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duxthe1 · #1 05-04-2006, 09:19 PM

I've deleted the rear muffler on my TE and kept the center resonator. It growls pretty deeply, enough that I don't get on it in quiet residential neighborhoods. On the highway it's not that offensive. When you take off it has a drone that crisps up pretty sharp about 3500RPM. If you live in a posh neighborhood I wouldn't recommend it, the neiighbors may start to hate you depending on how early you leave for work.

iwrock · #2 05-04-2006, 09:35 PM

Its cool. Do you know what size the pipe is though? It sits too low for me to go under and measure the pipe, and I wnted to pull the resonator, and center muffler.

Then perhaps a tip.

t walgamuth · #3 05-04-2006, 11:38 PM

i dont know and i dont recommend removing all muffs and resonators.

i think you will quickly tire of the loudness.

i tried it on my suburban. yikes!

tom w

oxymoron · #4 05-05-2006, 01:50 PM

I removed the center resonator on both 450 SEL 6.9 and 190 E 2.6 and found a deeper sound. No drone at highway speeds or idle. No downside that I could notice at all and particularly in the v-8, the sound to me is proper.

Interestingly to me, after the center was pulled on the 6.9 and after having driven it for awhile, I had an x-pipe grafted in as close as I could get it to the front of the car. The idea is to even out the exhaust pulses and increase scavenging. The effect was that of a small muffler.

I have read and posted such, that the old hot rodders could put in a couple of crossover pipes at different locations and do without mufflers completely.

iwrock · #5 05-05-2006, 03:29 PM

Would it be bad to remove the resonator and clamp on a piece of pipe? I also want to remove the center muffler. Are they inline, so I can just use a straight pipe, or do I need to have some stuff bent?

denis gow · #6 05-06-2006, 06:50 AM

In have been watching this thread with interest and picked up a few ideas for my 82 500SL euro which I am going to put into action .

My Euro has no catalitic convertor as per OEM specs , it just has the two x 2 inch pipes coming from the exhaust manifold leading to a resonator , but before the resonator right up front there is a cross over pipe which is about 2 feet wide between the two pipes coming from the exhaust manifold .

This crossover is at a ninety deg angle between the two pipes .

I don't know if this is standard on this model or if it was installed by a previous owner , would some one care to comment .

This leads me to say, that from the resonator the twin two inch pipes run close and parallel to the rear muffler which is a twin pipe inlet and twin pipe outlet .

That is 2 inches inlet 1 and three quarter inch outlet tail pipes.

My intention is to remove the resonator completly and replace it with a small 45 deg crossover right at that site leaving the rest of the system as described.

At present the resonator needs replacing, but I will replace with a small crossover as above, as I feel the crossover at this point will dampen sound ( not as much as the resonator ) and give a free flow of gas and a mix of gas to equalize the back pressure , and additionally give a deeper V8 sound.

I will therefore have two crossovers on this system, the one up front and the new one as described .

I will let you know the resulting outcome , good or bad .

Any comments appreciated.

Den Downunder

500SL Euro 1982 Red.

iwrock · #7 05-06-2006, 12:11 PM

That should sound good. I have an appointment today to have em look at me exhaust and see what they can do.

Duxthe1 did you just have a new piece of pipe welded on, or how did that work? I am worried about it melting the plastic on the lower bumper cover.