Okay sounds good

Could have saved you some hassle on the muffler, Vibrant makes a very nice 3" in, dual 2.5" out universal muffler. Used this when I switched to a stock looking muffler years back.

I wanted as stock looking as possible, the Vibrant muffler size is very close to the stock size, they sell tips that are the same size & slant as OEM, had these welded on staggered just like the factory setup, then bead blasted the whole muffler to ditch the polished SS for a nice satin finish. Have had DSM owners not realise it wasn't a stock muffler

Ya I knew that muffler existed but I kinda rage built this one after having to deal with court 3 times over the winter. Fabbing up something to stick it to the man while pissed off is very soothing

Ha, that is exactly why I went with the stock looking setup, probably 7-8 years back now. Had an Apexi N1 that was super quiet, but regularly got pulled over for it. Talked my way out of a ticket 3 times & was given 3 or 4 at other times (all thrown out). Had enough, went to a stock looking setup (that was much louder) & haven't been bothered since

It's crazy how much is just the "looks". Doesn't matter how loud it is, really. If it is big, shiny and round, you're getting a ticket. With that being said, it's also easy to get away with running an open downpipe as long as you hang your rusty stock muffler at the back as a decoy

That's very true, I'm sure this is actually louder than the Thermal was but it's got that all important Mitsu emblem embossed on it and the SQ's famous "wire check" won't pass through it so I'm in the clear. One last thing I want to do is get the aluminum heat shield off a cat and tack it to the aluminum mid section so it looks all legit. Although last time the cop asked if I had a cat and I said look for yourself, he pointed at the flex pipe and said, yup, looks good.

I have this Vibrant exhaust you speak of! It's awesome!

Same with my magnaflow 😉 but Jason just looks like he is having way too much fun

Decided I'd clean up these oem tips a little.

So last month I had a little incident on the half mile. I ran the same tune I did last fall when I ran 11.2 on the 1/4 mile, mostly because it's been an extremely busy year so far and haven't had a chance to do much with the car. I guess 14 degrees peak timing on 35 psi with standard ARP's was just a bit too much for the Felpro composite. Side by side with a ZR1 and I wasn't lifting, maybe 100 or so feet before the finish I lost power and a cloud of steam poured out. Blew off the lower rad hose, ballooned the rad and blew off the coolant line to the oil cooler.







Melted a small spot in the head but I managed to salvage it. This is the original head to my car and probably the last original drivetrain part in the car. I ground out the melted spot till I hit fresh material and welded it back in, leaving plenty of material to make sure there were no low spots after getting the head resurfaced.





Like new



OEM MLS this time around.



She's been all back together for a few weeks now, went and did the first try on the 1/4 mile a week ago, 11.5 @ 126 for the first pass of the year, revving it out to 8500, then the rain moved in. Can't wait to go back and turn the boost back up and see what she'll really do this year.

Impressive to see all that on the stock 7 bolt. I hope you get it into the 10's. How's the new exhaust treating you? No more hassles I assume?

It's actually been a built 6 bolt for 2 years now. 7 bolt was tired with low compression, so I took the opportunity to do a little upgrade. My real issue is lack of time to do anything with the car lately.

Cops have eyed the car a few times, haven't been pulled over yet. I pretty sure it's louder than before lol.

Haha that's great to hear Jason!! Looks great!

Well I must've been sleeping through that entire time period

I kinda wish it would still be a 7 bolt ))