New Exhaust Installed - SLP LM I

[onefastls1]

Last night I finally installed my SLP Loudmouth I exhaust. I took my car to my buddy's house who had all the tools I would need. Mind you, it was 7 degrees outside! With a 1000watt halogen lamp, space heater, and some beer we were good to go!

The install took longer than expected, but this is my first "project" I have done to my car. We started a little after 8:00 P.M and did not finish until after 1:30 AM. After I disconnected the pipe from the factory y-pipe, we could not remove the exhaust from over the axle (partially due to not have a car lift and it would hit the floor). So, I had to cut the exhaust near the axle (which took longer than expected). First time using a cutoff wheel, I pushed too hard and the pipe ate the disc for dinner! haha. We had to run to the parts store and pick up a few more discs. Once the exhaust was cut, we could remove it over the axle.

I thought installing the exhaust would be harder than it was, but I was pretty impressed. The main thing that took up some time was lining up the pipes to the middle of the cut-outs in the bumper, and make sure it is not hanging low. Once you have it lined up, start tightening all the clamps.

Here comes to dumb part *palm to face*. I didn't realize until after we tightening the dual tip clamps that they are on the wrong side! Since the bump slightly curves inward, the shorter tips need to be on the inward curve. Somehow I did not catch that. Oh well! I am going to take the car to a muffler shop to have the tips tact welded on instead of using the clamps. I did notice on the way home, there is a small rattle when I start to slow down or am stopped. We made sure everything was tightened. If you grab the exhaust, it really doesn't move at all. I am think the noise is coming from the pipe going over the axle. This afternoon, I fired up the car and you could hear the rattle. I crawled under the car and grabbed the pipe that connects to the tips and the noise stopped. When I let go, I could hear it again; which it sounds like it is coming front he axle area. I'll have the muffler shop look at it when I get the tips tact welded on.

She (Jade) sound really good. To me, it does not seem obnoxiously loud, hell, I want it louder! Check out the video below of the install and a few startups (before and after exhaust was installed). I will say, the iPhone 5 does not do justice to the sound. It sounds much better in person. I'll retake another video on my HD video camera and repost it.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/p_UCUXJEB8w

[Zabo]

And this is when this:



Gets combined with Longtubes and a catted offroad Y pipe:



..Texas Speed 1 7/8ths and a TSP Catted Y pipe. Go stainless, no holes to worry about.

[Lee0123567]

What the rattling is is when the pipe goes over the axle it's hitting the body. Mine had the same problem when i had my exhaust done

[onefastls1]

Originally Posted by Lee0123567

What the rattling is is when the pipe goes over the axle it's hitting the body. Mine had the same problem when i had my exhaust done

How did you fix the issue?

[73camarolt]

Yea I have a lm2 and mine rattles. Hopefully I get under it this week and figure it out.

[demonspeed]

You'll either need to untighten everything and move stuff around -- or a "BFH" mod (where BFH is an acronym ).

[dmginc]

Big Effin Hammer the fun mod!

the over the axle part needs to be just right or it will rattle, my hooker exhaust rattled very little, mostly if i had a little clutch chatter from starting out on an incline you would hear exhaust rattle a bit. the only problem with that exhaust was the drivers side hanger is in a stupid place...oh well, died with the car it was on...RIP...

[onefastls1]

Originally Posted by demonspeed

You'll either need to untighten everything and move stuff around -- or a "BFH" mod (where BFH is an acronym ).

I figured I was going to have to untighten everything! Sigh! lol

[dmginc]

if you want louder, get a Powerstick and put it in place of the SLP bullet muffler.

[Zabo]

Originally Posted by dmginc

if you want louder, get a Powerstick and put it in place of the SLP bullet muffler.

Totally forgot about this.. They're out of Milford, 50 minutes north of me and good lord do long tubes and a powerstick sound like sex..



That's a totally stock innards 2000 Z28, pacesetter headers directly into 2 "medium" powersticks and dumped before the axle. T/A should sound like that with one in place of the bullet and with some eBay stainless headers/stainless offroad Y pipe. Cincy speed can do all the hard parts for ya. The powersticks can run 75 max and clamp right in.

[2010 SSRS]

HEAVY METAL

[Ivan @ Southwest Speed]

With a 1000watt halogen lamp, space heater, and some beer we were good to go!

nuff said....

Well done bro!
Ivan

[xXSilencerXx]

Nice! I'm running an LM1 with a magnaflow muffler instead of the hollow pipe SLP gives you. It was nice until I did the heads/cam swap and then it was just ridiculous.

The rattling that I had before having the muffler shop weld on my Corsa clones was the pipe hitting the PHB mount as it came down from over the axle. When the tips were welded on the exhaust shop I went to realigned everything.