Can you whack the part of the hanger that is attached to the tailpipe with a hammer a little? The jigs they use to fabricate these things with may be getting a little loose or something...Kevin

 

Rock, I couldn't get the hanger in the rubber thing all the way either...I havent' had any problems though. The fitment isn't perfect.

 

I tried beating it with a rubber hammer to no avail... it's still 3/4 in so, I'll keep an eye on it.

Otherwise, she's on and it sounds freaking fantastic!!!! I'm one mega-happy camper!

On a scale of one to ten on sound, stock is a 4, the Magnaflow 16612 SISO is a 6.5 in my opinion. Definitely not a neighbor's window rattler but, a nice grumble.

I'm going to take her out for the inagral spin after I get cleaned up. I look like hell after rolling around on the garage floor for nearly 3 hours (most of which was trying to get the stock loose from the hangers).

Thanks everyone for your help. I'm VERY pleased with this mod!

RP

 

Rock, were you able to get the muffler parallel with the ground, or did you have to slant it a little like me for everything to fit correctly?

 

Come on, where are the pics. I know you have some.

Now that you have the magnaflow, how does the sound differ from the borla?

 

I believe it's very close to parallel with the ground... Maybe not perfect but, very very close.

RP

 

Sound versus Borla, as I recall, is slightly louder. On that same scale, I'd put Borla in at about a 5.5.

Head to head, side by side, they're VERY similar in my opinon.

No pictures yet... the wifey took the camera with her to snap some pictures of my new neice.

RP

 

Geeze, RP... From what I have learned from your experience, I think I'll just pay the muffler guy a couple hundred bucks to install - take the afternoon off, drink a gin and tonic on the veranda and anticipate the v-roooom! And if it ain't perfect I'll just rely on their warranty!

 

that was my plan of attack when I made the appt with the muffler shop today.

 

Ahh.... don't let my lack of mechanic's skills deter you from giving it a whirl. It's really not all that bad.

I'm cut from the cloth of making sure that it's 100% right before I go into the modification and, on this one, I didn't do my homework honestly. Every problem that I ran into was really minute in proportion to the grand scale of the project. I probably didn't use enough liquid wrench from the begining... should've doused EVERYTHING before trying. Instead, I just gave it a tiny shot and expected it all to slide out very easy (KY Jelly Style). No luck.

Would I do this one again cold-turkey? Yes. Would I try to get a bit more insight from the folks who had already done the install? Absolutely.

Scale of 1 to 10 on difficulty, I'd give it a 4.5... I'm VERY glad that I did it myself.

Thanks again to those who provided insight!! Now, the long wait for my Xcalibrator... Should be here this coming week... late.

RP

 

Satisfaction and knowledge of doing it yourself put it at 100%. Nothing better than working on something you love, knowing you saved a hundred bucks, and learned how stuff works by doing it yourself.

Thats the type of guy i am though. Love to take things apart to see how they work. Usually they need to be taken apart to fix anyways....And if you cant get it all together, bring it to the experts, heck, you saved them a few steps by taking it apart of them.

All in all, I'm going to attempt mine myself as well. Only way to get the mice spinnin on the wheel in my brain.

 

Tell ya what - I admire you mechanical folks... I can build a house with a hand saw and a hammer, but when I have to get out my socket set, I make sure the band-aids are right beside it. I WILL draw blood, I WILL cuss and throw things, and then I have to call my buddy to finish the job... {Inabilty is R-E-A-L expensive!}

 

Hey RP,

I just put on my 16614 today. It sounds great! It took about 4 hours by myself. Man, I love how it sounds.

 

You and me both man! You have problems getting the stock off? Mine was a BeAsT to remove.

RP

 

You should have taken me up on the offer to help! Mine came off pretty easy, just had to lube the hangers with lots of silicone spray and get my wife to hold the exhaust tip while I was removing that pontoon of a muffler. Mine needs a couple of minor adjustments but it sounds great.