Postby bender031 » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:31 am
well I picked up my pathy after work last night and went out for a spin. the mechanics who installed it said it wasnt too bad of an install, the old system came out ok and in tact. the fit of the new system looks real good, everything lined up and the tip comes straight (parallel to the ground) out the back.
Sound-
Don't know about you guys by my pathy idles hi at start up, and the gibson gurgles nicely and as the rpms drop it levels out to a mellow growl. accelerating at a normal pace the sound is deep and mellow at the lower end of the rpms. at the higher rpms the engine and my Injen intake take over the sound and the exhaust is fairly un-noticable.
On the highway cruising at 60+ and rpms around 1900 it is a low hardly noticable tone and there is almost No cabin drone.
There is no "buzzy" sound either which i was a little concerned with, and it is not overbearing but definitely you know its not stock.
power/torque- driving to work on the same road i do every day, that has a slight increase in elevation i tend to keep track of where my car shifts, based on that, i'd say i did not lose any low end, and if any change, it was an improvement. high end on our pathys is pretty good so that it is, and i'd say the combo of the intake and new gibson definitely helps it out, it pulls hard all the way to 6k.
mpg-
i am going 4 hour trip on the pa turnpike this weekend, i will have a good idea of my mpg after that. i will report back on that.
sound clip-
i will try to get a sound clip of it at some point in the near future, don't think it will be until sometime next week but i will do my best to get it posted.