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watsy

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hey guys just wanting to get a little more grunt to the calais 5.7.
im not wanting to have a beast but just want to give it just a bit more umph.
not interested in a full exhaust so im just wanting a 2.5" cat back a ramjet otr and ill be retaining the maf and a decent tune probably be done by hi torque. do u think ill notice any improvements?
dont wanna spend anymore than 1800.
open to suggestions on the cat back.

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Buy ramjet and get the tune done, you will feel a lot of improvement. Many people even just get a tune on a stock engine, although the gains are not as great compared with intake and exhaust mods, it still ends up being the best bang for buck mod.
 

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Also I just bought an xforce exhaust from muffs to the max for 390, fitted myself but there were alignment problems which they fixed for me, so I'd suggest getting the exhaust fitted for you if you get an xforce.
 

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thanks Richard. yeah I've been looking at the xforce. I got a quote to get one fitted for $600. is that about right?
 

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Yea sounds right, although I think if you can fit it yourself then give it a go, it will save you a couple of hundred. It's a smooth sounding exhaust, not very loud for me but I have all 3 mufflers
 

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Mine fitted up good. I've got centre mufflers and rear res. It was pretty loud with stock manifolds and cats and now it's LOUD with 4 into 1s and high flow cats.
 

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not to flash workin on cars, mate. do u know any other places who deal with ramjet besides ebay
 

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You don't specifically need a Ramjet (If thats your preferance, i understand). Some shops can do a tune+OTR for $1100ish.

I'd also avoid installing an Xforce exhaust yourself. The build quality seems to be a hit and miss, and if the fitment is out its a pain to install.
 

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The Duspeed OTR is very nice and looks rather stockish so to speak :)

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