First Test: FDM 200 cell sport cats
08-04-2012, 03:19 PM
#19
Looking forward to some dyno numbers.
Any estimate on the price?
That logo/gusset piece is just awesome, the whole thing is a work of car art.
08-04-2012, 04:45 PM
#21
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Any gains to be had if this was a true X-pipe design? Other than that question mark and the price this looks to be a nice alternative to the Fabspeed version. Will this be modular too?
08-04-2012, 05:44 PM
#25
Drifting
I'm interested in the sound (both volume and tone, soundclips are tough to use as a basis), the weight loss (I would guess ~15 lbs. with the cats in place and maybe ~23 with the bypass swap, but hopefully more), and the performance enhancement (I didn't expect hp or tq gains with the mufflers, but these should provide a noticeable gain).
08-06-2012, 09:12 PM
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UPDATE Fister Stage IIIs w/200 cell sport cats
My driving impresssions: I picked up MarkD on Saturday morning and we headed out to our desolate test track.
Inside the car: no droning at all, really surprisingly mild in the cabin. At 3K you definitely get a bit of rumble in the cabin which was not present with the stock cats. Press down on the accelerator, even a little aggressively, and you definitely can tell there is more sound behind you. At hard acceleration, you get a nice raspy open exhaust sound inside the car. A bit different then just Stage IIIs alone. The car also seemed to still pull very hard.
Outside the car: I had Mark do a couple of high RPM passes and a dead start pull away......OMG....these babies are loud. I mean race car loud! From a dead start he took it to redline thru 3rd gear. By now he was a pretty good distance away from where I was standing (directly behind the car), and then he downshifted into second....even at that distance, it was still loud. It sounded like an all out race car. The pops and burbles that this high flow exhaust creates are intoxicating.
When Mark came back to pick me up, he couldn't stop smiling
Did I mention it's loud.....cause it's loud!
I will shoot some video of this combo in action soon and will also test them with Stage IIs and Stage Is and will do some comparison videos with them.
The one word I would use to describe this Stage III/Sport at combo is vicious!
The Sport Cats will be priced at $1450 when they are released exclusively thru FDM.
My driving impresssions: I picked up MarkD on Saturday morning and we headed out to our desolate test track.
Inside the car: no droning at all, really surprisingly mild in the cabin. At 3K you definitely get a bit of rumble in the cabin which was not present with the stock cats. Press down on the accelerator, even a little aggressively, and you definitely can tell there is more sound behind you. At hard acceleration, you get a nice raspy open exhaust sound inside the car. A bit different then just Stage IIIs alone. The car also seemed to still pull very hard.
Outside the car: I had Mark do a couple of high RPM passes and a dead start pull away......OMG....these babies are loud. I mean race car loud! From a dead start he took it to redline thru 3rd gear. By now he was a pretty good distance away from where I was standing (directly behind the car), and then he downshifted into second....even at that distance, it was still loud. It sounded like an all out race car. The pops and burbles that this high flow exhaust creates are intoxicating.
When Mark came back to pick me up, he couldn't stop smiling
Did I mention it's loud.....cause it's loud!I will shoot some video of this combo in action soon and will also test them with Stage IIs and Stage Is and will do some comparison videos with them.
The one word I would use to describe this Stage III/Sport at combo is vicious!
The Sport Cats will be priced at $1450 when they are released exclusively thru FDM.
