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Just had mine installed with AP headers. Sounds good, not too loud for me. Only thing I'm not that fond of is how far the exhaust tips stick out...little too much.

 

Fully agree with Dave's assessment - got mine installed a couple of weeks ago and love it. Definitely louder than stock with valves closed. I shift to 6th gear in town (~2,000 rpm) and then it's pretty quiet to pass police, etc.

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Does anyone know the size of the V-Band clamps? Would this one work:

Vibrant 1491C Stainless Steel Quick Release V-Band Clamp https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001P28WK2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_qFJ4xbXPN75E4



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What are you needing one for? The manufacture of the exhaust would probably be able to sell/replace under warranty a broken v-band

 

One of the V-bands (left side) is a little loose. Upon close inspection I noticed that the threading had stripped a bit.

 

For everyone who wants an S Line but afraid it will be too loud, I just commissioned Teague to make the first ever muffled S Line system. He experimented with some different things and in the end, made a muffled chamber that fits AFTER the X pipe. I'm out of town for work but I've driven the car twice and I can say that it still sounds like an S Line but that excessive blare and volume at middle to full throttle is gone. It's as quiet as stock but with a nicer note in gentle conditions and no louder but with that F1 sound at high throttle.

And two great things: 1) it adds less than 2 lbs to the system and 2) it can be ordered and retrofit to existing systems.

Here are pics to give you an idea.
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Very interesting and clever retrofit to make it easy to change if desired.

Please post sound clips when the project is done, I'm curious how much it muffles the WOT sound

 

Is that a valved system?

 

No.

 

You would get arrested running that here, there is a uk u tube video of one of these and the owner was selling it after 1000 miles. I think it must be hard to live with.

 

Anyone selling an s-line for f430?

 

Funny, I was in London a few weeks ago and heard plenty of loud cars downtown. Aventadors, LaFerrari, 458's, superAmerica, Huracans, etc. people blasting around all over the place. No one seemed too concerned based on how they were driving.

 

I'm not sure how you can say the x-pipe is "only loud above 4500 rpm." The x-pipe may be quieter than stock with the valves stuck open (I never ran my car like that), but the x-pipe is significantly louder than the stock setup operating as it would from the factory and, even objectively speaking, it's pretty loud, period. Since I've gotten my x-pipe, my buddies constantly make jokes about me waking the neighbors just pulling out of my neighborhood.

As I said before, I don't think the x-pipe is too loud and I love mine, but it's definitely pretty loud at anything above normal idle. If you are someone who doesn't like a louder exhaust, the x-pipe may not be for you.

 

Hopefully as soon as next week I will have my Fabspeed headers and S-Line installed and tuned. We are going to do a stock baseline dyno run(s) and then compare to bolt ons and then with the tune. I havent seen anyone else do this so perhaps this will be good data for everyone to reference. I am hoping to gain 40+ HP's at the crank which seems doable based on the mnfr's claims but we will know for sure soon.

 

Great, post the dyno charts as soon as you can. I have the same setup, and was planning on getting it on a dyno too.

 

There's a thread out there with dyno hp results for stock headers and an x-pipe. Believe there was a peak increase of 30 bhp or so.

 

The only thread I've seen with dyno results is Andrie's. Regardless I'll post up my results as well.

 

are you planning to do the fabspeed chip tune as well? i'd like to see fabspeed headers+stock cats+ s-line exhaust with and without the ECU tune

 

No this will be a custom tune that is reversible. I will provide the incremental changes.

 

A friend of mine recorded my car leaving lunch. First time I've heard it from that perspective. Little bit of wheel spin in 1st.

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What a sound...Pure joy.