Tuesday, 14 April 2015

BNR34 Full Custom Stainless 3" Exhaust

So after the Tomei Expreme Ti had proven too loud for my liking I decided to go for a full custom exhaust. Ended up at a workshop which won't be mentioned and has since disappeared (I wonder why?) and got a good sounding exhaust. Unfortunately that's about as good as it gets... The exhaust was horribly designed which led to a defect for the exhaust hanging too low, and after closer inspection it also happened to have pinhole leaks at the welds. In the end I can't really complain, it's my fault as I went for the cheaper option and was expecting too much.

I then went to Rob from Sabbadin Automotive and asked  for a quiet yet high flowing exhaust that also sits up high. I was advised I only needed 3" piping with good flowing mufflers to achieve my power goal and keep sound to a minimum. Long story short I ended up with ~350kw at the wheels on e85 with -7 turbos at both Sabbadin Automotive and Chequered Tuning dyno's. Spot on with the power goal.

Back to the exhaust - Sabbadin Automotive worked their magic and achieved the following:

Front pipes back - the centre muffler hadn't been welded on yet
The cat - re-used from my previous setup
The centre muffler - again, not welded on yet, just sitting in place
To achieve the fitment of the centre muffler displayed above, the top of the muffler was modified so it won't interfere with the drive shaft.

Here you can see how high the exhaust will eventually sit

And here's some final photos of the completed exhaust. As you can see, the centre muffler sits up higher than the rear diffuser, a better outcome than I ever expected.
The same could be said for the piping to the rear muffler. The piping isn't only more straight, it doesn't even need the factory cutout in the diffuser because it sits up so high.



Note: The darkened area on the rear bar around the muffler tip is from the previous exhaust, I hadn't gotten to cleaning it yet.

The exhaust is nice and quiet and has no drone at all, makes great power and sits up extremely high - exactly what I was looking for.

If you're looking for something similar I highly recommend having a chat to Sabbadin Automotive.

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