Sway_NV

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~GT Haus Meisterschaft Full Cat Back Exhaust Review~

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So I'm unable to review each piece seperately, because I installed all 3
pieces simultaneously. This is the only actual mod on the car right now, so
all impressions will be on the exhaust, and the exhaust only.



First off was the packaging, larger than I expected! So if you think you're
going to fold your back seat down and slip it in through the trunk... think
again. Luckily I had a friend with a truck who said to give him a call if I
needed him. Pics for reference.


Ignore the birdpoop on the bumper -_-"



It was taped well and each piece was wrapped in lots and lots of bubble
wrap individually, then filled with millions of peanuts. It's definitely not
heavy though! I was honestly surprised at how light it was... Build quality is
excellent. Being a welder that was honestly the first thing I looked at, and
the quality of this exhaust it truly topnotch!









^^^ On the way to my friends shop for install! If you look you can see the painted trunk release button.

Install was pretty straightforward. All hardware was included except for
where the exhaust meets the cats, in which the OEM gaskets and bolts can
easily be reused. The tips do have adjust-ability, up and down but not back
and forth (towards the front and rear of the car.) The muffler actually is a
little higher than stock, but the pipes right before it I feel like hang a little
lower, but not much at all... definitely has decent ground clearance. Tips are
larger than stock, but not crazy big. If someone doesn't know anything about
cars, or G's, they probably wouldn't know you had an exhaust until they
heard it, or gave it a serious look. (The splits in the tips give it away when
you actually and look at it.)




^^^ cars a little dirty, just rained, those aren't scuffs or scratches...


And last but not least, sound & performance! I've had the exhaust on the
car for about 500 miles now, and I can say I have never ever had an exhaust
so quiet and so loud at the same time! My first impression I had my friend
start it inside his shop with me standing right behind the car, and when he
revved it, it hurt my ears! I was not expecting that... he did have it in first
and revved it to about 7k ... but we did let it warm up first so that's
good. It does have a decently loud cold start, a deep low rumble for about 30
or so seconds before it calms down. After that inside the car you can't hear it
at idle. Outside the car it's not loud, but you can tell it definitely has a
deeper tone and a little more rumble.
Under normal acceleration you can definitely hear it, still a nice low
rumble, and gets a little loud at about 2.5k (where I usually shift) but once
you reach speed and throw it in 5th or 6th, the noise almost completely
disappears. There is literally ZERO drone on this exhaust at cruising speeds.
But it wakes up instantly when you lay anything into the throttle. I
swore it would have drone at highway speeds from my impressions driving it
around town, but last week I took it out on the highway just to see, and sure
enough, once you start cruising at about 75, it quiets down and just cruises...
it's a little louder than stock, but will not interrupt your conversation or radio
whatsoever.
Under WOT however, it. is. Loud! You would never believe it was the same
car. If I was doing a hard pull down the street (which I would never! ) and
a cop heard it and came to find me, if I dropped it into a normal gear by the
time he got there, he wouldn't even think to look at my car. It's that much of
a night and day difference. I will say it's not as loud inside the cabin
actually... all windows closed, it's decently loud and has a mean mean growl
to it. But open the windows and/or sunroof, and you'll find yourself asking is
that really me?? I love it! Just what I wanted, quiet under
normal driving but with some growl and umph, but loud throaty and
aggressive under WOT, with 0 drone.
Even though my friend actually owns a dyno and is a professional tuner,
he's been extremely busy lately as he just got hired at D3 performance
engineering in Houston! (they also do most of the tuning for Hennessy) so I
haven't been able to put her on the dyno... As for the butt-dyno... It seems a
little more responsive and torquey... Seems like a little more pull in the mid
range too. But it could be just from the extra noise, but I do know it has an
extra kick when you initially push on the gas.

And here, for your hearing pleasure, is stock start-up, idle, and revs, vs
the GT Haus Meisterschaft start-up, idle, and revs... Sorry about the finger in
the stock video, it wasn't me!! lol... Also first time using photobucket for
videos, so idk how the quality and size will be... but we're about to find out
together!


^Quick Stock Video^ http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y...o132/Video.mp4

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^GT Haus Meisterschaft Full Cat Back Exhaust^ http://vid6.photobucket.com/albums/y.../Video%201.mp4

I will say it sounds much better in person than on crappy iPhone video...
BUT as much as I love the exhaust, and it's not really high pitched at all, I
do wish it was a little deeper. But I read on the forum somewhere that FI
Resonated Highflow Cats will actually deepen the tone while adding hp and
not adding any rasp... so that's the plan for now.

I plan on taking some in-car videos with normal driving, and under wot, as
well as fly-bys... hopefully I can do that tomorrow and get them up here.
Hope you liked the review/found it helpful! Feel free to ask any questions.

blnewt

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Thanks for the great review of a top-notch product, way to get your build off to a great start!

South3rn

Def higher pitched....more Ferrari like than cubes........than i expected. A pretty exhaust for sure.

b3nmo

Nice. Ordering mine after I close on my house at the end of the month. Should go well with my R2Cs.

2doorbryce

I'm new to this forum so I don't really know how things work on here but I have the option to get a used full gthaus meisterschaft catback exhaust for $1500. No leaks or weak/rust spots. Is it worth the money? Does it sound too raspy?

2doorbryce

Great review btw it looks/sounds awesome

Sig6MT

Thx for a good post
Would you ins posting results of dyno when you test it.
In te meantime, enjoy the ice sound

2011-G

Good review!! Did you ever get a chance to get her on the dyno

I would like to see how much of a difference does it make..did you install the FI RHFC yet? Any more sound/video clips?