3inch stainless from cat back with carbon fibre cannon.

Nowhere near as loud as i was expecting. easily do a long trip with it as it doesn't drone.

oh and no it's not touching the fuel tank its just the angle of the photo.


http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/248/s3700003mn3.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9863/s3700004ae3.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9300/s3700005bp3.jpg

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looks hot man how much did it cost????

thats gotta be the best looking cannon on a magna to date

cost me a total of $450 (probably cause i'm an exhaust fitter and did it all myself) which was cost of the parts.

cost me a total of $450 (probably cause i'm an exhaust fitter and did it all myself) which was cost of the parts.

Awesome man :)
I wanna see a whole rear end shot of it.
It fills up the hole nicely.

i agree - one of the best cannons on a magna.

your fuel tank seems to have to have taken a bit of a bashing over the course of your cars life!

your fuel tank seems to have to have taken a bit of a bashing over the course of your cars life!

yeah no doubt it's taken a few in the rear...

now don't get any ideas about that.... or my number plate....

here you go tuff

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2383/s3700007ek8.jpg

looks really nice

thats how you do a cannon nicely, cant stand 3rd gens with the cannon hanging below the bumper, let alone2...

NICE WORK!!! from a fellow fabfricator.... looks like you used mig? did you change the wire?

EDIT and that should be loud as brother... i dont know how its Acceptable, like the 'no drone' factor... no middle muffler or anything....

no thats tig. just haven't cleaned the **** from around the welds (soot marks) so they look quite large.

Are you just gunna pickle? or you gunna do the full buff?

if i pickle it i will have to buff for sure.

probably going to linish the weld smooth and polish the whole thing.

pain in the ARS55 cause the straight pipe was polished and the bends were not

Not always the case... if you just want the burn marks gone the pickle is good...

But sounds like you know what your doin... :thumbsup:

how did you do the cut out in the bar...did it crack the paint at all?

i used an air-saw (air powered hack saw)

basically a hack saw blade snapped in half, moves in and out. gives the same result as a coping saw but much quicker.

no cracks in the paint.

looks quite good chief. But the offset of the cannon looks strange, very far over to the side of the rear bar

yeah it's got a towbar under there and to get the cannon as far up in the bumper as i did i had to run it beside the end of the towbar. otherwise it would have to had been under the bumper and i think that just looks ugly IMO.

yeah it's got a towbar under there and to get the cannon as far up in the bumper as i did i had to run it beside the end of the towbar. otherwise it would have to had been under the bumper and i think that just looks ugly IMO.
fair enough. Still its a top job mate, well done again.

Looks good!!! Notice any improvement in performance?

looks tidy as man, i like the right hand offset too:thumbsup:

not a fan of cannons but hey you impressed me:D

wanna do an exhaust set up for me? :D
lol looks good mate

wanna do an exhaust set up for me? :D
lol looks good mate

i second that looks really nice and the cannon offset is really nice.

Looks good mate :) Nice welding.

Looks good!!! Notice any improvement in performance?

moreso than anything it has widened my torque band. i used to has a peak power that was really noticeable, now it just pulls hard right through the rev range but doesn't have a necessary peak RPM, it just keeps wanting to go with out a drop off.

the reason i chose the carbon fibre cannon is mainly because of the fact that the car is black (well pretty much) and it suited it well.

as previously stated, i thought it was going to be alot louder than it is. easy way to describe it is this, i highly doubt that cops would turn their heads to look if i drove past them at anything under 3/4 throttle. i'm really surprised at the volume, and i've been an exhaust fitter/fabricator for almost 7 years now.

next step, induction.....

nice. ive got dual cannons. but they hang below the bar and i cant stand it.

it looks crap.

might look into cutting the bar and moving the muffler a bit.

cutting the bar was no big deal for me cause i simply don't care.

if i don't like it in the future i can replace it plain and simple.

thanx for all the positive comments guys.

oh and the guys asking for me to do their exhaust, don't make the mistake of saying "yeah just go crazy with it" unless you want this sort of result or similar...

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4056/s3700004zr8.jpg


note the size of the tip, a good friend of mine said pretty much those words above and ended up with that, 6inch tip!!!! was an offcut off my old boss's boat exhaust...

he was happy with it after hearing it (being a Kiwi makes him patrially insane) but was a shock when first viewed.....

thats how you do a cannon nicely, cant stand 3rd gens with the cannon hanging below the bumper, let alone2...



hay how about shut the **** up you wanker im sick of your **** if you don't have nothing nice to say keep it to your self :rant:

hay how about shut the **** up you wanker im sick of your **** if you don't have nothing nice to say keep it to your self :rant:

not to sound like a prick or anything but keep it to PM's or in your own thread.....

not to sound like a prick or anything but keep it to PM's or in your own thread.....


sorry mate he has been putting me down since i posted my thred sorry again mate any way wish my setup looked like that did it improve response?

throttle response??

nah not really, same as usual. as i said above moreso smoothed out the power curve if ya know what i mean?

Hot!!! :shock:

And that's coming from me. Top job mate!

HOOOOOOT, i like it, wish i new an exhaust fitter here in perth so they could do something similar for me!!!one day i say.

Mike

6" tip!!!
Wouldnt mind a few of those myself :D
Stockie get over it really....most people hate cannons so you know deal with it

']6" tip!!!
Wouldnt mind a few of those myself :D
Stockie get over it really....most people hate cannons so you know deal with it
Tufftr wouldn't mind anything in 6 inches :bowrofl:

looks nice mate well done

pain in the ARS55

haha, nice name drop :P


Yer man, thats a nice setup. Good to see people goin the the darker looking cannons now, and cutting into the kit. Top Stuff!

Great install! Looks very neat, almost OEM...

