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Hello all (AND hopefully Admins!),
So I stumbled onto this part of CL and thought it was pretty awesome! Wish I had seen some of the things here (ie. Brake maintenance, even though on a diff model). I would love to see a SC/SC430 section! https://www.clublexus.com/how-tos/
I agree. That link looks pretty awesome. We tried to something much less friendly (lower tech) with one of the stickies and with a directory thread that I published a while back but they pale in comparison to the link you found Shawn. They would provide the basis for information for something like that though. At one time, I was going to start a follow on thread to the one I did before with procedures that came along after the stickie thread was closed down but didn't seem to have any interest when I brought it up.
But something like that link would be much better and pretty awesome for the SC430 crowd that we are a part of!
I am trying to improve my exhaust sound, without spending much money. I have red up on the res and muffler deletes and would like to have an exhaust that sounds really loud and mean. Trying to have that V8 sound stand out. I understand that a resonator delete will make my car sound throatier... but I want it too sound loud as well. I was then thinking of doing both a resonator delete and a muffler delete to achieve both, but I heard that it sounds bad. I want it to sound as good as possible. So I have been considering a muffler delete in order to achieve the loudness I want, and a third car delete since I understand that it is behind the O2 sensor and will not cause a check engine light to go on. Any experience with a similar setup?
I am trying to improve my exhaust sound, without spending much money. I have red up on the res and muffler deletes and would like to have an exhaust that sounds really loud and mean. Trying to have that V8 sound stand out. I understand that a resonator delete will make my car sound throatier... but I want it too sound loud as well. I was then thinking of doing both a resonator delete and a muffler delete to achieve both, but I heard that it sounds bad. I want it to sound as good as possible. So I have been considering a muffler delete in order to achieve the loudness I want, and a third car delete since I understand that it is behind the O2 sensor and will not cause a check engine light to go on. Any experience with a similar setup?
@Bgw70
Thank you for the video! I’m guessing that is a straight pipe! Lol, I probably wouldn’t go that far. I heard that removing the resonators causes drone. Straight pipe also supposedly makes your car lose power which I definitely do not want. I think doing a muffler delete will give me that loudness I want, I don’t have neighbors that will complain, and I think the third cat delete would add that unique touch to the exhaust note, while still having the resonators in place. Opinions?
I am trying to improve my exhaust sound, without spending much money. I have red up on the res and muffler deletes and would like to have an exhaust that sounds really loud and mean. Trying to have that V8 sound stand out. I understand that a resonator delete will make my car sound throatier... but I want it too sound loud as well. I was then thinking of doing both a resonator delete and a muffler delete to achieve both, but I heard that it sounds bad. I want it to sound as good as possible. So I have been considering a muffler delete in order to achieve the loudness I want, and a third car delete since I understand that it is behind the O2 sensor and will not cause a check engine light to go on. Any experience with a similar setup?
Hey V8Exhaust, where do you live? I took an aftermarket exhaust system off my car and replaced it with an OEM one. It is just sitting in my storage area.
There is a 1 in 50 chance you live in AZ, so I thought I would ask.
Hey V8Exhaust, where do you live? I took an aftermarket exhaust system off my car and replaced it with an OEM one. It is just sitting in my storage area.
There is a 1 in 50 chance you live in AZ, so I thought I would ask.
Hey man! I live in Miami, Florida unfortunately I really appreciate the offer though, this community is very helpful 🙏🏽
Hi Renegate28,
You are correct, muffler and resonator delete together does sound bad. After trying many options, the two cheapest and loudest options that worked best were replacing the 3rd cat with a h-pipe, although the exhaust smell can be a turn-off and there may be a possible loss in low-end torque, with a muffler delete as per image below,
or replacing the 3rd cat with two cats (I used 200 cell cats to mitigate the problems above) with a muffler delete (refer image below).
If I were to redo this, I would have the twin pipes like the first image, but have two cats without O2 bungs, only have 2-bolt flanges placed after the cats, and leave that section of exhaust unpainted. I hope you find this useful.
We should definitely have a SC430 how-to section. That writeup on installing coilovers that Wil44 did a week or so ago would be the perfect type of thing to have in there. As well as the wheel fitment thread. Also a writeup or link to a video of how to install RCA blocks (it's super easy). There's probably a ton of other things we could put in there. Grom or naviks installs, speaker replacement, sway bars swaps, headers install, etc etc
We should definitely have a SC430 how-to section. That writeup on installing coilovers that Wil44 did a week or so ago would be the perfect type of thing to have in there. As well as the wheel fitment thread. Also a writeup or link to a video of how to install RCA blocks (it's super easy). There's probably a ton of other things we could put in there. Grom or naviks installs, speaker replacement, sway bars swaps, headers install, etc etc
There is the sticky FAQ. All The latest DIYs should go in there.
There is the sticky FAQ. All The latest DIYs should go in there.
That hasn't been updated in 9 years... Maybe this is a good opportunity to curate all that information and all the information since then in a more accessible format like the how-to section mentioned in the first post? A wiki-style setup seems to work very well for this sort of thing.
02-08-18, 08:05 AM
SC430 How-To's- Calling Admins!
I really appreciate the offer though, this community is very helpful 🙏🏽
