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Old 10-02-2009, 11:43 PM
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Midpipe Comparison Video :)
I swapped out my RP supercat for the AP dual rez on my AP catback.. i think they sound very similar, if not the same.. check it out dudes

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Old 10-02-2009, 11:46 PM
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May sound the same but gettin more power out of that midpipe!
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Sounds sexy man! Nice work
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sounds the same, very nice though!
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i thought it sounded the same too.. but the ap dual rez smells a lot more :P
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Old 10-03-2009, 09:17 AM
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i thought it sounded the same too.. but the ap dual rez smells a lot more :P
LOL but you got to love the smell.... i do!!!
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it'll sound even closer once he gets some miles on the new midpipe.
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Does it sound raspy in person?
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there was a louder buzz on the rp supercat at around 4-5k rpm.. the ap isn't raspy. just slighty buzzes at the same rpm
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Old 10-03-2009, 12:07 PM
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video got messed up..... fixing now
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just got the AP duel rez. i havent put it on yet. I can smell your car through the comp! Smells great!
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sounds great man!....but where are the flames?
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just got the AP duel rez. i havent put it on yet. I can smell your car through the comp! Smells great!


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sounds great man!....but where are the flames?
haha! gotta warm it up.. the fitment was terrible tho.. it took me like an hour to get the catback hooked up to the pipe
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haha! gotta warm it up.. the fitment was terrible tho.. it took me like an hour to get the catback hooked up to the pipe
lol...I knew the exhaust was sitting wierd in the vid with the ap midpipe on
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Old 10-03-2009, 01:39 PM
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really? it's actually sitting better than it was with the RP... haha i just gotta tweak it a little. My fucken back is sore from doing the swap -_-
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it looks like the exhaust is sitting lower with the ap than with the supercat
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yeah i took off the wormgear loop thing off the hanger.. it was hitting my frame. i just need to tweak my intermediate pipe so it turns a little
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good luck with that
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ok so there was no rasp with either?
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more of a rasp with the RP.. mid rpm range
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smell of the midpipe is noice....... but i got used to it and dont smell it anymore, unless im flooring it
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if only we knew which made more power! sounds almost identical.
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the ap dual rez definitely makes more power
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yup yup!
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