Magnaflow exhaust cat back - read inside!

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usabodyguard

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I am not much of a poster on these boards, but nonetheless, i think my marauder is the best car I have ever owned... and that is saying alot. It is my daily driver, yet i try to keep the miles low... 44k 2003 aint too bad.

Anyways, I also have a fully built show truck, with dozens of sponsors... one of which is Magnaflow...

well I was down at magnaflow this past week, getting a complete one off header back system for my truck at their R&D facility down in socal... and while talking to my friend who heads up the R&D... i told him i just bought a marauder a few months ago... he instantly asked what i had for exhaust, and I said stock, but some hack shop threw in a set of flowmasters at some point before i bought the car... his eyes perked up, and told me to HOLD ON!

after a few minutes he came back and told me that they have not done a full exhaust, cat back or otherwise, for the marauders yet and told me to bring my car down, leave it for a week, and that they would use it to design up a system... before and after dyno numbers too!

they would then have a system for our cars ready to sell!!!

i would get the first production kit, and they would rent me a car for the entire time too... not to shabby!!

here is what the kit would include, and dont qoute me on this as things may change as far as parts...

cat back system - mandrel bent pipe, X pipe, twin mufflers (polished), chrome tips (not sure about resonators)


I pick my truck up in a couple of days, I will post those pics too, as it is probably a $3500+ exhaust system...
Dynatech Long tube headers w/ 1700* ceramic coating polished
Magnaflow metalic spun cats
DOUGs E-cutouts
chrome turn downs
MF X pipe
MF dual in, dual out polished muffler
MF side exit exhaust with chrome tips (in front of rear tire)
MF 3" mandrel bent pipe throughout
100% stainless steel throughout

anyways... stay tuned for a cat back specifically for our cars... if youre interested in a kit, i might be able to arrange a group buy with them...

email me if you are interested - david@lamanno.com

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If the price is right I'll buy. I'm guessing they will use the 24" tips with 30 Degree Rolled Lip, that would look perfect!
Why didn't Magnaflow do this 4 years ago?
 
It takes know just the right folks to get something like this accomplished.

:up: to usabodyguard!

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KillJoy
 
Magnaflow Already Did It!!

Magnaflow basically already provided a large part of their proposed exhaust system 4 years ago. It was their '03 Cobra hi-flow H pipe with two hi-flow CATS (rear 2 were eliminated). This H pipe had to be lenghtened 4" to fit the longer wheel base MM. It also hooked directly up to the Cobra FRPP shorty headers.

The hi-flow H pipe and cats opened up the exhaust system and also provided a louder deeper sound even with the stock mufflers, tail pipes and tips. The cost was also reasonable compared to the alternative full tube systems. I would not spend the money on Magnaflow proposed system without also changing out the stock exhaust headers. To do this you need the Cobra H-pipe. If Magnaflow does not also offer the Cobra H pipe in an exhaust system package they are missing the boat.

Glenn :burnout:
 
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Are you talking a complete Magnaflow header back system for the Marauder, or behind the cats (catback) as your thread title implies?

A full kit from Magnaflow would be an awesome addition to the choices KOOKS and SS that we have now.

I bought a Magnaflow catback for my Focus. Albeit pricey ($415), it offered a negligible performance change, a nicer, deeper exhaust note, and a much better tail pipe appearance. But that's all.

As far as this type of kit (catback) on a Marauder?
Why? For the price, it would be smarter pennywise to buy an entire header and all kit.
 
The already make a catback for the 06+ CV, how much would it take to make it work on a MM, not a lot, but it's $700..
 
not sure if it is going to be a cat back, i will ask them to make it a complete header back system... or they might do both.

I know they already have a kit for a CV, i actually rode in their CV... but since they are already one of my sponsors, they agreed to make a new system for the marauder... and then offer it to the mainstream...

I think i will pitch the header back system...

but remember - they are a manufacturer, they need to consider smog laws... so they might have a couple of different options... i have to go back this week to pick up my truck, i will ask them about options...
 
also - from what i was told, their X pipe is FAR better than an H pipe... their chief engineer explained the logic behind that one, but i stood their with a blank stare once he started talking about fluid dynamics and gas laws... lol
 
usabodyguard said:
also - from what i was told, their X pipe is FAR better than an H pipe... their chief engineer explained the logic behind that one, but i stood their with a blank stare once he started talking about fluid dynamics and gas laws... lol
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But.... they sound like ass....

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KillJoy
 
Tell them to offer a H pipe also, and im sure you'd get more interested people.

They were supposed to make a kit for the 2v panther cars, guess that never happend.
 
252life said:
If the price is right I'll buy. I'm guessing they will use the 24" tips with 30 Degree Rolled Lip, that would look perfect!
Why didn't Magnaflow do this 4 years ago?
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Actually, the system you are talking about is already a Magnaflow system. They just modified a currently produced exhaust system I have on my 2004 Crown Vic P.I. It is MAGNAFLOW # 16788

2 1/4" SS from the cats back and CVPI tail pipes. Any decent exhaust shop will install a 2" crossover pipe, cut the tailpipes and weld your tips to come straight out the back

Needs a little "elbow greese" to fit on the earlier Panthers, but works really well!
 
Nicely done, it seems there's hundreds of catalogs for other vehicles and when it comes to our cars next to nothing. Thanks for looking out.
 
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