The Ansa Muffler just arrived. Here are some pictures. I am going to try to have it put on today. This muffler is a little wider than the Magnaflow universals at 6"x9" and the tip are about 3 1/4" round each. Can't wait to hear it. I will also post a sound clip when I figure out how to do that.

 

Try and post a before sound clip too!
Not everybody's car will sound like yours did - air intake etc.

 

Looking forward to it. If you are unsure how, you can ask some of the members, I'm sure they will be glad to advise.

 

Looks nice!

Anxious to hear it and your opinion on the sound.

What did it cost you, shipped?

SQ

 

Too late for the before sound clip as I have already installed it. Until I can get a sound clip I will try to describe it. The sound is amazing! It is not loud but has a very very very deep tone. The shop that installed does mostly magnaflow, they just said "wow that's deep!". As the revs come up it sounds very smooth and like it has more cylinders than 6. At times it sounds like a V twelve. I went over to a friends house and he said he could hear me coming from a couple of blocks but it wasn't loud and went I got to his house he said it didn't sound any louder than when I was a block away. It sounds very OEM like the car should have sounded from the factory. So what do I need to do a sound clip?

 

The easiest way probably to do it is if your digital camera has a video feature just record. Don't put the microphone too close, probably 5 or 6 feet away, because it'll overwhelm the little mic on the camera. Just connect the camera to the computer and go to YouTube and find and upload the file from the camera. It's pretty simple.

Also, I have a sound clip of my stock exhaust on YouTube if anyone needs to compare.

 

Unfortunately I am still using the camera on my blackberry curve since my digital is still at Olympus getting fixed. Here are some After pictures. By the way while I was typing this I heard my car revving in the garage. I ran down to see what was going on and my 14 year old son was in the car revving it. He came home and saw the tip and decided to try it out! He was all grins, he thinks it sounds just the Ferrari 599 that we parked next to at a car show last weekend. I wouldn't go that far but it does sound pretty darn close.

 

I like the way Ansa mufflers sound. Does it sound similar to this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wn-cYJbao6g

 

Mine is smoother sounding probably because it is a more modern Mercedes engine, but is similar. It sounds like a cross between that and this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pYgw8Rm24e0

But not as loud. It does sound like it has more cylinders or is revving much higher. In park or neutral you can rev it and it sounds like you are hitting 8,000 rpm but you cannot go over 4,000 rpm without having the car in drive. Ansa just has a way of making the engine sound like it is turning twice the rpm's it really is. For decades Ansa is the system that gave Ferrari its sound.

 

How much louder is it than stock? Can you actually hear it inside the car under light load? I hate not being able to hear my engine unless it's wide open like the stock system, it's too darn quiet. I was interested in the Magnaflow cat-back when I got the money, but if it's that good sounding like you say it is, I may have to go the route of the Ansa.

 

Lantana,

Can you step back a few feet and get a rear shot of the car? I want to see how it looks with the whole car in the pic.

Glad to hear you like it!

SQ

 

Wait until I can get a sound clip posted. I had to drive to an appointment that was 30 miles away right after the muffler was put on. I can hear it in the car and it sounds beautiful but it doesn't interfere with the radio if I want to hear music. You may want to look at the Ansa Silverline which is a tad louder. My son stood on the sidewalk while I drove back and forth. He said it sounds like a very expensive ferrari going by. He is 14 but does know his cars extremely well. When I took him for a ride he wanted to leave the windows down so he could hear it better. My hot rod buddy that ShawnQ met loved the look and the sound. He thought it sounded "very high dollar and exotic".

If you don't want to sound like a V6 this is the way to go. If you listen to other sound clips of Ansa on You Tube like the V6 Alfa and Ferrari posted above you will hear the rpms sound like they are higher than they really are. I think Ansa has figured out how to make 6 sound pulses going in sound like 12 coming out. If you are interested you should call Gwen at Ansa USA in Macon GA. Let her know that you heard about the Ansa equipped car in Texas and she will treat you very fairly.

 

I just tried to take another blackberry photo but it is too dark. I will take one tomorrow and post it.

 

I was at the Ansa website and didn't see one listed for the Crossfire or Mercedes, Only the PT Cruiser. Which one did you use, and how much did it cost?

Was this a cat-back system...or just a muffler?

 

I used the oval universal with two tip:

http://www.ansaautomotive.com/ansasp..._mufflers.html

If you call them ask for Gwen.

I may have ordered the last one. She will tell you if they can get more from Italy. They have plenty of the round ones. I was going to run two of these side by side but wasn't 100% sure the would fit, but they might.

 

Here you go:

 

Thanks!

I like it.

Anxious to hear a sound clip - I am up in the air between removing the resonator or leaving it on the SRT...may just change the muffler, seems simpler.

SQ

 

Hey that's not a bad fit and finish, good job Tex!
What was the total cost, I'm debating on your muffler upgrade or new H&R springs, what to get first???

 

Maxwell, If you are interested in an Ansa system, please call Gwen at Ansaautomotive.com. I was treated a little differently to be a guinea pig and see if this would work. I still think you will be very surprised how well she treats you. I would do this instead of H&R springs since your stock springs minus one coil works really well.

 

SOUND CLIP!

And what kind of wheels are those? They look pretty good.