Effin Ponderous

Washers only for me.... none of that fancy-schmansy half cut gasket stuff here!

Oh man, you are so missing the boat. My cut gasket sounds so much better (IMO) than the washers and I've tried stg 1, 1.5 and 2.

It's quieter and sounds almost exactly like my buddy's Borla. I'm just diggin the cleaner sound.

If it makes you feel better I have spotted you and you spotted me on 287. I just never said anything. Chaulk it up to just being lazy.

I see a lot of Legacy's but don't post up the sightings in this thread.

Now I can rest in peace...thanks

This should be the official New Jersey spotted thread, hehe. Cmon CT represent!

Don't think so..no one's ever seen my effin car!

I have actually made a pair of gaskets like this out of 1/8" aluminum. For one reason or another I haven't tried them yet but I will soon. As I've posted I'm using my wire Hogzaust Mod and it is working well for me (and the one the wife prefers). When I try these thicker aluminum 'gaskets' I am anticipating some wifely comments and have to be prepared for going back to the wires. I won't know until I try them, however, and they are just sitting there calling me *****whipped. That kind of taunting can only be tolerated for just so long .

 

But HALF INCH!? May as well throw the mufflers away and exit the pipes to the side......... SAY, that sounds like a ....... nah, I'd have to find somewhere else to sleep again .

Won't you end up with corrosion due to dissimilar metals with aluminum? Maybe stainless is the key?

Update - A week later and no signs of blowing out the gaskets. The steel ring is keeping them solid. This mod sounds very similar to clips I've heard of the Borla exhaust. Keep in mind, I tried the washer route twice and pulled it twice because of the increase in noise level after a day or two. No exhaust stink and no carbon build up on the body pan. It may be a little quiet for some at idle, but I think it has just the right added rasp to tell you there is something going on down there. Under wot, it sounds like a porsche.

Oh, and the wife hasn't said a word. Driving at low throttle, there is little difference in sound.

The Hog evolves...

Didn't see where anyone actually performed the mod this way, but I love the sound now. Rather than removing the gasket all together, I may a surgical incision (more like cut it with a pair of Wiss snips) in the factory gaskets as shouwn below. Cut a straight line at the widest part of the inside of the gasket. This method will help to keep the exhaust flowing directly to the rear and eliminate any possibility of blowing out more of the gasket. The sound is better than the original washer mod (IMO). It sounds more like a performance exhaust thatn a hole in the muffler.

I'm running on Tein H-Techs now, but the drop was more than 1"...more like 2" all around. In any case, these are Roh Adrenalines

18" x 7" with 48 offset and 225/40 ZR18 Toyo Proxes. No rubbing

Damn I really like the Kazera KZ-B's and they are very inexpensive too! This wagon looks dead sexy with them...

 

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Are they 17's or 18's?

< the OBP caboose in an chance brief 3-gt parade on rt 1N @ noon today: silver gt leading a (debadged?) GRP, then me, all in a row -- crazy rare occasion in my area -- i know at least one of u gotta be here.

route 1 where and when

saw a silver LGT with spec B wheels on 440, just short of the VNB this morning at around 7:00. Unless of course the spec B's have GT badges....

Big Edit...saw a silver spec B...

I think the ears have a definite impact on the butt-dyno!

I'm very with ya on the ears thing. I meant more like my 5EAT has nothing before turbo...when you rev it, there is this "running too rich" sound like it is clearing out from running too rich once it gets to higher rpm. It really feels better now, but it may be the cooler weather that has affected it

OK, Hogs...I've done the Hogzaust, then reversed it. IMO, it doesn't work as well with the 5EAT because there is no reving to get that sweet sound while standing still (unless you pop it in to neutral). The other problem I had with it was that on initial take off, there wasn't the cool rumbling sound, but more like the car is running on 3 cylinders. Ya gotta give me something different for te autos...they really don't sound good with Hogzaust under 1300 rpms.

No true designer will leave a project half done...

(A new twist and possible thread extension of at least another 100 posts)