Just a quick one, is a 3" cat back recommended over 2.5" cat back? i got a 3.5L and am now inspired...

it really depends on how far you intend to go with it and what you want out of your exhaust.

i just wanted to basically go a bit stupid with it and free up the engine a bit more than what the 2.5inch system would as my engine was running out of puff at the 5400rpm mark. now it just wanting to keep on going past that.

also i went with the 3inch because i wanted a deep note, which i got and i'm going to be making extractors to suit. when i am done with the whole system it will be suited to a top end N/A or supercharged motor.

if you plan on going for an average setup i would recomend you stick with the 2.5inch pipework.

Well i wont be charging my car, but i do notice that it does die off near that 5500rpm mark.

Another noob quetion what is a Lukey LR2779 as opposed to a straight-through setup like yours? Performance differences?

i haven't dealt with lukey much but i can look into it for you if you like?

basically when it comes to mufflers, the only difference in straight through sports mufflers is the note/DB level.

there is no difference in performance whatsoever.

it's just a perforated tube through a casing. the different sounds come from different perforation size and positioning.

Well i wont be charging my car, but i do notice that it does die off near that 5500rpm mark.

Another noob quetion what is a Lukey LR2779 as opposed to a straight-through setup like yours? Performance differences?

if you are looking at a lukey unit i have one myself nice note a drones a tad at 2500 other then that its nice and beefy and not loud enough to wake the neighbours hehe, youi could get the lr4-5597 (i think thats it) which is the complete rear section of the standard exhaust which uses a LR2779 as the muffler, its a bolt on unit and can do it yourself at home with a spanner socket set and a set of car ramps.

Looks tops. Now all we need is an audio sample of it :)

sorry mate he has been putting me down since i posted my thred sorry again mate any way wish my setup looked like that did it improve response?

get over yourself i was paying the OP a compliment by saying his cannon looked nice cut into the bumper as opposed to hanging below, but while im at it if you really like cannons that much this guy has done a fantastic job of his, take note

Are you relocating back to Brisbane any time soon?? I'm looking at getting the exact same setup on my car (minus the cannon, but that's just personal preference), and after seeing those pics -
I'd be more than happy to part with my hard earned 1st year apprentice wage for a job like that.

audio sample/youtube will be sometime on the weekend. or any of you could make your way up to townsville for one of their big events....

and not sure how long we will be up here but i could possibly manage something a bit later on in the year with holidays. will post up in QLD section when bonnie and i will be down that way.

no resinators needed?

nope :snooty:

wait for video on weekend...

get over yourself i was paying the OP a compliment by saying his cannon looked nice cut into the bumper as opposed to hanging below, but while im at it if you really like cannons that much this guy has done a fantastic job of his, take note



what ever

nah mate you are just jelouse that im 17 and own a newer car then you isnt it ???
When i was 17, I owned a TH which was newer than your TE... so whats your point?

If you have a problem with him, either pm a mod, or pm him about it.

All you are going to do by putting posts up like that is alienating other members.

ok video is up on youtube. you can either search for it, type in mistubishi magna exhaust, look for the longer of the 3 videos by 'whistlinggopher'. you will probably have to wait for the video to be activated which should be done by the morning or wait til i post the direct link to it.

video is firstly bonnies exhaust then mine. i did both of them so let me know what you guys think.

here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYTskjJMhJk

Yeah not a fan of that sound myself. But like I said before, looks top notch.

Yeah not a fan of that sound myself. But like I said before, looks top notch.


i agree, sounds really tinny.

not to shabby and you said your still using the stock extractors?

i really do pitty you neighbors especially if you leave like that every time

That looks awesome. not really a fan of the note but i love the look. does it drone much when cruising?

i agree, sounds really tinny.

yeah i really hate this raspy sound too but each to their own.

looks the part :P

yeah the video is vey decieving in the way it sounds. i really need to get some 'on the fly' video to give a better sample.

and yeah the exhaust is only cat back at this stage, going to make some extractors up in the next month or so and will be using a high flow 3inch cat. having the system 3inch all the way will more than likely make it drone a bit.

and for the last time no it doesn't drone now. When i'm driving normally it sounds no louder than a 2.5inch system, the only difference is when i open it up...

Im not sure on the sound... but after listening to it a few times looks great, sounds ok, congratulations on the install.

Mike

I like the sound... i bet the authorities will too...$$$$:D

Does it sound a bit on the tinny side bcos it is stainless?? I dont think it sounds bad, Its just different to an ordinary sports exhaust... Top Job on the welding mate looks schmick :thumbsup:

I have full stainlees 2.5 inch and its not tinny.... it has a nice deep sound.

but then again i have nearly $540 woth of mufflrs on mine....

Looks great.. i bet it would sound allright.... 'lil unsure of a 3" exhaust w/ only a cannon though... loud? :doubt:

Im still tossing up what i should do to my exhaust..

2.5" stainless, 3" stainless, 3" mild... Just dont know...

Regards
Alex

Interesting how you said the power increase is low to midrange, where up high its quite similar. When I put my new exhaust on, 2.5inch cat back, mandrel bent, I noticed no difference down low, but more in the upper mid, to top end range. Interesting I must say

Your car sounds nice, i dont mind it at all. Mine sounds a little deeper, bit less raspy, bit more gruntier, but then again minds mild, not stainless.

For the record, my exhaust is a 2.5inch at cat back, with twin resinators, no muffler.

However, how long have you had the exhaust for, because mine lost its raspyness as it carboned up

The sound is very smooth. It doesn't sound tinny at all, simply a typical magna rattle every now and then. And unfortunately the video just doesn't do it justice. You really have to hear it in the flesh to get an idea of what it really sounds like.