS calibrated to KKM filter
Wilwood Brake Kit with cross-drilled rotors
Clutchmaster's Stage 1 Clutch & Fidanza Flywheel
Custom Dual Exhaust with an Xpipe
MSDS Headers
Custom Cold Air Intake with KKM filter
Dyno'd at 177 hp and 156 ft-lbs
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Sounds good, but will it pass emmisions? or is that even a concern? Post pics when you get back from Europe.
BTW you can pick me up a ST24...err I think that's what they are called.
Thanks
97' 2.5L Contour SE -T-Red Midas exhaust (grr...), Sony CD player, K&N airfilter, Mobil One Synthetic Oil, removed intake resonator, modified MAF, in-fender CAI, painted grill, Platinum tipped NGK's. I am looking for SVT E0's or E1's, SVT Upper & Lower Intake, SVT Throttle Body, and SVT Exhaust. If you are selling, e-mail me! Ford4eva@hotmail.com
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just out of curiousity, where did you have it done?
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Please please have it dyno!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So.... No mufflers? Cool! Can you produce a sound clip for the group? If you want, I can host the clip on my server.
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NYKnicks guy,
Good work on a cool exhaust.
Where do you live in Farmington? I just moved into a house just west of downtown, near Gill Road.
-Kurt
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Cool, someone else took my idea and ran with it!! Kudos to you! Now I just gotta get my X-pipe. Maybe I should put "True-Dual Pioneer" in my sig... hehe...
"I sense much beer in you....
Beer leads to intoxication, intoxication leads to hang over, hang over leads to suffering....., suffering leads to the dark side." -Chineseman 3:16
Steve Chang
99 Silver SVT #196 "ExtrudeHone"
Sponsored by Street-Concepts
174.2 fwhp @ 150.7 ft/lbs (218 hp @ crank) - Pre-Headers
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XChang Designs
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He lives in Michigan, no emissions here! I live in Livonia, 6 and Wayne. Sweet, so many Contours live close to me!
STD's are like Pokemon...
Gotta catch em' all!
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Hello everyone. I just got back from an unbelievable trip in Europe and I finally got some pics of my exhaust. I finally got the ideal sound/performance balance I was looking for. I will work with Chris Hightower to get some sound clips ASAP. I may wait until I get my headers installed since they are coming next week, but we'll see. Please let me know what you think http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1714109&a=13172305&f=0
98 Black E0 #946 of 6535
Koni struts & Eibach springs
24mm Aussiebar
Pro Flow 75mm MAFS calibrated to KKM filter
Wilwood Brake Kit with cross-drilled rotors
Clutchmaster's Stage 1 Clutch & Fidanza Flywheel
Custom Dual Exhaust with an Xpipe
MSDS Headers
Custom Cold Air Intake with KKM filter
Dyno'd at 177 hp and 156 ft-lbs
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Oh yeah, I finally got rid on my vibration problem. The person who installed my mufflers hard mounted the mufflers to the body. I replaced it with two rubber hangers and viola...no more vibration.
98 Black E0 #946 of 6535
Koni struts & Eibach springs
24mm Aussiebar
Pro Flow 75mm MAFS calibrated to KKM filter
Wilwood Brake Kit with cross-drilled rotors
Clutchmaster's Stage 1 Clutch & Fidanza Flywheel
Custom Dual Exhaust with an Xpipe
MSDS Headers
Custom Cold Air Intake with KKM filter
Dyno'd at 177 hp and 156 ft-lbs
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