Weight is the inverse of horsepower. The less you have the better. So when the used Fabspeed Euro-pre muffler arrived I was anxious to get it installed! How much weight does it save you ask.. well.. keep reading you lazy bum!
Fabspeed Euro Pre-Muffler
I bought his part used for a pretty good deal ($250+shipping) from a fellow Rennlister. Every once in a while I score a deal and this was one of them. You can see the honey color from previous heat cycling. It's a nice looking part. It's also quite a bit lighter than the pile of stock equipment that it replaces. I'm not sure what the send port in the top of it is for but the fist port is the O2 sensor bung. Now.. on to the install!
Factory part with shields
This is what is being replaced. Look at all that crap! The used to have a nasty rattle off idle and also when I shut the driver door. I hated that.. made the car sound cheap. My hope was that this modification would address that as well, along with weight savings and of course.. a nice increase in exhaust note.
Old parts removed
This is the pile of stuff replaced. No small stack of steel. Removal of the parts was a breeze! Modification was completed in very short order! None of the bolts required any sort of lubricants to remove them. Once broken free, the nuts were easily removed by fingers. I love quality construction! These cars have it in spades. Even removing the O2 sensor was a sinch. Other non-german cars I've had were a real effort. Mereceds and Porsche use quality exhaust pipes which make work a lot easier. You get what you pay for, IMHO. Onto the final results!!
New part installed
So here it is. Looks a lot smaller in there. Really cleaned up that area behind the rear wheel. And the the big bonus. This dropped another 13 lbs. off the very end of the car. Just a fraction of the 3000 overall weight but it's weight lost in best place to lose it. Plus that is just like adding 2 HP in weight savings. This is not to mention the fact this part should net another 10 HP by freeing up some stuffy exhaust parts (this being the 2nd most restrictive part after the primary muffler which was removed previously - I'll get around to that writeup at some point..).
Conclusion:
Excellent modification. Not sure if it's worth the $450 price of the new part... but for $250 used it was worth it. Lost weight (13 lbs.) gained some power (people estimate as much as 10 HP but who knows.. I didn't dyno test it and I really don't care *that* much) and fixed that nasty rattle all at the same time! And the sound! Well, I can hear it just a tad more when deep in the throttle. Outside the car tone is wonderful. Nice low grumble. My neighbor gearheads say it sounds great! Win-win-win!
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