[CLOSED] Phat Quad Tip Mufflers In Mild Steel

[julzzychan]

These were WELL worth the wait! I am stoked as they look totally sweet and sound just the goods. For those who are yet to receive their mufflers please read the earlier threads for concise fitment instructions and hit us up if you have any more Qs!

haha no dramas Jim man. very easy to install. had them fitted perfectly after the cruz on sunday.

heres they sound clip after driven 60kms or so. hope it gives a rough idea how they sound on 2.5NAs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlWl9SkyBIw

Cheers

[wassell2381]

ahh awesome finally a test of these mufflers on the 2.5 NA. They sound alright!!

[julzzychan]

ahh awesome finally a test of these mufflers on the 2.5 NA. They sound alright!!

yeh Dan man! i do really surprised that they do really sound great in NAs haha...wait till driven around 500+ u will spot the major difference!

[Digital]

thanks for posting that julzzy, they sound good!

very tempting..........................................

btw thanks for taking a pic of the back of my ride on the cruise! haha

[julzzychan]

thanks for posting that julzzy, they sound good!

very tempting..........................................

btw thanks for taking a pic of the back of my ride on the cruise! haha

Oh haha...no worries bob! must catch up with u properly next time!

cheers

[Arith]

heres they sound clip after driven 60kms or so. hope it gives a rough idea how they sound on 2.5NAs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlWl9SkyBIw

Ahh, great work Julz! Thanks for that! I have updated the Liberty Exhaust Clips post with your entry! You're now the officially first 2.5i with a Phat Quad video clip!

[julzzychan]

heres they sound clip after driven 60kms or so. hope it gives a rough idea how they sound on 2.5NAs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlWl9SkyBIw

Ahh, great work Julz! Thanks for that! I have updated the Liberty Exhaust Clips post with your entry! You're now the officially first 2.5i with a Phat Quad video clip!

YI HAA!!!

thx Jim! Big applause to u too my man!

just a quick question...you know the pipe hole of phat's exhausts have a slightly larger diameter then the normal inlet pipes, and the gasket too. should you change the pipe as well so that the phat exhausts will be used more effectively? or there will be no difference but i dun think so...

cheers

[Arith]

You know the pipe hole of phat's exhausts have a slightly larger diameter then the normal inlet pipes, and the gasket too. should you change the pipe as well so that the phat exhausts will be used more effectively? or there will be no difference

The difference will be so small you won't even notice it. When you go larger pipe diameter for a N/A, you tend to lose a bit of low end power, but that's only when you go from the catback. When it's just mufflers only, it most likely won't make much of a difference I reckon, especially since the piping inside the muffler is 2.5" throughout. Your car should be responding a bit quicker now when you put your foot down.

If worse comes to worst, you could always trade with someone who has a 3.0 or a GT that's running HiTechs. HiTechs have small piping, as seen below in a side by side comparison:

[julzzychan]

You know the pipe hole of phat's exhausts have a slightly larger diameter then the normal inlet pipes, and the gasket too. should you change the pipe as well so that the phat exhausts will be used more effectively? or there will be no difference

The difference will be so small you won't even notice it. When you go larger pipe diameter for a N/A, you tend to lose a bit of low end power, but that's only when you go from the catback. When it's just mufflers only, it most likely won't make much of a difference I reckon, especially since the piping inside the muffler is 2.5" throughout. Your car should be responding a bit quicker now when you put your foot down.

yeh i do realise that to be honest when i floor it a little. now i will change the pod filter and maybe lower it a little...will see

thx man!

[teK--]

I've put almost 1,000Kms on them now, and they sound magnificent! A couple of times recently have had to either take off quickly from standstill or heeltoe 4>3 and the throttle response + sound is sweet .

I haven't actually noticed much movement in my Y-pipe even after a long drive; the pass. side constantly sits about 3mm from the inside edge of the bumper and moves 1mm further away when hot, *if* even that much at all. What have the other 2.5i drivers noticed, are our engines just not heating up the exhaust enough?

[drndrn]

I've found my mufflers sit about 3-5mm off the inside on each side. Tried adjusting it but had no success, still looks good, would just prefer if it hung a little higher and closer to the centre.

Is that how yours hang too Tek?

[teK--]

Hey Daz I tried repositioning the pass. side one about 10 times during the initial fitment but it kept hanging lower and closer to the inner edge than the other side which was almost perfect.

The next day I undid the bolts on both sides and firstly pushed the pass. one up and outwards hard whilst tightening the bolts. Secondly I pushed the driver's side hard downwards and inwards whilst tightening the bolts. They are now both even height but the driver's side sits about 8mm from the inside edge whilst the pass. side sits about 3mm. I'm gonna leave em as is and have put it down to different manufacturing tolerances of the Y-pipe in each car.

[julzzychan]

I've found my mufflers sit about 3-5mm off the inside on each side. Tried adjusting it but had no success, still looks good, would just prefer if it hung a little higher and closer to the centre.

Is that how yours hang too Tek?

this is not really good to do because the pipe size are pretty fixed under the car so if u want u have to bend the mufflers so that it will sit wherever ur desired position is. But i dun think that is practical and at the moment the mufflers sits around 3mm from the inside and pretty much in the middle so yeh.

what happens to ur, jim apart from that? no noise or weird sound at all? i drove 500ish yesterday in total so should spot the difference when u first fitted and now.

what about u Daz? anything wrong still?

regards

[julzzychan]

Hey Daz I tried repositioning the pass. side one about 10 times during the initial fitment but it kept hanging lower and closer to the inner edge than the other side which was almost perfect.

The next day I undid the bolts on both sides and firstly pushed the pass. one up and outwards hard whilst tightening the bolts. Secondly I pushed the driver's side hard downwards and inwards whilst tightening the bolts. They are now both even height but the driver's side sits about 8mm from the inside edge whilst the pass. side sits about 3mm. I'm gonna leave em as is and have put it down to different manufacturing tolerances of the Y-pipe in each car.

yeh u can do that but it will look weird if bend too much!

u loving ur car now jim? u back home now? should catch up with u soon! theres some nice coffee shops in forest hill or whitehorse road. if ur keeen?

[teK--]

Yo Julz no weird sounds or anything from the quads; really happy with them. I did mention in the other thread that I get an occasional rattle/buzzing sound inside the dash when cruising or at WOT which is from the new exhaust tones, but I can live with that

Coffee shops sound good I am pretty much flat stick for the next few months in the evenings due to work but most weekends I will have a spare couple of hours on Sat or Sun arvo. PM me your ph# we'll organise something soon!