I was browsing the Minspeed website the other day, and I noticed this http://www.minspeed.net/R56PBK.htm


I am looking at the Res. Eliminator setup and not the filter and tips.
Has anybody hooked this up yet? What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks,

Scott.

 

I supose it will sound like this

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=XJlD8gJvDUI

 

Seems sort of steep, I imagine you could get a muffler shop to do the resonator really cheap, its a straight piece of pipe.

 

while I don't have it - I have seen/heard a car with it and its very nice. Sounds much better w/out resonator without being ridiculously loud.

Bolts right up w/ quality clamps.

 

i would say do it . pete at minispeed is a good guy and he will not sell something that doesnt work good.

 

i dont know of minispeed but just look at what you are buying before you actually buy it... Its just a metal pipe that you could probably get any muffler shop to make for you for VERY CHEAP.

 

ANY muffler shop will cut up yr stock system and stick a pipe on but will it be a good job is the question. It all depends on who showed up to work at Midas that day.

The pipe is designed to keep your stock pipe ROUND so you can put the resonator back if you want to. Its also designed as a slip on so you don;t have to weld it in place this facilitates do-it-yourself.

BUT you are right you might just get the Pep Boy guy to do a decent job for VERY CHEAP.

 

I think some of the regulars on the Florida regional site (sunshineminis.org) have this installed (Minspeed is based in Pompano Beach, FL) so you may want to post a question there. I'll second Engine 58--Pete@Minspeed is great guy, and doesn't sell products he doesn't believe in.

 

I third that! Pete is a great guy!Quality products! Also it's not ment to give you 30+hp, just alittle meaner sound and a little more flow in and out of the motor.

 

I just saw Peter this morning. The pipe allows for easy do it yourself - cut out resonator, slide pipe over ends & clamp up - your done.

He made it a kit by adding the ITG filter for a little more performance to compliment the free flow exhaust and a set of sexy new tips to compliment the new sound.

For those interested - give peter a call, he is a lot of fun to talk too for he is an enthusiast.

 

you cut a straight pipe and weld it to the stock stuff. Why is this rocket science or depends on who works that day? Its a simple cut and weld.

 

Does anyone know what the dimensions are? I saw on a thread that the pipe is a 1 7/8' pipe is that correct. Also does anyone know the length, so I can simply go to a shop and have someone fabricate one without having to take the unit out to show them?

 

You could just buy one from Minspeed or you could put in the same development effort as Peter did and have one made for you.

 

Talked to Pete. He will sell the pipe separately for about $70. Not worth looking all over for anything else.

 

Does removing the resonator have any smog (CA) implications?

 

To be clear, the stock resonator is welded in, not clamped?

 

The stock unit is clamped in and royal pita to get out. It has no effect on emssions/smog, just a noise damper. I honestly would not replace the stock unit with a pipe splice, I would replace it with a proper hose. Much easier to install and you only have to deal with two clamps in easier to get to locations.

 

I dont understand some say you have to cut it out and others say its clamped in? How easy would it be to get it out w/o cutting involved, and how easy would it be to replace the stock rez.

 

my thoughts the same it has to be cut so that the minspeed piece can be slipped and clamped on.

 

Are you talking about the exhaust resonator ? If so, yes that is welded in. If you are talking about the one on the intake, it is clamped in .....

 

wow, ive said it before and i'll say it again. Go to a muffler shop and have them weld in a pipe. I had my entire magnaflow catback parts and labor installed for 350 OTD with 3 inch piping. I would imagine they would charge well under 50 to just have a pipe welded in place of the stock silencer.

 

Why pay someone to do something you can do yourself??

 

the fact is i dont have the tools or knowledge to weld nor do i have a hydraulic tubing bender

 

You guys were right, I bought the MINSPEED pipe as I thought it would be a 1/2 hour job with my recip saw and air tools and save a morning at the muffler shop. The quality of the parts were good but the dimensions were off. The ID of the expanded ends of the straight pipe was 3mm (per my digital calipers) larger in diameter than the OD of the original pipe. This is a little shy of 1/8 inch so quite a loose fit. The band type clamps that came with the pipe were very high quality but couldn't clamp the pipe adequately. After a trip to AutoZone for muffler assembly paste and a couple of 2.25 inch yankee style muffler clamps it's back on the road. Time will tell if this will hold adequately in the long haul so may wind up at that muffler shop to get the joints to the original pipe welded. I do like the change in sound, not a great increase in volume but a better "throatier" note to it. So all in all given what proper exhaust systems cost, this $100 mod is OK but turned out to be more than a 1/2 hour deal. With the time spent a guy could go to a muffler shop, have it made, welded and gone in probably less time and $.

 

Does anyone know the actual OD dimensions of both ends of the stock intercooler muffler pipe and the length of the pipe? I could measure mine but I don't really want to pull the front bar off to measure it. Much rather take the front bar off once I have the new pipe to put in.