Vibrant Exhaust

[jfvhpilot]

I just installed the Vibrant exhaust on my MSP and am passing along my opinion. The install was easy until we removed the nuts off the s pipe studs. Unfortunately, we broke two of them. After drilling them out and retapping the threads, everything went great. I did have a fitment issue with the muffler pressing against the rear bumper. We had to heat the hangars and bend them a little. I went to a friends garage so he had all the tools needed to install the system.
I run the exhaust without the silencer and it sounds very good. It has a deep grumble that is not raspy at all. It has some drone at freeway speeds but certainly tolerable. I would recommend this exhaust to anyone looking for a three inch performance system. My previous system was a three inch catback exhaust. I have not dyno'd my car, but the vibrant seemed to pull better with the j-pipe. It is very well made with nice welds and seams. I have not driven a car with the GHL turbo back exhaust, but for the price and sound, I would recommend the vibrant to anyone.

 

[JCell]

Vibrant rocks, i can't wait to get one

3' is mandatory for turbos

 

[DeuceMalicai]

Vibrant rocks, i can't wait to get one

3' is mandatory for turbos

I agree (yes)

 

[122 Vega]

I put down almost 200 ft lbs of torque with my 2.4" CS with S/J pipe and Vibrant cat. A few other mods, but stock motor, stock boost.

The Vibrant is tempting, with the CS S pipe, but I fer I'll loose bottom end torque.

I might get one, do back to back dynos and sell the loser.

Britt

 

[MrDiggler]

I noticed no change in bottom end torque, even though I expected to. I really like the system overall, but I'm still having a problem with excessive noise, even with the silencer. My neighbors hate me and my wife hates to ride with me. Vibrant thought the cat blew out, but when I pulled the front section to install their warranty replacment, my cat looked great. It has to be either the resonator or muffler. I can't wait to get it fixed.

Also, the s-pipe studs and nuts can be replaced with small headed allen bolts. JDM Sam told me about this but couldn't remember the size and thread pitch. I'm going to find out so I don't have to fight with it at engine swap time.

 

[GhostMercury]

if you dont want the silencer how much would you sell it for.