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Banks or Magnaflow cat-back?

Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by jvand678, Sep 3, 2008.

  1. Sep 3, 2008 at 11:07 AM
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    jvand678

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    I know the whole which is the "best" exhaust has been hashed out and hashed out. I've pretty much narrowed it down to 2, the banks monster and the magnaflow.

    There are a few people on here that have the banks installed and have chimed in on some threads and a lot of you with the magnaflow. After listening to a basic sound clip they both sound great.

    I'd like to go with which ever one seems to be giving more positive dyno reads but can't find anything showing either of them.

    If any of you guys have either had experience with both or have some numbers to reference I'd really appreciate it.

    thanks,

    Joe
     
  2. Sep 3, 2008 at 2:24 PM
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    If you search around a bit you will find a thread about the fact that cat back installations are not as effective as everyone would believe.

    You can spend 5-9 hundred on a cat-back or like 100 to get a new muffler and some tubing. Look for the thread-It goes more in depth.
     
  3. Sep 3, 2008 at 9:41 PM
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    From what I've read on the Banks.Their pipes are 3" in & 3" out.You would loose a lot of low end pwr. and torque.:) Staying w/2.5 pipes would be better.imoa.
     

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